{"id":49982,"date":"2026-02-15T04:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49982"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:05:46","slug":"jones-strikes-twice-scotland-end-england-unbeaten-run-six-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/15\/jones-strikes-twice-scotland-end-england-unbeaten-run-six-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jones strikes twice as Scotland end England&#8217;s unbeaten run in style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>This was Scotland&#8217;s fifth win in six Tests against England but their first in eight Tests when facing a team in the world&#8217;s top 10.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Scotland ended England\u2019s 12-match unbeaten run with a stunning 31-20 Calcutta Cup win at Murrayfield on Saturday that revived their Six Nations campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Scots suffered a dispiriting 18-15 loss away to Italy in a tournament opener that piled the pressure on Gregor Townsend but Scotland, in the coach\u2019s 100th match in charge, made a superb start against their oldest rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland led 17-0 after just 16 minutes and 24-10 at half-time through tries from Huw Jones, Jamie Ritchie and Ben White.<\/p>\n<p>Jones and Ritchie both struck after England were reduced to 14 men following Henry Arundell\u2019s yellow card.<\/p>\n<p>Arundell was off the field for good after a 20-minute red card shortly before half-time for taking out opposing wing Kyle Steyn in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland went 31-13 ahead in the 54th-minute when Jones\u2019s second try, his team\u2019s fourth, secured a bonus point.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-end-of-grand-slam-dream-for-england\">End of Grand Slam dream for England <\/h2>\n<p>Defeat ended England\u2019s bid for a first Grand Slam in a decade. They are still looking for their first win at Murrayfield since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>England will try to revive their title challenge at home to Ireland a week on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This was Scotland\u2019s fifth win in six Tests against England but their first in eight Tests when facing a team in the world\u2019s top 10.<\/p>\n<p>For all their recent success in rugby union\u2019s oldest international fixture they\u2019ve never finished higher than third in the Six Nations era. They next go to strugglers Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland tore into England, fly-half Finn Russell\u2019s fourth-minute penalty breaking the deadlock.<\/p>\n<p>Another Scotland attack ended with Arundell, fresh from his hat-trick of tries in England\u2019s 48-7 rout of Wales at Twickenham, yellow-carded for failing to release after the tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland made their man advantage count when Russell\u2019s clever flicked-on pass released Jones, who rounded England captain Maro Itoje.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s speed was proving too much for England\u2019s depleted defence and, after Russell went wide to Steyn on the right, play swept across field with unmarked back-row forward Ritchie scoring a try on the left.<\/p>\n<p>Russell\u2019s third successful goal-kick made it 17-0 to the delight of a raucous Murrayfield, with Scotland showing far more in attack than they had during the whole 80 minutes in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The returning Arundell put England on the scoreboard with a try following a cleverly delayed pass from Ford, whose conversion and 26th-minute penalty reduced Scotland\u2019s lead to seven points.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland had been heavily criticised for squandering a 21-0 lead in a chastening November loss at home to Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>But they reacted to England\u2019s surge with their third try of the half in the 27th minute.<\/p>\n<p>England prop Ellis Genge fumbled Russell\u2019s through kick and scrum-half White pounced on the loose ball.<\/p>\n<p>Russell again added the extras to make it 24-10.<\/p>\n<p>Ford\u2019s penalty early in the second half cut Scotland\u2019s lead to 11 points.<\/p>\n<p>But Scotland pulled clear again when Ford\u2019s drop-goal attempt was charged down by Matt Fagerson, who released Jones, running clear from half-way for a try between the posts.<\/p>\n<p>Committed defence kept England at bay, with No 8 Ben Earl\u2019s try two minutes from time too little, too late for the visitors.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p>Add The Citizen as a Preferred Source on Google and follow us on Google News to see more of our trusted reporting in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Jones #strikes #Scotland #Englands #unbeaten #run #style<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was Scotland&#8217;s fifth win in six Tests against England but their first in eight Tests when facing a team&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49984,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49982\/revisions\/49984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}