Rob Kitson’s report has landed so I’ll sign off.What a day of rugby that was.Two cracking games.I had so much fun calling them both for you.I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

We’ll keep on keeping on,Loads to ponder,Have Ireland turned a corner? Have Italy? Are England not as good as we thought? Can Scotland find a performance like that against a team that doesn’t wear white?Loads to ponder,Happy Valentine’s Day,Hope you all feel loved this evening.

Our final correspondence goes to Rob [no surname – sorry Rob]:Truth of matter is that England aren’t as good as they or we thought they were, there’s not much between Ireland, Scotland and Italy, and France are head and shoulders above anyone else.Arthur Johnstone, a Scot in New Zealand, perhaps speaks for all:How do I feel as a Scottish fan.Utterly despondent last week - really - how could we beat England.Today?History repeating itself.I’m in NZ so often suffer the brick-bats from afar.

Not today - not for quite some time in this fixture though! I’m going to up, make a coffee, have a bacon sandwich and luxuriate in this temporary glow.Proper sport, as it should be, exciting.Unpredictable.Here’s Gregor Townsend after his 100th Test in charge of Scotland:I’m quote emotional.After 20 minutes I thought that was some of the best rugby we’ve ever played.

So much ambition.That’s all you want as a coach.Then the effort in the second half and we became a real team that will fight for each other and our supporters.It’s great we can give them something to smile about for the next 12 months.We were just true to ourselves.

We moved the ball away from contact, were aggressive in contact and played at speed.That was one of Finn Russell’s best performance for Scotland.The work rate from our forwards was superb.There are so many games where you play well but the opposition play well too and get narrow wins.We know we’re up there with the teams we come up against.

For coaches, there is more a feeling of relief but for the players it’s joy,But we’re back on it next week,We’ll go to Cardiff and build on what we’ve done today,Some more correspondence [keep em coming by the way]:Phillip Haran:Hi Daniel, Scotland have won their grand slam in beating England - nothing else matters,No English player stopped the game to say kicking to them is a mistake, they love broken play.

Their scrum is average but their backs are world class so why invite them onto to you with Russell playing brilliantly.Inability to change tactics and an inspired Scotland cost England that game.Guy Hornsby:I guess that’s the 10% that smacked us up.We’re a solid team but we lost to the better team today.It’s probably not a bad thing in the long run.

Very average from a lot of players but we’d surely be better with freeman on the wing and Lawrence at 13,M Hammond:Rugby laws are a farce,Arundell’s first yellow was plain wrong,He clearly released in the tackle and got to his feet before challenging,His second yellow totally questionable-he got kneed in the face whilst his eyes were on the ball.

Much like Ireland’s scrum half getting carded for getting head butted earlier today.The lawmakers need to take a look in the mirror.Here’s Maro Itoje:It was a tough game.There were pivotal moments that got away from us.We just have to take a hard look at the game and reassess to come back better next week.

In the first 20 minutes we have away a couple of penalties and field position.When we got into their side of the pitch we didn’t convert.That’s the nature of the beast.All teams are good in the Six Nations.We need to start well [next week] with accuracy and precision, which we didn’t do here.

They play Ireland.Hard to predict how that one will go.Finn Russell is speaking on ITV.He saying it was up to the players to front up after a tough loss in Italy last week.He’s praising the forwards and saying “it’s always an easy game to get emptionally up for it”.

Dan Biggar points out that they need to back this up next week,Russell agrees,Serious question for Scottish fans:How do you feel about when you consider your side look like world beaters against one team and one team only?It must be absolutely maddening knowing that they have so much potential if only they could find this tenacity and class against everyone else,Scotland top the Six Nations table!They have six points, Englanf have,five.

France are yet to play Wales tomorrow, but until then the Scots are tops!I got that wrong.I know I wasn’t the only one.Gordon Manson has earned the right to laugh at all the Scottish doubters:All your experts predicted an English win.I laugh in your faces.karma hah!Enjoy the win mate!There will be loads of questions after a pretty poor show from England.

Reader Joshua Keeling kicks things off:So, so disappointing from England.Maybe that winning run made us look better than we actually are.At the risk of sounding wise after the fact, I always thought that run felt a little overblown.Sure there were some impressive results.The win against New Zealand was special.

But it never felt as it was a genuinely true reflection of this England team.Scotland win it! They just love playing against England.The second half wasn’t as thrilling as the first, but that was a heck of a game of rugby.Loads of mistakes.Loads of magic moments.

Some unreal individual performances and a bit of controversy and debate.Scotland were a team in shambles last week.England were talking about a grand slam.Well, what a difference a week can make.Scotland have done it again!79 min: Steyn wins player of the match.

Earl runs the restart back and England look to go from coast to coast,But they spill the ball inside their own 22 – their 10th knock on of the game – so Scotland have an opportunity to feed the scrum, secure the ball and secure the win,Ben Earl deserves that,He’s been the best England player, by a distance, and has earned a try,It started with a Pollock break down the right and ended with Earl walking over on the left.

Ford’s extra two points from out wide means England still have a sniff of a bonus point.76 min: Earl peels round off a scrum five out from Scotland’s line and he looks favourite to score, but the scramble defence was there in a flash and the England 8 was held up! A huge roar ripples around the stadium.75 min: Good from Earl and then Pollock as England make ground.In a blink Steward has it down the right wing as Ford’s cross field kick found him in space.What’s the big lad going to do as Graham, half his size, lines him up? He’ll get crunched into touch, that’s what! Fantastic from the wee man in the.

scrum cap,Sums up Scotland’s spirit in this match,73 min: Horne lifts a high kick and Scotland win it back in the air,They really have bossed the skies,There’s a penalty against an England player and Graham, on for Dobie, taps and goes quickly.

A little rash and he finds himself isolated and is turned over by Pollock under England’s sticks.71 min: Scotland’s line-out continues to function well and this time they give it through the hands.Russell fizzes a pass to Dobie who spills backwards.England rally, kick ahead and then have it back when Scotland return the favour from deep.Spencer, on for Mitchell, continues the plan to hoist it high from the box.

70 min: Now Scotland win a scrum penalty as England collapse it.It’s all going well for the hosts who must be wondering why they can’t play like this against teams not called England.Gerry Pike is seeing things from the other side:Scotland have shown great spirit today but also demonstrated that the rapier beats the bludgeon.They have pace and directness aplenty, relishing attacking with the ball in hand.By contrast, England look pedestrian with the ball, over-reliant on their beefy forwards grinding forward.

As a neutral, there is only oneside playing modern rugby.Strong stuff from reader Ryan:That twelve game run and some top drawer individual has obscured somewhat that Borthwick ball is what it always was.Players picked out of position.Aimless kicking.An attacking plan that revolves around one out bosh and with all the subtlety of a neon cybertruck at a village fete.

Picking a Head Coach on the basis of one good club season was always a mistake, and some of us said so at the time!68 min: England survive! And they come away with a penalty thanks to Earl holding firm and Cummings coming straight off his feet to seal the ball,Poor from Scotland,They kept hammering the line with short carries but they never really looked like scoring,One wonders if they gave the ball a bit of air and allowed Jones or Tuipulotu a run at the line, what might have happened,No time to ponder, England win the line-out and almost release Pollock with a Ford high kick