Scotland beats England with 15-9 win

FT Scotland 15 England 9

Scotland repeated their victory over England in 2006 with another courageous defensive performance to regain the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield.

Chris Paterson kicked four penalties and Dan Parks added one for Frank Hadden’s side, who claimed their first win of this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship.

Jonny Wilkinson replied with three for England – the first of which made him the highest points scorer in Test history – in a scrappy match in Edinburgh.

Perhaps noting England’s greater influence on the game, Hadden introduced White for Scott MacLeod in the second row and prop Alasdair Dickinson for Allan Jacobsen as the stuttering game entered its final quarter.

Ashton replied by sending on George Chuter, Ben Kay and Matthew Tait for Shaw, Mears and the ineffective Toby Flood while Hadden also replaced his other prop Euan Murray with Craig Smith.

In the most surprising of the flurry of substitutions Wilkinson was taken off with Charlie Hodgson – only in the matchday 22 as a result of Cipriani’s demotion – entering the fray.

White’s first significant contribution was a wonderful tackle on Paul Sackey in the 74th minute which led to a turnover and an attacking scrum for the home side.

Matt Stevens was penalised for holding on with three minutes remaining and Parks found touch on the edge of England’s 22 and Scotland’s forwards kept the ball impressively to effectively close out a much-needed victory.