England response to Calcutta Cup defeat impressive

Scotland hooker Stuart McInally has admitted England have recovered well from losing their Calcutta Cup clash on the opening weekend of the Guinness Six Nations. Despite the Scots prevailing 20-17 in what was a tense and dramatic encounter in Edinburgh last month, it is England who have gone on to better things since, cruising to victory at Italy before holding off a Welsh fightback at Twickenham.

Ad/> Meanwhile, Scotland have been unable to match their performance against the England, in front of a cacophonous BT Murrayfield, instead falling to defeats against Wales and France. RugbyMcInally points to Garbisi threat ahead of Italy clashYESTERDAY AT 17:44 All that means Eddie Jones' side are the ones still in with a chance of claiming the title, ahead of Saturday’s must-win match against Ireland at Twickenham.

McInally said: «In the Six Nations, you get such a short period of time to look at teams. »We invested so much in England in the first week, but then that game was done, and it was won, and then it was on to Wales.

«You then have to invest fully in Wales, but you watch the games – you’re in the team hotels and we can if it's on a day where we’re not playing. »We've been following England and Ireland and we’ve been watching all the games because it's interesting and you want to see where that affects you in the table.

«They've done well – they went to Italy and got a great win there and I thought they played some good rugby against Wales as well, so they’ve certainly done alright since that first game.» Scotland's focus is now on Saturday afternoon’s match against Italy in Rome, with the clash between the two being the first to have The Cuttitta Cup at stake. The new trophy was unveiled in Edinburgh