So where will this game be won and lost?
“The strength of England’s bench forwards might be what decides it,” says Brown, who points to injuries to second rows Scott Cummings and Max Williamson and the absence of hooker George Turner, who started all four of the four in a row.
“For Scotland, the scrum will have to be good. It’s creaked over the first two weeks at times but it needs to be solid and I imagine Zander [Fagerson] will be on the pitch for as close to 80 as he can manage.
“The lineout needs to improve as well. Scotland just need ball. They didn’t have a platform against Ireland.
“The breakdown will be massive. It wasn’t good against Ireland or Italy and England have a lot of jackal threats starting and on the bench.
“It…