{"id":23027,"date":"2025-02-12T21:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/england-v-scotland-alex-mitchell-says-england-want-to-end-calcutta-cup-hurt\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T21:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:59:11","slug":"england-v-scotland-alex-mitchell-says-england-want-to-end-calcutta-cup-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/england-v-scotland-alex-mitchell-says-england-want-to-end-calcutta-cup-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"England v Scotland: Alex Mitchell says England want to end Calcutta Cup ‘hurt’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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England are intent on ending their four-year “hurt” against Scotland when the old rivals meet in the Six Nations, says scrum-half Alex Mitchell.<\/b><\/p>\n

Scotland have won the last four Calcutta Cup matches and Mitchell says English motivation is high to deny Gregor Townsend’s side a record fifth consecutive victory.<\/p>\n

England will welcome Scotland to the Allianz Stadium on 22 February in high spirits following their last-gasp win over France<\/a>, which curtailed a run of seven defeats against Tier One nations. <\/p>\n

“We are hurting for the last four years at not getting a result [against Scotland],” Mitchell told BBC Sport. <\/p>\n

“This Six Nations campaign is still up for grabs so it’s a massive game for us. <\/p>\n

“We know Scotland are a quality opposition with some quality individuals so we can’t take them for granted. <\/p>\n

“We know we have to just put a performance out there.”<\/p>\n

Mitchell was influential in England’s late recovery against Les Bleus, moving the attack from a wearied rolling maul at the line-out to a buoyant midfield, where Elliot Daly glided through the French defence to score the winning try. <\/p>\n

The Northampton Saints scrum-half, 27, says he noticed an opportunity amid the forwards arm-wrestle, which Daly exploited.<\/p>\n

“The France defence was changing the whole time,” Mitchell added. <\/p>\n

“They had two defenders and then one as [Damian] Penaud was doing a really good job behind the maul covering both sides. <\/p>\n

“We noticed a mismatch in the open so we shot that way and scored. You have a split second to try and make the right decision and luckily we did.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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