Scotland coach Andy Robinson is looking forward to his first Calcutta Cup clash on the northern side of the divide. David Ferguson writes in The Scotsman.
"He only played in one Calcutta Cup, in 1989, which ended in a 12-12 draw, so it was really when he turned coach that he got a taste for the ups and downs of the world's oldest international fixture. His first and last Calcutta Cup experiences as a coach with England ended in defeat, the final meeting in 2006 hammering a significant nail into his coffin as England's chief, coming just nine months before he was forced to quit.
"If it was a surprise then that he would look north for his return to the game, nearly a year later, to those outside, unaware of his quiet workings within the Scottish game, his ascendency to the Scotland job might have set off alarm bells.
"It certainly raised a few eyebrows in England and at the RFU, and this week there is a wariness over how much Robinson might enjoy putting one over on those who failed to support him in his hour of need.
"The coach himself was doing a good job yesterday of trying to insist it was just another game. He acknowledges that it will be special when the teams come out on Saturday, but up to this point his mind has been full to bursting, as usual, with analysis of the opposition, where their strengths and weaknesses lie, and where Scotland might effect a better return for their hard work and enterprise than that witnessed in three successive defeats."
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