England determined to end Calcutta Cup ‘hurt’ and avoid unwanted history

England have lost their last four Test matches against Scotland, who have never won the fixture five times in a row.

Scotland’s Duhan van der Merwe celebrates scoring their second try during the Guinness Six Nations match at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. 

Alex Mitchell admits that England are “hurting” following a record-equalling run of four successive defeats against Scotland.

Gregor Townsend’s team will eclipse sequences achieved between 1893 and 1896 and during the early 1970s if they triumph at Allianz Stadium next Saturday.