England will resume their Six Nations campaign with a Battle of Britain clash against old rivals Scotland this weekend.
Steve Borthwick’s side revived their title hopes with a dramatic 26-25 victory against pre-tournament favourites France last time out.
England’s Six Nations dreams looked to be in tatters when they found themselves trailing Les Bleus on matchday two, having already lost to defending champions Ireland in their opening game.
However, Elliot Daly’s converted last-minute try snapped a horror run of seven successive defeats against top-tier opposition.
England will now hope to close the gap to runaway leaders Ireland, who thrashed the Scottish 32-18 to continue their impressive start.
Gregor Townsend‘s men will take solace from their recent record in the Calcutta Cup, having beaten England in all of their past four meetings.
Scotland have triumphed on both of their last two visits to London, with a three-peat seeing them leapfrog the hosts in the table.
England vs Scotland: How to follow
This Six Nations matchday three clash will be held on Saturday, February 22.
It will take place at Twickenham, with kick-off scheduled for 4:45pm.
Alfie Reynolds will have updates on talkSPORT, while talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date will all the best reaction.
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It will also be shown on free-to-air TV on ITV1 from 4pm.
Previous Calcutta Cup encounters
Scotland 30-21 England
England 23-29 Scotland
Scotland 20-17 England
England 6-11 Scotland
Scotland 6-13 England
England vs Scotland: Team news
The starting line-ups for this huge clash have been confirmed.
England team
Starting XV: Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints), Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Will Stuart (Bath Rugby), Maro Itoje (capt, Saracens), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Ben Earl (Saracens), Tom Willis (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Replacements: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Elliot Daly (Saracens)
Scotland team
Starting XV: Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse), Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Warriors), Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors), Tom Jordan (Glasgow Warriors), Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby), Finn Russell (Bath Rugby), Ben White (Toulon), Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby), Dave Cherry (Edinburgh Rugby), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Jonny Gray (Bordeaux Bègles), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh Rugby), Rory Darge (Glasgow Warriors), Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors)
Replacements: Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh Rugby), Rory Sutherland (Glasgow Warriors), Will Hurd (Leicester Tigers), Sam Skinner (Edinburgh Rugby), Gregor Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors)
England vs Scotland: What has been said?
Alex Mitchell is itching to make his first appearance against Scotland, having boosted England with his return at scrum-half.
“I think it’s the only team I’ve not played yet. I was injured last year and then I missed out on the first game against Scotland, so I’m actually really, really excited to play against them,” Mitchell said.
“It’s a massive game, and in recent years a massive rivalry. Obviously the last few we’ve not come out on top, but it’s a fantastic game, and for me these are the ones you want to play.
“They’re the biggest games of your career, so personally I can’t wait.
“To finally get back playing and getting results against some of the best teams in the world is a great feeling.”
