much of the day date head of this announcement surrounded finn russell, and whether the fly half, offances in this championship, would start the match will study does retain his place in the team and the fate of his head coach. there is no doubt he would start. he played well a lot in the france game. he had a couple of kicking errors, but that happens. a lot of the positive play we had in both halves, first and second. finn was a pa rt halves, first and second. finn was a part of that. he is our attack leader, an outstanding stand—off, and someone who is very competitive, very determined to work on areas he needs to work on. and obviously he will be a key player for us this weekend. he doesn't dwell on things, he was not sitting at home of the week and wearing about mistakes from a year ago. he week and wearing about mistakes from a yearago. he is week and wearing about mistakes from a year ago. he is light—hearted, week and wearing about mistakes from a yearago. he is light—hearted, he gets on with it and he has always loved the defensive side of the game as well. the bigger the mat

finn russell, he says is absolutely world —class, finn russell, he says is absolutely world—class, theyasn't been the greatest championship for finn russell so far by his own high standards, would you say? he makes scotland tick, he's a world —class say? he makes scotland tick, he's a world—class player when he's on form and he is a confidence player as well. looking at the best moments for scotland over the last few years he has been at the centre of it, and they will test the english defence with the way they look at playing with the way they look at playing with speed and tempo. england have a power based game, there line speed is unbelievable so they will have to work out whether to go over them all around them. talking about line speed and defence, gregor townsend has said that nigel 0wens needs to have a look at that because they might be skirting the danger, the english men, and possibly offsides. is that mind games from gregor townsend? definitely. listen, eddie has been very polite this week, he hasn't called anybody out and been very comes entry about the scots, and compared t

huwjones and finn russell, their men of the moment, combined to give them an early advantage.f—time, with one man no one could keep up with. what a score! it's jones! scotland were 14 points ahead at the break. and their opponents needed to respond quickly. england come again, and there is the drive. nowjust eight points to make up, quickly and quick thinking from england, kick and rush. but nigel owens noticed an infringement in the build—up, the knock—on was confirmed by video replay. england needed two tries, but found themselves a man short. one man in the sin bin, and time was running out for eddiejones and his team. the calmness of finn russell mirrored by the pandemonium in the stands. just minutes away from a famous victory. and the turnover is there. the penalty goes to scotland, and the calcutta cup may well be won. and it was. the trophy about to return to scottish hands after a ten—year gap. confirmed two minutes later. the day for scotland's fans and players alike to say, i was there when england were beaten at murrayfield. the calcutta cup raised aloft, and still

this time in their sights as the scotland playmaker finn russell, who has had a shaky start of the campaign player, you know? he went on a lions tour. he did some fantastic things in the france game and we have to defend him very closely. it is a small country, batting above its weight. i am sure we will feel that on saturday and we got to be up for it. this morning i spoke to them about the honour of being able to play in the calcutta cup. it is one of the most historic games in the rugby calendar. they feel honoured to play in this game and i want them to be excited about playing in this game. at the same time, they have to know they have a job to do. this fixture is the oldest in rugby, laced with history. the england camp has been focused, almost clinical this week. for them, murrayfield holds no fear. england have not lost their in a decade. described as a diva, mercedes unveiled the car they hope for the them to a fifth record world championship double this season. but today they unveiled the new car they hope will end mercedes dominance. both sebastian vettel and kimi raikkonen were

this time in their sights is the scotland player finn russell who has had a shaky start to the campaignnd him very closely. it is a small country fighting above its weight and i am sure they will feel that on saturday but they will be up for it. the calcutta cup is one of the most historic games in the rugby calendar so they feel honoured to play in this game and to be excited about playing this game and at the same time we know we have got a job to do. this fixture is the oldest in by do. this fixture is the oldest in rugby and laced with history. the focus has almost been clinical this week, for then murrayfield holds no fear, they have not lost there are some time. right we'll stay with the six nations as we round—up some of the day's other sports news. joe schmidt will be without three irish lions players when his side take on wales on saturday. andrew porter, who came on for tadgh furlong against italy last time out, will make his first six nations start in the front row. james ryan also replaces iain henderson in the pack. with robbie henshaw ruled out, bundee aki finds himself th

and after england's sam underhill was sin—binned, finn russell put the resulting penalty over.. these are live pictures, england putting on pressure, try to push through. includes so far have not delivered in this match, a fantastic result for scotland. it has been ten yea rs result for scotland. it has been ten years since they have beaten england in the six nations and the maybe on the verge another famous win. many people thought england might be ticking on ireland on st patrick's day for a winner takes all clash. but that penalty for scotland, less than two minutes on the clock, it looks like they will be getting a famous win for gregor townsend and his side. ireland made it three wins from three in this year's tournament with a 37—27 win over wales in dublin. adam wild watched a dramatic finish, which saw wales denied a losing bonus point at the death. around dublin the smiles were there, friendly high spirits perhaps, but beneath the surface there was a contest with a much harder edge. in recent years this fixture has become one of the tournament's most fiercely fought. p

. —— finn russell. # oh flower of scotland...ly are they outplayed. proud eddiejones' team have been sent home to think again. hquones's early score was the first against them at murrayfield for 1h years. it is hquones amidst the chaos, he has the try! two more brilliant scottish tries by half—time. sean maitland went over in the corner. jones dragged two englishmen across the line. they were 16 points up. hquones, who can stop him? owen farrell scored all england's points, his sole try gave them some belief, but they gave away too many penalties. when sam underhill was sin binned for a dangerous tackle, there was no way back. just joy for scotland. scotland have waited ten years for this and it is all the sweeter because they have scuppered england's hopes of the grand slam. but there is still one team left in the championship still unbeaten. ireland remain top of the table with three wins out of three, although they tried to throw it away against wales in dublin. they came from behind to go 1a points clear in the second half as

fly half finn russell put in a man of the match performance in the 25—13 victory, which meant the scotsgland in 26 tests under head coach eddiejones. it also saw the scots lift the historic calcutta cup for the first time in ten years. i was really surprised, we had a game plan and we executed it really well. if you look at that tests that well. if you look at that tests that we had, they've been outstanding. we managed to get back on that type of form, and it was awesome. do you think scotland can get back on track with yellow it will definitely be tough, but if we keep performances like that, we have got a chance and we can build on it next week. ireland stayed on course for the grand slam after running in five tries, in a thrilling victory over wales in dublin. the final score was 37—27, as result that makes it three wins from three for ireland in the tournament. i think when we went ten points up with less than five to go we sort of felt, keep control of the ball, keep control of the defence and the game was over. as in france, we don't like to do things easy. but again, great chara

this time in their sights as the scotland playmaker finn russell, who has had a shaky start of the campaignastic things in the france game and we have two defend him very closely. it is a small country, batting above its weight. i small country, batting above its weight. lam small country, batting above its weight. i am sure we will feel that on saturday and we got to be up for it. this morning i spoke to them about the honour of being able to play in the calcutta cup. it is one of the most historic games in the rugby calendar. they feel honoured to play in this game and i want them to play in this game and i want them to be excited about playing in this game. at the same time, they have to know they have a job to do. this fixture is the oldest in rugby, laced with history. the england camp has been focused, almost clinical this week. for them, has been focused, almost clinical this week. forthem, murrayfield holds no fear. england have not lost their ina holds no fear. england have not lost their in a decade. meanwhile ireland will have to defend their record against wales on saturday with

has been little bit of mind games as ever, eddiejones has been building up the scottish fly—half finn russellto watch out for him, they will be targeting the scotland fly—half. and gregor townsend had a chat but the referee nigel owens and he said you need to watch out for the english defence because they are surely offside all the time. they did give up a lot of penalties against the welsh. so it will be a lot of needle as there usually is, it will be intense and expect some big hits early on. well two men who will be out there on the field this afternoon spoke to us.|j will be out there on the field this afternoon spoke to us. i think this complacency thing is a horrible thing thatjournalists complacency thing is a horrible thing that journalists or cultures throughout the players. it is quite an insult to everyone whether it is the players or the people you think are on the side which is not as good, as players you're usually respectful of each other. we know this is a massive challenge for us. and we are excited to go there, a great place to go and play rugby. they're one of the best team