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England v Scotland Match Review 2009
By Kath
March 24 2009
RBS Six Nations 2009 - Match Review England v Scotland (Calcutta Cup Match) The Flower of Scotland came down a marauding again but England sent them home again to think again!

RBS Six Nations 2009 - Match Review

England v Scotland (Calcutta Cup Match)

Oh Calcutta! By George they did it!

England 26 - Scotland 12

England beat Scotland at the home of Rugby Twickenham to reclaim the Calcutta Cup 2009

England Rugby Union Captain Steve Borthwick holds the Calcutta Cup after victory over Scotland

 

Captain Steve Borthwick holds the Calcutta Cup after victory over Scotland RBS 6 Nations Championship   All Pictures by Empics

Not as spectacular as last week against the French but Martin Johnson's men did the job they set out to do.  That was win!  Three tries one from Ugo Monye,  second from man of the match Riki Flutey and replacement Mathew Tait late on in the 2nd half.. Eight points from the boot of fly half Toby Flood and a drop goal from replacement nine Danny Care completed the tally.

Scotland relied on Penalties for their points three taken by Chris Paterson, who maintained his 100% kicking record in the tournament and the other from fly half Phil Godman.


 England Team Manager Martin Johnson said after the match, "It was good to finish with a try and really put the game away. We were pretty slow out of the blocks, we conceded a penalty and they nearly broke away for a try.   "But we got our composure back and created some pressure and managed to score some tries."


Patterson opened the scoring after only eight minutes, the visitors were quickly prevented from extending their lead when winger Thom Evans, himself a former England U21, was bundled over the left touchline just metres short thanks to a late cover tackle by Ugo Monye.

Before the quarter was up, England were forced to make two early substitutions. First Julian White came on for a groggy-looking Phil Vickery, then Harry Ellis was replaced by Danny Care after being taken from the field on a stretcher having been knocked unconscious in a tackle.

Englands Ugo Monye scores his try during the RBS Six Nations match at Twickenham, London.
     Englands Ugo Monye scores his try during the RBS Six Nations match at Twickenham,

When play eventually restarted, it was England who responded best to the pause in proceedings as Flood put Monye away for an unconverted try in the left hand corner to nudge the home side ahead 5-3. Just before the half hour, Flood had a hand in England's second. This time it was Flutey who took the honours, crashing over for his fourth try of the tournament and elevating himself to the top of the tournament try scoring table (one ahead of team mate Delon Armitage). The score came from an overthrown Scottish lineout, snaffled up by Worsley and moved wide by Flood. His simple conversion and a subsequent penalty gave England a 15-3 lead going into the break.

Immediately after the restart, a high tackle on Armitage handed the Leicester Tiger another three pointer but despite camping in the opposition half from most of the third period, two Scottish penalties closed the gap to just nine points. As the hour approached, England continued to dominate the territory and although it looked like a try may come, tiredness was in evidence as the errors crept in.

With Flood and Godman exchanging unsuccessful kicks at goal, Paterson's reliable boot took the visitors to within six points with 13 minutes remaining but five minutes later Care made the most of a penalty advantage to slot a drop goal.

 

Englands Matthew Tait goes over to score a try in front of jubilant England fans during the RBS Six   

 

 

 

Englands Matthew Tait goes over to score a try in front of jubilant England fans during the RBS Six Nations match at Twickenham

As both sides' last remaining replacements took to the pitch, England seized control in the final moments, a 78th minute try from Mathew Tait sealing victory by 26 points to 12.

England won all three of their home matches at Twickenham and finished 2nd in the Championship - The Championship winners were a well deserved Ireland after eons of years. 

England Rugby Union Captain Steve Borthwick holds the Calcutta Cup after victory over Scotland
Proud Captain - Steve Borthwick

England: 15. Delon Armitage (London Irish), 14. Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks), 13. Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby), 12. Riki Flutey (London Wasps), 11. Ugo Monye (Harlequins), 10. Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers), 9. Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers); 1. Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks), 2. Lee Mears (Bath Rugby), 3. Phil Vickery (London Wasps), 4. Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain), 5. Simon Shaw (London Wasps), 6. Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), 7. Joe Worsley (London Wasps), 8. Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Replacements: 16. Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) for Mears 73mins, 17. Julian White (Leicester Tigers) for Vickery 13, 18. Nick Kennedy (London Irish) for Shaw 57, 19. James Haskell (London Wasps) for Croft 73, 20. Danny Care (Harlequins) for Ellis 16, 21. Andy Goode (CA Brive) for Flood 73, 22. Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks) for Monye 47

Scorers: Tries: Monye, Flutey, Tait Pens: Flood 2 Cons: Flood DGs: Care
Yellow cards: None

Scotland: 15 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh), 14 Simon Danielli (Ulster), 13 Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors), 12 Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), 11 Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors), 10 Phil Godman (Edinburgh), 9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh, captain); 1 Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester Rugby), 2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh), 3 Euan Murray (Northampton Saints), 4 Jason White (Sale Sharks), 5 Jim Hamilton (Edinburgh), 6 Alasdair Strokosch (Gloucester Rugby), 7 Scott Gray (Northampton Saints), 8 Simon Taylor (Stade Francais),
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors) for Ford 56mins, 17 Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors) for Dickinson 76, 18 Nathan Hines (Perpignan) for White 65, 19 Kelly Brown (Glasgow Warriors) for Taylor 40, 20 Chris Cusiter (Perpignan) for Blair 67, 21 Nick De Luca (Edinburgh) for T Evans 43, 22 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh) for Danielli 76

Scorers: Tries: Pens: Paterson 3, Godman
Yellow cards: None

Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa).

Assistant Referees: Christophe Berdos (France), Simon McDowell (Ireland).
Television Match Official: Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Attendance: 82,000

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