Last Saturday’s Calcutta Cup was to me the most depressing win I can recall from England.
Two main emotions abound. The first is disappointment. England were so limited. For all Steve Borthwick’s repeated statements of being a team that wants to play fast and wants to evolve this team, the Scotland Test was a lesson in regression.
We were horribly slow in all phases, especially at the ruck, limited in attack and continue to be defensively suspect. We were unconvincing, spent a lot of the Test without position or possession and, if not for Scotland’s missed conversions, we would of deservedly...