Rugby / Bunker Nuggets

England v Scotland

Third placed England are at home to fifth placed Scotland looking to make it three out of three at Twickenham this season

Fixture History

·         At Twickenham in the 6 Nations England have won all four matches between the two sides and on each occasion has passed the 40 point mark

·         Their highest score was 43 in both 2001 and 2005 and their biggest win was by 40 points in 2001 when they were 43-3 winners

·         Scotland have scored five tries in four visits to Twickenham with back row forward Simon Taylor leading the way with two

·         In last seasons’ match as Murrayfield there were no tries as the Scots won 15-9  

·         Five times in nine 6 Nations matches against England the Scots have failed to cross the English try line 

·         In nine matches against England in the 6 Nations Chris Paterson has scored 64 points and has only scored fewer points against the Italians    

Current Season 

·         England are the second highest scores in the Championship with 98 points, six fewer than Ireland and with 58 points conceded have the joint best defensive record with the Irish  

·         Scotland’s only win this season was a 26-6 home victory over the Italians   

·         England are the top try scorers in the Championship with 13, three more than Ireland and nine more than Scotland

·         10 of England’s 13 tries have come at Twickenham and eight of them have come in the first half of matches

·         Scotland are a second half side with just one in the opening 40 minutes and three in the second half

·         All three of Scotland’s second half tries have come in the last quarter where England have managed just two tries

·         England have conceded just five tries in the Championship and the Scots have only conceded one more with six  

·         The Scots are the only side not to have conceded a try in the last quarter of a match this season

·         12 of England’s 13 tries have come from their backs and just one form the forwards, Joe Worsley v France

·         Three of Scotland’s four tries have come from their backs 

·         Three of the six tries conceded by the Scots have been by the opposition forwards the most of any side this season

·         Chris Paterson has kicked all 13 of his attempts this season whilst for England Toby Flood has an 85.71% strike rate with six of his seven attempts on target  

·         Scotland have seven ever presents this season with both Ross Ford and Mike Blair being replaced in all four matches   

·         Simon Taylor is the only player to have played every minute of all four matches this season

·         Scrum half Chris Cusiter and hooker Dougie Hall have been in the bench in all four matches and come on in each of them  

·         England have had nine ever presents this season in the Championship and with Mark Cueto and Steve Borthwick playing every minute of every match whilst Lee Mears has been replaced in all four matches 

·         Matthew Tait and Dylan Hartley have been on the bench in all four matches and come on in each of the matches this season 

·         Delon Armitage and Riki Flutey are England’s leading try scorers with three each, one more than Harry Ellis and Mark Cueto

·         No Scottish player has scored more than one try and they have had four different crossing the opposition line including the Evans brothers, Max and Thom

England have had six players sent to the sin bin this season compared to just one for the Scottish