- Steve Borthwick's men need to prove that France's gain was not 'flash in the pan'
- Nicol says that Finn Russell and Duhan Van der Merwe will affect the fear of English hearts
The former Captain of Scotland, Andy Nicol, insists that the pressure is in England before the seismic shock of the Copa Calcuta del Tomorrow on Twickenham.
Steve Borthwick's men enter the game as great favorites after beating France fifteen days ago, while Gregor Towsend's team lost to Ireland.
The Scots have won four in the rebound against Auld's enemy and will seek to claim a fifth consecutive victory in the game for the first time in their history.
But the columnist of Mail Sport, Nicol, believes that it is the local team who will feel the heat while they seek to show an English public expectant that their victory over Les Bleus was not a flash in the pan.
“Scotland was impressed against Ireland,” Nicol admitted, who raised the Cup of Calcutta as Captain in 2000. “There is no doubt that they need a significant improvement of that performance.
'England has been improving for a while, returning to autumn and in its first two games of these six nations against Ireland and France. But they are far from the finished article. It was a brilliant victory against France, but it could also have been very different.
England surpassed France at its last departure, but it has not yet proven to be the real business
Finn Russell poses with the loot of victory last year and will be presented on Twickenham
Nicol acknowledges that Scotland has a solid opportunity if England plays as they did against the French
'I think there is great pressure on England. They have to support it after beating France. If they do not, they will return to the square and that result will be seen as a flash in the pan.
'Scotland will not be afraid of Twickenham. If England's defense coughs as many opportunities as they gave France, I hope Scotland punishes them. '
Scotland has been driven by half of the Finn Russell flight that is passed in shape to play after a horrible shock of heads with Darcy Graham in the Ireland game.
Together with Duhan Van Der Merwe, Russell has terrified England in recent years, and Nicol believes that the combination could have the key once more.
Duhan Van Der Merwe has scored five attempts in his last two games against England
“Duhan has marked some brilliant attempts against England,” Nicol said. 'He obtained a hat-trick last year and also obtained one of the best attempts in the history of the Calcuta Cup on Twickenham two years ago.
'England will know that these two players can hurt them at any time. In this accessory, Russell and Van Der Merwe have been the Nemesis of England.
'The way Russell plays and controls the attacks opens space for Van der Merwe. This accessory gets the best of them and I hope we see more on Saturday. ''