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Six Nations: Calcutta Cup up for grabs as England host Scotland at Twickenham

England v Scotland: Saturday 14 March
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The Calcutta Cup is up for grabs as Scotland head to Twickenham to face England in the Six Nations.

The first international between these two teams took place in 1871, with Scotland taking the honours, but over the course of history, the fixture has been dominated by England.

In 132 games played out by these sides, England have come out on top 72 times, with Scotland claiming 42 victories.

The last time Scotland beat England at Twickenham was in 1983, when tries from Roy Laidlaw and second rower Tom Smith helped seal a 22-12 victory over the old enemy.

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Will Greenwood and Scott Quinnell give their predictions for this weekend's Six Nations fixtures

This Saturday, Laidlaw's nephew, Greig, leads Scotland out as they seek to repeat the heroics of 32 years ago.

He captains a side that sees the return of fly-half Finn Russell, who has seen out his suspension for taking out Dan Biggar in the air when Scotland hosted Wales earlier in the month.

There are four other changes to the side that lost to Italy as David Denton, Jim Hamilton, Matt Scott and Dougie Fife are all named to run out in west London.

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Denton makes his first appearance in this season's Six Nations while Fife - who scored a try from the bench against France - and Scott are named in the starting team for the first time.

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Stuart Lancaster explains his decisions to bring back Courtney Lawes and Mike Brown into the England team

England on the other hand have made two changes to the run-on side that lost to Ireland in Dublin two weeks ago.

Mike Brown has made a recovery from the concussion he suffered against Italy and replaces Alex Goode at full-back. Goode was tested all afternoon by an aerial bombardment from the Irish half-backs and Brown can expect similar treatment on Saturday.

Courtney Lawes will play for England for the first time since November as he comes back from an ankle injury that has plagued him. 

George Kruis is out of the team at the expense of Lawes, and with a place on the bench for Geoff Parling, Kruis drops out of the 23 completely.

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Stuart Lancaster explains his decisions to bring back Courtney Lawes and Mike Brown into the England team

England come into this game in need of a win if they are to keep their hopes of a Six Nations title alive. If Wales topple Ireland in Cardiff, then Stuart Lancaster's men are back into the equation as contenders to the crown.

Should Ireland lose in the earlier kick-off on Saturday, then England could end the weekend at the top of the table while Scotland are still searching for their first win of the competition.

They come into the game after close losses to France and Wales before a disastrous defeat to Italy in the last round at Murrayfield made a wooden spoon finish likely for Verne Cotter's side.

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Geoff Parling says it’s great to be back in the England squad

Scotland's defence has been the trademark of their campaign so far, with a quick line keeping their opposition under pressure, but in England they face the team who have scored the most tries in the 2015 Six Nations.

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Luther Burell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 1 Joe Marler, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Dave Attwood, 5 Courtney Lawes, 6 James Haskell, 7 Chris Robshaw, 8 Billy Vunipola.

Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Geoff Parling, 20 Tom Wood, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tommy Seymour, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (capt), 1 Alasdair Dickinson, 2 Euan Murray, 3 Ross Ford, 4 Jim Hamilton, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 Robert Harley, 7 Blair Cowan, 8 David Denton.

Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Johnnie Beattie, 21 Adam Ashe, 22 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 23 Greig Tonks.

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