SIX NATIONS
Huw Jones spins defeat as ‘best lesson’ for England
Edinburgh — England coach Eddie Jones is confident a stunning 25-13 defeat by Scotland will provide his Six Nations champions with the "best lessons in the world". Scotland threw this season’s title race wide open with their first win over oldest rivals England in a decade. Scotland scored three tries in the first half, a tally made all the more remarkable given it was 14 years since they had last crossed England’s try line in a Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield. Huw Jones went over for two tries and Sean Maitland also touched down, with impressive flyhalf Finn Russell orchestrating all three scores before Scotland closed out the match. This was just England’s second defeat in 26 Tests under Eddie Jones, whose long-term aim with the Red Rose brigade is to win the 2019 World Cup. But Saturday’s defeat raised some major questions over England’s ability to dethrone the All Blacks in Japan, with Jones’s men conceding a costly 13 penalties as they were overrun by a ferocious Scotland at ...
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