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England v Scotland

Derek Leake5 Mar 2017 - 12:00
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Saturday 11th March 2017; Kick Off: 4:00pm

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

England and Scotland will do battle for the Calcutta Cup when they meet at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 11th March, during the penultimate weekend of the 2017 Six Nations Championship.

England fought their way to a 15-9 victory over Scotland in the 2016 Championship. Scotland have not won the Calcutta Cup since 2008.

England and Scotland played the first ever International rugby match in 1871. They have now contested a total of 134 rugby test matches against each other. England have won 74 of those matches, whilst Scotland have won 42 matches. There have been 18 drawn matches between the two nations.

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