Scotland take England apart to land Calcutta Cup and revive Six Nations campaign

The fired-up Scots, who have been heavily criticised for last weekend's opening-day defeat by Italy in Rome, bounced back in style by landing a bonus-point victory over their fierce rivals. Captain Sione Tuipulotu lifted the Calcutta Cup - the third time in a row Scotland have beaten England in Edinburgh.

The victory will ease some of the pressure on Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend, whose position has come under immense scrutiny following a series of disappointing results.

A breathless first half commenced with a Finn Russell penalty three minutes in and then England lost Henry Arundell to a yellow card for not releasing in the tackle. Scotland seized upon the numerical advantage and got their first try of the afternoon when Russell batted on a Sione Tuipulotu pass for Huw Jones to scoot in on 11 minutes. Russell added the conversion.

With England reeling, Scotland added a second converted try when Jamie Ritchie was left free on the wing and Tuipulotu found him with a long pass. The hosts led 17-0 after just 15 minutes.

England rallied and Arundell burst through on 21 minutes, with Ford adding the extras. The visiting stand-off booted over a penalty five minutes later and Steve Borthwick's men appeared to be staging a fightback.

They gifted a try to Scotland on 28 minutes when Ellis Genge spilled a pick-up and Ben White capitalised to score, with Russell again foot-perfect with his kicking.

Arundell was given a 20-minute red card just before half time for a second caution after wiping out Kyle Steyn in the air and a frantic opening 40 minutes finished 24-10 to Scotland.

England started the second half with purpose and dominated the early exchanges. Ford added a penalty on 43 minutes after Scotland coughed up their third scrum penalty of the match.

England were trying to find a way through but Ford made a catastrophic error on 53 minutes when Ford's drop-goal was charged down by Matt Fagerson and Jones sped away for his second try of the match. Russell kicked the conversion and Scotland led 31-13.

That try took the wind out of England’s sails and Scotland defended stubbornly. The visitors finally got a try on 78 minutes through Ben Earl, converted by Ford, but it was too little, too late.

The Scots head to Cardiff next weekend to face Wales, while England host Ireland at Twickenham.