LONDON : Gregor Townsend spent his Scotland playing career trying and mostly failing to beat England, but as a coach he has turned the Calcutta Cup on its head as Saturday's 29-23 victory marked the Scots' best run in the fixture for more than 50 years.
"I don't know if it's this fixture. I didn’t get close to winning as a player, it was always the same result down here. Two years ago there was no crowd here so this was emotional. They also looked the more dangerous side when they did cut loose, not least when Van der Merwe scored a fabulous 60-metre slalom try leaving five England defenders in his wake.
"In terms of performance we know we are much better than that – we barely got anything going in the first half," he said.
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