Before the victory of a point in England over France, I declared that I believe that the national side would greatly benefit from continuity in the selection.
After beating Les Bleus, he would not have sense for Steve Borthwick shattered his team for the Calcuta Cup. And I am delighted that I have not done it.
It may seem obvious of saying, but international coaching is stability and England's side for Scotland represents it. Ollie Chessum promoted to the initial XV and exchange places with George Martin, which is in the bank, is the only change.
But in reality, Borthwick's 23rd day is essentially unchanged because the reason why Martin is among replacements is because he is not sufficiently fit to begin with.
And that is quite correct. The England team that beat France deserves another opportunity to win a great trial match and is not wrong, that is what the Scotland game is.
The Calcutta Cup is always huge given the story between the two countries involved.
The English national team will benefit greatly from continuity and will remain with Smith end (in the photo) and Marcus Smith is the correct call
After his victory over France, I can see England breaking his duck against Scotland, and it will be a significant scalp
France's victory can be a turning point for Steve Borthwick and his men, and the head of England is right to go with the stable side
If England beat Scotland, it would represent a significant scalp for Borthwick and his players, mainly due to how recent meetings have gone.
Scotland has won the last four meetings. That is simply not good enough from an English perspective. However, I simply cannot see England losing the 2025 clash.
Borthwick and his players will know that they obtained a great, great rest against France. That was a game that they should have lost.
But sometimes in international rugby, you make your own fate and things fall. That is what happened to England in the second round.
I think England will win this weekend. His camp seems like a happy and positive place and clearly that would have gone to another level after France.
Scotland could have recently had wood on England, but their constant talk as a title contenders seems to be a statement without a base.
Scotland played so much against Ireland that I was surprised. They just didn't seem the part. Scottish fans will say that their team was beaten by the injuries for Finn Russell and Darcy Graham.
There is some merit in that argument, but it is not the whole story, since even before the two backs are triggered, I did not think that Scotland was in the races at all.
I can't see that England's herd has problems with the eight of Scotland, especially not with Ollie's reddish starting
Scotland has won the Calcuta Cup four times in a row and that is not good enough for England
However, I do not see Scotland's success against England as a platform for larger things
Scotland has the opportunity to put a position on brain impact injuries when leaving Finn Russell
I cannot see that England's pack has problems with the Scottish Eight that were poorly exposed by the Irish, especially with a hungry tesmo that arrives to demonstrate a point.
England's front replacements, led by Jamie George, had a great impact against France, so I'm sure Borthwick could have been tempted to change things.
But again, it was the right call to hit instead of twisting.
Keeping the two Smiths, End and Marcus, at number 10 and 15, respectively for Scotland, was also obvious to the back of the French game.
What will really be interesting is if George Furbank returns from an injury in time to be disputed to appear in the two final games with Italy and Wales.
If it is, you must return directly to the forest because it is the best player available for England in that position. In that scenario, Borthwick would have a very, very large call to do among which Smith begins in the middle of the fly. Whoever loses this weekend is in big problems.
And I hope that team is Scotland.
The Scots have a great decision to make in Russell and Graham after their unpleasant head hits Ireland. From the point of view of the player's welfare, I was pleased to see Scotland not allow Russell to return to the field even though his head injury evaluation had passed.
Gregor Towsend has supervised Scotland's dominance over England, but its broader contributions from the six nations have been weak
That type of approach is to be applauded, but I would send an even stronger message if Russell was also out of England's game if it was decided that it was the best for him.
Last week, I attended a night of discussion of brain shock and head injuries entitled before the game. It was fascinating to listen to experts in the field and showed me that Rugby was not as far as I thought it was in the handling of head injuries, far from doing so.
My main conclusion of the night is that we must stop calling these injuries 'Brokewoman' and change the narrative to 'brain impact' lesion, which is much more precise.
Russell and Scotland have the opportunity to do a position on this topic this weekend. The Calcuta Cup is important. But it is not as important as a person's brain.