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Referee John Lacey hands the ball to George Ford.

The England fly-half bounces the ball twice and boots long.

A clean take from Tommy Seymour deep in the Scotland 22m.

The pipes die away and Murrayfield takes Flower of Scotland home unaccompanied. 

Spines tingled. Loins girded.

Let's get this on the road.

Justin Rose, the 2013 US Open golf champion, has rugby union on his mind today...

Scotland: Hogg, Maitland, Bennett, Scott, Seymour, Russell, Laidlaw, Dickinson, Ford, Nel, R. Gray, J. Gray, Barclay, Hardie, Denton. Replacements: McInally, Reid, Fagerson, Swinson, Cowan, Hidalgo-Clyne, Weir, Taylor. 

England: Brown, Watson, Joseph, Farrell, Nowell, Ford, Care, Marler, Hartley, Cole, Launchbury, Kruis, Robshaw, Haskell, B. Vunipola. Replacements: George, M. Vunipola, P. Hill, Lawes, Clifford, Youngs, Goode, Devoto. 

Astronaut Tim Peake makes a brief play for neutrality... before abandoning it altogether.

Chris Paterson
Former Scotland international on BBC One

"I'm encouraged by what Scotland did during the World Cup. They've got good decision makers in the team this evening. Scotland's battle in and around the breakdown is key to whether they win or lose."

Mike Tindall
Former England captain on BBC One

"There are hostile places to play, but the England guys know what to expect. They know that if they don't start well, the pressure will build. They're professional athletes, they have to deliver."

Andy Nichol
Former Scotland international on BBC One

"You need to keep some of the emotion in. It's about finding the balance. You want to be really up for it, but not over the top, because then your decision-making is poor."  

Out come the teams - side by side - into a cauldron of noise.

Dylan Hartley strolls up and down his line-up whispering some words to keep his men on point.

Greig Laidlaw leaves his players to their own thoughts.

The Princess Royal - a patron on the Scottish Rugby Union - is being introduced to both teams.

Brian Moore
Ex-England hooker on BBC One

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"It's a risky appointment that Eddie Jones has made in choosing his captain. This is Dylan Hartley's last chance in international rugby. If he gets it wrong, he won't get another one. He has to show leadership."

England coach Eddie Jones, speaking to BBC One: “It was nice driving on the bus here. The Scottish supporters were giving us a bit of stick. I hope we see a more attacking mindset from the players. We’re looking forward to the game - It’s the first game of the Six Nations and it’s the Calcutta Cup. We’ve picked our best 23 for the game. We’ve got some good young players coming through who will get a chance later on.”

Andy Nichol
Former Scotland international

"This time last year Scotland were whitewashed in the Six Nations and the World Cup was a real step forward in lots of ways."

Bill Beaumont carried shoulder high off the stage in 1980.

David Sole's slow march onto it in 1990.

And when there were "some people on the pitch" in 1966, but it was to celebrate an England defeat rather than victory.

Soak up the history with this little flick back through the oldest international fixture in the book.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Murrayfield

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"The stat du jour here in Edinburgh? Since the start of the Six Nations 16 winters ago, Scotland have scored a grand total of two tries against England at Murrayfield - not two in any one game, but two in total. The last of those, from Simon Danielli, came in 2004. Is today the day for a noisy revolution?"

Andy Nichol
Former Scotland international on BBC One

"This is a settled Scotland side now. But their defence has not been great. Only Italy have conceded more points per game among the tier one nations. They have the attacking game. They can easily get the defence back, and if they do that, they have the whole package."

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Scotland coach Vern Cotter, speaking to BBC One: "There are no guarantees. We had a reasonably satisfactory World Cup. We know England will have something to prove. The players are excited about today's game. It wil be what it will be.

"There's no point channelling the pain of the World Cup defeat against Australia. You can't do anything about the ones you lose, you focus on the ones you want to win next."