Borthwick has a big week ahead after England’s grand plans shredded in Scotland | Gerard Meagher

England arrived at Murrayfield announcing their intentions to be “bulletproof”. Truth be told this was Scotland shooting fish in a barrel. Punishing mistakes, of which there were a litany, Gregor Townsend’s team exposed the glaring limitations of Steve Borthwick’s side that will be desperately difficult to recover from.Defeats happen, England’s winning run was always going to end sooner or later, but the paucity of this performance is some setback for a side whose grand slam hopes are over for another year. Two years ago Borthwick bemoaned how England had “played small” after a fast start, unable to stem Scotland’s momentum after giving up the initiative

Dina Asher-Smith blasts back to form with 60m UK Indoor Championships record

Given the doldrums British female sprinting was in before her emergence, it was perhaps little surprise that Dina Asher-Smith stood largely unchallenged on the national stage for the best part of her 20s. So, it was to some raised eyebrows that the country’s sprint queen was usurped by Amy Hunt last summer – the young upstart claiming world championships 200m silver, while Asher-Smith faded to fifth.The former world 200m champion could – but notably chose not to – point to the mitigating circumstances of a turbulent mid-season return to England after a training move to America gone wrong. But the changing of the guard felt significant: one athlete on the up and the other on the decline. Or was she?Now back in Texas, albeit with a different coach to the one she left last summer, Asher-Smith has spent the winter, during which she turned 30, running with notably renewed vigour

Six Nations: Storming Scotland stun England to seal Calcutta Cup glory

Certain wins feel bigger than others and, for Scotland, this result will reverberate for ages. Reclaiming the Calcutta Cup is always sweet but convincingly ending England’s 12-Test unbeaten record was a glorious bonus. For Gregor Townsend and his side, under pressure after their opening round defeat in Rome, this was some riposte to their criticsUltimately, it was not even close. Two tries by Huw Jones, a hard-nosed collective effort from the Scottish pack and a typically artful display from Finn Russell were simply too much for an England team who had dared to believe this week that their previous tartan traumas were behind them. Instead, they were outplayed and tactically out-thought by Townsend and his coaching staff

Scotland 31-20 England: Six Nations Murrayfield player ratings

Tom Jordan Solid under high ball, did his bit in a cohesive attacking display from Gregor Townsend’s fluent backline. 7Kyle Steyn Profound threat with powerful, direct running – and he kept coming all game. Quite a contrast between his scintillating performance and Henry Arundell’s. 9 Player of the matchHuw Jones Ran the length for decisive try after George Ford was charged down. Confident early finish helped establish home supremacy

Scotland 31-20 England: Six Nations – as it happened

Rob Kitson’s report has landed so I’ll sign off.What a day of rugby that was. Two cracking games. I had so much fun calling them both for you. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did

‘A big call for the IOC’: is the fight over Olympic rowing on Australia’s predator-inhabited Fitzroy River all a croc?

An act of God cancelled rowing at the first Olympics of the modern age.But since stormy seas off Athens scuppered the sport in 1896, rowing has featured in every Games since.Now, the deputy premier of an Australian state appears to have threatened to upend what would be 136 years of history by scrapping rowing from the 2032 Brisbane Games – unless international Olympic and rowing officials agree to race on a river some have expressed concerns may not be up to standard, and one which is within the natural habitat of one of the most deadly predators on Earth: the saltwater crocodile.The Queensland infrastructure and planning minister, Jarrod Bleijie, raised the stakes on his government’s bid to have the central Queensland city of Rockhampton host rowing in 2032 on Wednesday, sending a message to the International Olympic Committee that there was no option other than the “mighty Fitzroy River”.“Rowing is gonna be in Rocky,” Bleijie said