Listening to Eddie Jones this week, it would be easy to consider England the plucky underdogs heading up to Edinburgh in the hope of a rare upset in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash.
Since Jones took charge with a win at Murrayfield seven Six Nations ago, it has not been unusual to hear mind-games, particularly regarding the favourites’ tag, lobbed around before England’s bigger Tests. Scotland, he says, are “red-hot favourites” who must cope with expectation. England, meanwhile, “have had a number of obstacles thrown at us”.
