Scots must be better on road

S C OT L A N D ’ S m a t ch - winner Huw Jones has called for an improvement in away form if they are to mount a serious bid for the NatWest 6 Nations.

A gripping 25-13 win over England saw Scotland win the Calcutta Cup for the first time in a decade but, more i mportantly, kept them alive in this year’s tournament.

A l ot was expected of Scotland in the lead-up to the Six Nations, with many tipping them as potential dark horses, before an opening round defeat in Wa l e s tempered the optimism that had been around the camp following a superb autumn.

They showed character to come back and beat France at BT Murrayfield and backed that up against England thanks to two tries from the i n-form Jones, whose record in a Scotland shirt is now an impressive 10 tries in 14 games.

However, they f ace a daunting trip to play Ireland in Dublin i n two weeks when they have to win to maintain their outside hope of winning the title.

“This game is obviously a massive confidence booster,” Jones said.“We’re under no illusions, we’ve got a tough away game.

“We’ve turned Murrayfield into a bit of a fortress now. I think in our last nine games we’ve lost one and that was a real close one against New Zealand.

“If we’re going to become a really great team we’re going t o have t o start winning away, which we haven’t really done for a while.”

Huw Jones crashes over for Scotland’s third try.