It is the stark contrast in backdrops that makes the Six Nations so compelling. One minute England are surrounded by French accents in Paris, the next they are in Scotland for a fixture that needs no subtitles. The oldest contest in world rugby is always a good test of character, particularly when the English head north in a year with a zero at the end of it.
The grand old stories of 1990, in particular, remain as popular as ever, even though most of Saturday’s combatants were not even born when David Sole and his side made their famously slow walk out on to the Murrayfield turf. Then there was 2000, when the weather was so filthy Duncan Hodge was barely visible from the other end of the pitch as he aquaplaned over for the crucial try.
Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/08/england-scotland-calcutta-cup-murrayfield-storm-ciara under the title “Chill blast of reality awaits if England are caught cold again by Scots | Robert Kitson”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
