Rugby

Put the kids to bed and having another think about the game, Scotland's achievement of first win for donkey's years at Twickenham and the fact they played a semblance of decent rugby, and beat a/the traditional heavyweight in England, has probably inflated the perception of the quality other performance. Fair play to Townsend who had a terrible start to his tenure, was absolutely pilloried in many corners saying he's too inexperienced etc and not a patch in VC, then had to 'deal with' Finn Russel but now has shown some exciting selections and game-plans and that he warrants respect and support.

@Markyboy hits the nail on the head. Lots of superlatives being heaped on Scotland. They were ok. But ok was plenty good enough and that’s all you have to be.

I disagree. England are so one-dimensional if you really take on their pack and power game they don't have the ability to problem solve on the field because of the way Jones has coached them. Ok it may not make make for a beautiful game, but England have world class players throughout their pack (even with Mako and Underhill missing) so you have to be more than just good to neutralise them, but Scotland dominated them up front (I don't remember England getting a single turnover at the breakdown?). They also kicked really well to pin England back in their own half and keep the pressure on. Scotland varied their game nicely too when required, e.g. England put pressure on Ali Price early on, after that he faked to box kick, passed the other way which let to Redpath making a line break. Agree that Scotland will get better. The Russell / Redpath partnership is going to be exciting to see develop.