Scotland brutally end England's winning run as red card proves costly

Hahahaha! This might be the best result of the 6 nations so far. Shame England won’t be making that grand slam appointment with France after all. I don’t think. Super!

As a part-time Scotland supporter, as great as this win was, it’s low key frustrating that Scotland can play this well and then look nowhere in the following week.

It’s clearly in them. So why the inconsistency?

Wow. Just wow. Love it. The downside is Scotland is stuck with Townsend however dismantling England is just so satisfying to watch. What a great test.

France now have one hand on the trophy!

But, but, but. They only had a 5-3 split on the bench and they lost to Italy last week!!!!!!!!!!!

England will just not win anything with route one and only tactics.

Kick it in the air so often the oppo will surely make mistakes.

Pathetic and they deserve to lose just for lack of invention .

Waste of time expecting limited borethwick to think of anything else .

And so the frustration continues.

A waste of a group of good players who deserve better than the morons coaching them .

England played through scrum advantages when Scotland were on yellow scrum warning. Surely closing the deficit would have been easier against 14? Scotland win anyway I think, but in modern International rugby fortune favours the ruthless (and brave).

Great performance by Scotland. I thought Russell had a masterclass until he started firing a few loose ones near the end. Why always perform against England? Well they are always up for that one. Also, they know England better than anyone else and are wiley enough to beat them. More research on other competitors may be warranted!!

Steyn did a number on Arundell. Scotland must have noticed that Arundell judges the whereabouts of high balls by the position of the catcher. So Steyn stood 1-2 metres back; Arundel ran too far estimating hitting Steyn where he stood. Last moment Steyn runs forward a couple of metres and jumps. Arundell “tackles” him in the air. Guaranteed penalty. Arundell unlucky with the yellow, but you are playing with the big boys now.

Tournament blown wide open now. Scotland can beat France. Can beat Ireland to. Italy are not done yet either…

6N is amazing!!!

And there is this forward pass… just before we saw the same pass, leading to a no try for Italy (and it was, indeed, the only right thing to do). But here, with England jersey, nothing, not even a video check. Fortunately, this has no impact on the number of points in the standings, but in the event of a draw in the end of the 6N, this preferential treatment will have an impact. England is clearly eaten by Scotland. 31-13. If WR wants to be credible they will have to rethink their methods and talk to the referees to harmonize their copy.

For those of us of a certain age, that was horribly reminiscent of 1990 .. when an over-confident England came up against a rampant Scotland in a febrile atmosphere! From the moment I saw the Scottish players’ faces during the anthem I knew England were in for a painful afternoon!

Borthwick's team selection was poor. No variation in the backs.

Dingwall and Freeman lacked creativity and Stewart had a shocker at 15.

The starting front 5 played well .. as did Mitchell and Earl .. but England lacked ideas and lost both the battles in the air and at the breakdown.

Changes needed for next week.

Ojomoh and Lawrence in the centred .. Freeman back on the wing - alongside Feyi-Waboso (if fit).

I'm not sure what they do at 15 .. Furbank (if fit) or Marcus Smith?

England's flankers were anonymous .. so Curry to start .. and maybe Pollock.

Finally, a shout out to Scotland.

Much as it pains me to say it .. they were deserved winners, and made England look very ordinary!