Ugo Monye
Former England winger on BBC One

I think the ceiling of potential of England's attack raises with [George Furbank] in the side.

I think there is a great similarity between him and Blair Kinghorn - two 15s that play at 10, his ability to connect the dots of the back-line is something England are going to have to do.

England head coach Steve Borthwick tells BBC One:

"I think the team we have selected today is the right team for the challenge ahead and it is a great challenge.

"Scotland have dominated this fixture in recent years and we are going to have to play really well against a settled Scotland side.

"We are trying to move as fast as we possibly can. Scotland are packed full of talent and Finn Russell at 10 is one of the form players in the world. We are going to have to be on our money today.

"As ever it is the combination of selections you make and I think this is the right blend for the game.

"George Furbank adds a dimension to our game, he has played very well this season and I think he has earned this selection."

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BBC Sport reporter Owen Rawlings takes us around Murrayfield ahead of today's fixture.

Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on Sportsound

Finn Russell will revel in what England throw at him. It might not always pay off but Finn has the ability to move on.

There might be the odd loose pass but it won't affect him.

If England are to reverse their poor recent record against Scotland, you feel they must find a way to limit Finn Russell's influence on proceedings.

Russell holds the key for Scotland in attack, and the Bath fly-half has shone against England multiple times in the past.

Like South Africa did in France, England will deploy a blitz defence. Irishman Felix Jones was on the Springbok coaching ticket at the World Cup and he is with England now, plotting what he hopes will be Russell's downfall, no doubt.

England's desire to stifle their opponents has been clear in this year's Six Nations, but they have yet to come up against a back-line of Scotland's calibre.

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Sean Maitland sliding into the Murrayfield corner in 2018. Sam Johnson steaming under the Twickenham posts a year later. Duhan van der Merwe's heart-stopping score in London a year ago. The winger finishing off a flowing team move late in the same match.

Scotland's recent Calcutta Cup success has been littered with jaw-dropping moments. Moments of sheer skill, bravery, and sporting theatre.

So, as they go for a fourth championship win in a row against England for the first time since 1896 the question is, can Scotland still keep producing moments of magic?

Read the rest of Thomas Duncan's piece here.

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England prop Joe Marler says Murrayfield looks like "a cage" and is one of his top three stadiums for "hostility".

The 33-year-old, who played his first Calcutta Cup match in 2011, has been named as a replacement for the game.

"It might be number three in terms of hostility and atmosphere when it really gets going," Marler told BBC Sport.

"From when the bus drives in, it looks like a cage, the way they have addressed up all the stairs to the stands and people just hanging over it.

"I remember one year, one of the management team got a bottle thrown – it wasn't a glass bottle – it was a plastic one, so we can laugh about it.

"It is a favourite place of mine to come and I haven't been here for a couple years."

Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

Fantastic day for rugby this, the pitch looks spectacular, and the crowd will be brilliant. For this to be Scotland's golden era, they have got to win something.

They are going to be hurting from last week, but there's nothing better to focus the mind than playing the enemy.

This week is the first time I believe Steve Borthwick has taken a risk and I like it. Something tells me Jamie George has something to do with it.

England make five changes for their Six Nations match away to Scotland on Saturday as George Furbank starts at full-back, with Freddie Steward dropped from the matchday squad.

Centre Ollie Lawrence is also included after recovering from injury and comes in for Fraser Dingwall, who started England's win over Wales last time out.

Danny Care is at scrum-half in place of the injured Alex Mitchell, while Dan Cole and Ellis Genge are named as the starting props.

Bath centre Lawrence missed the first two rounds because of a hip problem, but his inclusion had been expected, in order to provide more power in the midfield.

The selection of Furbank, however, comes as a major surprise.

Steward has been a consistent presence for England in the number 15 shirt since his debut in 2021, but head coach Steve Borthwick has opted for the extra speed and playmaking abilities of Furbank, who has been in terrific form for his club Northampton this season.

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There was lots of chat around Jamie Ritchie's omission from the Scotland squad to face France, but the former captain returns this afternoon to start in place of Matt Fagerson in the back row. Saracens flanker Andy Christie remains on the bench.

The other two changes made by Gregor Townsend were fairly predictable. Blair Kinghorn has shaken off the knee injury that kept him out of Scotland's first two games of the championship, and starts at full-back, with Harry Paterson dropping out of the squad after his impressive debut against France.

Winger Kyle Steyn also returns, having missed the France game after his wife went into labour.

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After a week off, let's have a wee reminder of what happened in the last round of games shall we?

Scotland: Kinghorn, Steyn, Jones, Tuipulotu, Van der Merwe, Russell (co-capt), White; Schoeman, Turner, Fagerson, Gilchrist, Cummings, Ritchie, Darge (co-capt), Dempsey.

Replacements: Ashman, Hepburn, Millar-Mills, Skinner, Christie, Horne, Healy, Redpath.

England: Furbank, Freeman, Slade, Lawrence, Daly; Ford, Care; Genge, George (capt), Cole, Itoje, Chessum, Roots, Underhill, Earl.

Replacements: Dan, Marler, Stuart, Martin, Cunningham-South, Spencer, Smith, Feyi-Waboso.

It doesn't get much bigger than this folks.

Scotland v England at Murrayfield, with the Calcutta Cup on the line and both sides' Six Nations hopes at stake.

England head north having won both their games against Italy and Wales, while a controversial TMO call denied Scotland victory over France after their opening win over Wales.

Will England make it three from three, or can Scotland bounce back? We'll soon find out.

Kick-off is an hour away, so let's get stuck in.

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