NIK SIMON AT TWICKENHAM: Eddie Jones questioned his players’ bottle after England almost blew the biggest lead in rugby history in the Calcutta Cup.

EXCLUSIVE BY WILL KELLEHER: Gary Graham might have trained with Eddie Jones’s England but now feels liberated as a fully-fledged Scot. he made his debut against Italy in the Six Nations.

Scotland's most capped player and former British and Irish Lions hooker Ross Ford said he was lucky to have played the game he loves for so long as he announced his retirement from rugby.

Scotland did what they do best at Murrayfield on Friday night - score tries. There were six in total for the home fans to enjoy as a spirited, if error-prone, Georgian side were despatched.

Safe passage through a group that contains the No 2 ranked side in the world in Ireland and hosts Japan is the minimum expected of Gregor Townsend's men. Anything less would be an abject failure.

ROB ROBERTSON IN SHIZUOKA STADIUM ECOPA:Scotland scrum-half George Horne scored a hat-trick as his side easily secured the bonus point win they needed against Russia.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES AND NIK SIMON: World Rugby are facing possible legal action whatever decision they make regarding Scotland's scheduled Pool A clash with Japan on Sunday.

Japan captain Michael Leitch dedicated the team's 28-21 victory over Scotland at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday to those affected by the typhoon which nearly cancelled the match.

Greig Laidlaw has admitted he has a decision to make over whether to prolong his Scotland career. The scrum-half's last World Cup ended in agonising defeat to Japan on Sunday.

Exeter Chiefs are desperate for their 'normal' squad to solve the European puzzle this year, having added Border piece Stuart Hogg. The 27-year-old Hawick-born full-back faces his old club.

Scotland lock Jonny Gray has signed a two-year deal to join Exeter Chiefs next season from Glasgow Warriors. Gray follows Stuart Hogg and Finn Russell in leaving Glasgow in recent times.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: Finn Russell is loving the different life in France, and he has emerged as Europe's in-form No 10 this season.

Scottish rugby fans were left truly stunned after it was revealed that the SRU chief executive more than doubled his salary from £455,000 to £933,000. The news comes prior to the Six Nations kick-off.

Finn Russell was dropped from Scotland's Six Nations opener after refusing to stop drinking at the team's hotel bar and then skipping training the following morning.

GRAEME CROSER AT CELTIC PARK: The past seven days have seen Leigh Griffiths locked in a personal battle with Finn Russell for custody of the back pages.

Thursday at Murrayfield. Greig Laidlaw looks at an empty arena. It is tempting to chronicle his career in a series of kicks, but the deserted grass surrounded by stands holds a comforting familiarity.

NIK SIMON IN EDINBURGH - Sam Underhill admits the pressure is on as England walk into the eye of a storm in Saturday's clash with Scotland.

England captain Owen Farrell revealed the conditions the team's suffered at Murrayfield yesterday were some of the worst of his Test career.

MARTIN SAMUEL AT MURRAYFIELD - It was at a certain moment, following England's dogged win over Scotland in torrid conditions, that the game's observers received enlightenment.

The veteran fly-half's kicking was exemplary as he added the extras to tries from Jacques Vermeulen and Stuart Hogg as well as slotting over four penalties.

Scottish Rugby Union chiefs have set aside £500,000 to help clubs struggling in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak after suspending the domestic season until at least March 29.

After Liverpool wished him happy birthday on Twitter, the club's supporters inevitably took to social media to sing his praises after quickly becoming a fan favourite on Merseyside.

De Ligt became the most sought after youngster in the world after a huge breakthrough season with Ajax, and he has attracted heavy interest from the likes of Juventus and Barcelona.

Ajax have announced their star defender Matthijs De Ligt has been left out of their squad for their summer tour to Austria pending 'a possible transfer'.

Maurizio Sarri views Matthijs de Ligt as a key part of a three-man defensive wall at Juventus this season. The Dutch centre back is nearing the completion of his £63million transfer.

During the latest episode of BT Sport's 'What I Wore' series, Van Persie was asked to talk about the iconic moments from his career as he worked his way through the shirts he donned during his career.

Holland boss Ronald Koeman has backed wonderkid Matthijs de Ligt to cement himself firmly in the starting XI of Italian giants Juventus.

When Ronald Koeman was shown the door at Goodison Park back in October 2017, it was difficult to imagine a route back to the top for the Dutchman, but now he is a Barcelona candidate.

Dutch footballer Memphis Depay has hit out at racist fans after yet another foul incident caused a football game between FC Den Bosch and Excelsior to be stopped on Sunday.

Holland midfielder Gini Wijnaldum backed up his powerful words on racism in football this week, by leading by example for his national team and making a visual statement.

Taking to Instagram, Ed, 28, thanked his fans for their support and said he will 'never forget' the Divide tour.

The Grammy winner, 28, who is currently on his Divide tour in Hannover, Germany, took to Instagram on Friday to share the devastating news with fans.

It marks the latest addition to Sheeran's housing empire in Framlingham, Suffolk, which has ballooned in size after the pop star, 28, snapped up four of the surrounding properties.

The singer, 28, arrived to the Eagle N Tun on New Canal Street, Birmingham, to film his latest collaboration with grime artists Jaykae and Aitch.

Ed Sheeran's incredible rise to music success has been documented by his dad John, in a never-before-seen exhibition set to open in his hometown of Ipswich on Tuesday.

Grammy Award-winning singer Ed Sheeran, 28, has lodged plans to erect a 6.5ft tall fence and gates around his Suffolk estate to ensure his privacy which his neighbours have described as 'unsightly'.

Foxx, 51, was spotted leaving a Los Angeles nightclub hand-in-hand with Vave over the weekend, sparking rumours they were an item after Foxx split from Katie Holmes.

Ed Sheeran will be playing the final four nights of his world tour in Chantry Park in his hometown of Ipswich, behind a row of houses, giving some residents exclusive access.  

The singer-songwriter, 28, who has performed more than 250 shows during his two-year tour, delighted more than 40,000 music lovers at the venue with a medley of his latest tracks.

'I have social anxiety,' said Ed Sheeran, 28, who will finish his 893-day tour tomorrow after playing four nights in Ipswich in his home county of Suffolk.

Ed Sheeran has found himself in another court battle in which he is being accused of 'stealing' material for his songs.

Ed Sheeran closed out his massive Divide world tour on Monday in Suffolk, England. The 28-year-old delivered 255 concerts over two-and-a-half years across six continent, earning around $775.6m.

Dubbed 'Sheeranville' the 16-acre Framlingham, Suffolk, pad has been growing month by month with the star snapping up five properties in the area for a total of £37 million.

A British vlogger, who hit headlines when her parody of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You racked up 20 million views in just a few weeks in 2017, has shared a hilarious rap about being 30.

Ed Sheeran has been making the most of his time off from music, as he reveals he has branched out into painting and opened a new pub with his manager.

Ed Sheeran was celebrating the launch of his new venture alongside a host of his friends, throwing an epic party on Sunday night at his new bar Bertie Blossoms.

Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch took a rare night off from parenting duties as they headed to Ed Sheeran's launch of his new bar Bertie Blossoms on Sunday.

Accounts released today show his UK company, Ed Sheeran Ltd, made a gross profit of £23,770,262, equating to £65,124 a day.

The building, reduced in size after a failed bid to build a chapel last year, would be set north of Sheeran's home in Framlingham, Suffolk. The plans were submitted by his father-in-law.

The singer, 28, asked a member of his team to drop off the shoes at the St Elizabeth Hospice shop in Framlingham, Suffolk, which is close to where he grew up and still lives with now-wife Cherry Seaborn.