It was between 1970 and 1972 that England last lost four matches in a row against their oldest rivals, something Steve Borthwick will be desperate to avoid this afternoon. His World Cup semi ...

Peter Brown, who has died aged 83, captained the Scotland rugby union side 10 times and led his country to three victories over England inside the space of a year in the early 1970s.

In contrast, Simon Easterby’s team head to Edinburgh for Sunday’s round two game at Murrayfield on the back of a 10-game ...