England head to Murrayfield for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash with Scotland knowing their 48 per cent win record in Edinburgh leaves them facing an uphill task to lift the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2017.
Here, the PA news agency examines five talking points heading into the round two fixture.
England revamp
Eddie Jones has named his side to face Scotland in the second round of the #GuinnessSixNations ?#WearTheRose @O2sports pic.twitter.com/6JEbUdCu8H
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) February 6, 2020
Only on one previous occasion in the Six Nations has Jones completed more drastic surgery to his starting XV – against Ireland two years ago – with the demotion of Ben Youngs to the bench the biggest casualty of the five changes made. Willi Heinz starts at scrum-half in his place, while Courtney Lawes, Charlie Ewels, Joe Marler and Manu Tuilagi are also gone, although the latter’s absence is at least enforced by a groin injury.
‘Bomb Squad’
Power deficit
Murrayfield blues
They hate us, we hate them
