Absence of power athletes means England must get creative at Murrayfield | Ugo Monye


Eddie Jones does not have the players to simply blast through Scotland, so guile and speed will have to be to the fore

England arrive at Murrayfield a wounded animal. There will be some bruised bodies from last weekend and no doubt some emotional scars having failed to do what they set out to do in their previous two matches. Add in the number of changes made by Eddie Jones, plus the six-day turnaround, and England’s challenge becomes all the more difficult.

We have plenty of soundbites about the passion and the mutual hatred with these sides. We have heard how Eddie wants to unleash his very own “Bomb Squad” on Scotland and take them on up front but I desperately hope the devil has been in the detail for England this week.

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