Rugby-England face midfield selection quandary for Scotland trip


FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - England Training - Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - February 16, 2024 England head coach Steve Borthwick looks on as the players huddle during training Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

LONDON (Reuters) - England go into Saturday's trip to Scotland in the unaccustomed position of having won their first two Six Nations games but after two solid but unspectacular performances coach Steve Borthwick is expected to make some changes.

He picked the same starting teams to edge past Italy and Wales, both after falling heavily behind, and though there were occasional signs of the much-discussed "layered-on attack", it was hardly a revolutionary shift from the strait-jacketed tactics that took them to the World Cup semi-finals.

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