Dazzling solo try leaves England for dead

By NICK CAIN AT TWICKENHAM

England ............................. 23pts
Tries: Malins 24, 38; Genge 48
Conversions: Farrell 49
Penalties: Farrell 43, 65

Scotland ........................... 29pts
Tries: Jones 15, van der Merwe 29, 74; White 51
Conversions: Russell 16, 53, 76
Penalties: Russell 69
DUHAN van der Merwe sounds about as Scottish as biltong, but the strapping blond winger was the hammer of Steve Borthwick’s ‘new’ England, scoring two brilliant tries to clinch this nip-and-tuck Calcutta Cup Six Nations opener.
The heroics from the South Africa-born Van der Merwe means that S...

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