Scotland ruin Borthwick debut as England coach

New coach Steve Borthwick says England should not have allowed a 20-12 lead to turn into a history-making loss to Scotland in their Six Nations rugby championship opener but he saw enough positive signs for his rebuilding job.Duhan van der Merwe scored an early challenger for try of the tournament and also went over for the match-clincher as Scotland beat England 29-23 at Twickenham on Saturday to continue their recent Calcutta Cup dominance.The winger's 75th-minute try in the left corner sealed a fourth victory in Scotland's last six matches against its 'auld enemy', ruining the first game in charge of England for Borthwick.It proved an historic day for the Scots, marked the first time they've secured back-to-back wins at Twickenham in rugby's oldest international fixture that dates to 1871.Borthwick stressed that he had had only 11 days with the squad since taking over from the axed Eddie Jones, and, along with a new coaching team, it was always going to be a challenge to implement new ideas and systems."England's set piece in recent times has not been strong – the scrum and maul will take time to build and we will persevere with that," he said."There has got to be mistakes as you build a team and an ethos. I've asked players to do things differently and they've really embraced that. Did I see signs of improvement? Yes. We are building here and it takes a bit of time."But we will be back here in eight days (against Italy) as a better team."It was Van der Merwe's first try – scored in the 29th minute after setting off from inside his own half – that illuminated an error-riddled and often chaotic match between teams who mixed flashes of brilliance with enough failings to explain their status as outsiders for the title.Van der Merwe burst through England's defensive line and shrugged off five would-be tacklers — including two weak efforts near the tryline — to go over for a sensational try.Huw Jones set Scotland on their way with a 15th-minute try from Australian-born Sione Tuipulotu's grubber kick, only for England to reply with two tries by winger Max Malins in the first half and another from prop Ellis Genge after halftime.England were their own worst enemies as they sought to eke out victory in the second half.A dropped restart after Genge's try in the 49th minute gave Scotland the platform to reply through a try from Ben White — via a missed tackle by England flanker Ben Curry — to leave the boys in blue only 20-19 behind.Owen Farrell's penalty made it 23-19 but, again, England's errors allowed Finn Russell to boot his own penalty to trail 23-22 and give Scotland hope.Van der Merwe made the English pay with a winning try as he cut in off the left wing and through two challengers to score.There remains plenty to fix for Borthwick, who has taken charge after England's seven years under Jones and with eight months to go until the World Cup."There was some good stuff from the attacking side, the try-scoring potential, the game was quicker. But as you look at moments in that game, we were hit by a couple of scores that came out of nowhere really," Borthwick said. "The team reacted well and maybe if you'd rewound a bit they might not have done."It was the same message from captain Owen Farrell, who said there had been "massive improvement", presumably from the autumn series.Click Here: Juventus soccer tracksuit