Duhan van der Merwe was the hero for Scotland as they retained the Calcutta Cup for a second successive year by beating England 23-29 in a thrilling Six Nations encounter at Twickenham.
In a match that was on a knife-edge throughout, both sides exchanged tries in a pulsating contest, with just one point separating them in the final 10 minutes, before van der Merwe crossed with just over five minutes remaining to seal the win.
But the game will be remembered by most for the winger's first stunning solo effort, which saw him carve through the England defence with an incredible run that started from inside his own half, shrugging off five tackles to score one of the all time great Six Nations tries.
A pulsating first half saw Scotland take the lead within quarter of an hour through Huw Jones. The centre broke through the English defence with a determined run, before feeding midfield partner Sione Tuipulotu, whose well-timed kick was scooped up by Jones to dot down.
England fired back moments later with Marcus Smith finding Max Malins with a looping kick to the far touchline and the winger keeping his composure to collect and score his first international try, before Owen Farrell put the conversion wide.
The highlight of the game came shortly before the half hour mark with an early contender for try of the tournament from Duhan van der Merwe. The man mountain collected the ball just inside his own half and kicked on to beat five England players with some deft footwork before crossing the whitewash to stun most of Twickenham into silence with the most sensational of solo efforts.
Malins grabbed his second of the game shortly before half-time, only for Farrell to fail to add the extras again. However, the skipper had more luck with a penalty minutes later, with his successful kick seeing England into the half-time break with a slender 13-12 lead.
The action didn't let up in after the interval, with England swarming forward early in the second half and Ellis Genge finishing a well-worked move by powering over the line from short distance. But their stretched lead didn't last for long as the game swung again four minutes later, with scrum-half Ben White evading the England guard and scoring to bring the host's lead back down to a single point
Both teams went close to scoring a fourth try and they remained neck and neck throughout the rest of the contest, Owen Farrell extending his side's lead by three points with just over a quarter of an hour remaining before the phenomenal Russell fired back with a penalty conversion of his own.
The game was on a knife-edge as it entered the final 10 minutes - and it was van der Merwe who was the hero again as he got on the end of a Richie Gray pass to touch down in the corner and seal another famous Calcutta Cup victory.
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