NICK CAIN
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A SIX Nations slip-up on home turf to Scotland in his first match as England head coach would be a hellish start for Steve Borthwick. Yet, borrowing from the Scots bard Robert Burns, the opposition are no longer the “wee tim’rous beastie” who used to be sent packing almost every time they ventured south of Hadrian’s Wall.
Scotland became Eddie Jones’ biggest Six Nations banana skin during his Red Rose tenure, with a record against them of won three, lost three, drawn one. However, in his last five years in charge the blemish became a carbuncle,...