Scotland vs England – Report – Six Nations Championship 2024 – 24 Feb, 2024،
Duhan van der Merwe scored a superb hat-trick as Scotland beat England 30-21 at Murrayfield on Saturday to claim a fourth successive league victory in this match for the first time since 1896.
The winger, who scored two tries at Twickenham last season, burst through the England defense again as the Scots bounced back impressively from their heartbreaking defeat to France two weeks ago.
“I can't believe it to be honest, but I have to thank the boys for giving me this opportunity,” Van der Merwe said.
“We had a very good first phase, there was a lot of open space and I knew Finn was going to kick me. Luckily for me it bounced through my hands and scored my first hat trick against the 'England is incredible.'
England started well but gifted Scotland opportunities with a series of errors and now face them as they look to end their three-year winning run just two matches into the Six Nations with Ireland and France to come.
The visitors led after five minutes when full-back George Furbank showed exactly why he was selected ahead of Freddie Steward, joining the line to collect a pass from Elliot Daly and point down.
Ford converted and added a penalty as England were in control, but Scotland – and England's nemesis Van der Merwe – struck twice from nowhere to go one Before.
In virtually their first attack, center Huw Jones found a gap in England's blitz defense and offloaded for Van der Merwe to score in the right corner.
Ten minutes later, another handling error from England allowed the Scots to shift the ball to Van der Merwe on the left and he stretched his long legs for a 60-yard run down the touchline to to mark.
With Finn Russell converting both and adding a penalty, Scotland led 17-10 before a superb drop from George Ford reduced the gap to 17-13, the third game in a row that England had trailed at half time. -time.
They found a way to force wins against Italy and Wales, but this time Scotland struck first when Russell spotted Van der Merwe with a cross kick and the ball bounced perfectly for the big winger who charged his hat-trick.
Russell extended the lead to 30-16 with two penalties and although replacement winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso slipped through a gap for his first international try, England failed to score again within 15 last minutes.
“I don't see many problems with the way we played in the first half, we were a bit loose in the way we passed the ball,” England captain Jamie George said.
“If you give the ball to Duhan van der Merwe and Finn Russell you know they can create a bit of magic and they did,” he added.
Scotland have now won five and drawn one of their last seven Calcutta Cup matches, having failed to win in the previous 10.
They are second in the Six Nations table with nine points behind Ireland (15). They face Italy in Rome before finishing in Dublin, while England, third with eight points, host Ireland in two weeks before facing France in the final match of the tournament. .
