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Hamish Watson returns to Scotland XV to face England

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 25:  Hamish Watson of Scotland looks on during the RBS Six Nations match between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield Stadium o
Image: Hamish Watson will start at Twickenham on Saturday

Scotland flanker Hamish Watson has been recalled to the starting XV to face England in the Six Nations on Saturday.

The Edinburgh back-rower started Scotland's first two games against Ireland and France, before being named on the bench for the win over Wales on February 25.

However, his replacement John Hardie has been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with the knee injury suffered against Wales.

Otherwise, it is the same starting line-up which beat Wales 29-13 at Murrayfield. The uncapped Cornell Du Preez takes Watson's place on the bench.

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 25 2017:  Henry Pyrgos of Scotland is held by Taulupe Faletau (L) and Alun Wyn Jones of Wales during the Six Nations
Image: Scotland beat Wales 29-13 at Murrayfield in their last game

A victory for Scotland this weekend would be their first at Twickenham since 1983 and earn them their first Triple Crown success since their Grand Slam triumph in 1990. They last beat England in 2008.

England are two games away from a second successive Grand Slam and go into the Calcutta Cup clash seeking a record-equalling 18th straight Test win.

Scotland head coach Vernon Cotter said: "There's a lot to play for and several reasons why we should be able to get up for this game.

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"We've rested, recovered and prepared as best we can for this game. We've asked some questions of ourselves and the areas we think we can improve and we're confident we can play better as a team. That's our next challenge, to step that up.

Stuart Hogg (left) celebrates his second try against Ireland with team-mate Sean Maitland
Image: Scotland will win the Triple Crown if they are victorious on Saturday, but they have not won at Twickenham since 1983

"The challenge is for us to combine the best parts of our performances so far in this campaign in to one excellent performance at Twickenham this Saturday.

"We'll need that to put us in a position to win this game and will enjoy the challenge of doing that against an England team that hasn't lost in a while."

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Fraser Brown, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Richie Gray, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 John Barclay (c), 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Ryan Wilson.

Replacements: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Cornell Du Preez, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Mark Bennett.

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