Five memorable meetings between international rugby’s oldest rivals

Scotland 1-0 England - Raeburn Place, 1871

A crowd of 4,000 gathered in Edinburgh to watch the first international rugby match and the birth of a fierce rivalry that endures until this day. Each team fielded 20 players and under a radically different scoring system the Scots prevailed by one goal with both teams scoring a solitary try.

Scotland 13-7 England - Murrayfield, 1990

With the Calcutta Cup, championship, Triple Crown and Grand Slam all at stake, David Sole set the tone for Scotland with his slow march out of the tunnel ahead of the game. The Scots went at England from the off and led 9-4 at half-time. Then came the decisive blow. Moments into the second half, Gavin Hastings chipped the ball towards the line and Tony Stanger grabbed the bouncing ball before diving over to score arguably the most famous try in Scotland’s history.

Scotland 6-9 England Murrayfield, 1991

A nail-biting and hostile World Cup semi that will forever be remembered for Gavin Hastings' missed penalty with the score tied 6-6 late in the game. Less than 20 metres out, his kick sailed off target. Rob Andrew went on to land the winning drop-goal to seize victory for England. Hastings has since said he believes Scotland would have won the World Cup had they dispatched the Auld Enemy.

Scotland 19-13 England Murrayfield, 2000

England were incapable of nullifying the brilliance of fly-half Duncan Hodge, who scored all of his side's points including a try in torrential rain. Scotland had lost all four previous games of the maiden Six Nations and had been written off against Sir Clive Woodward's team, adding to the euphoria over the victory.

England 38-38 Scotland Twickenham, 2019

One of the most remarkable fixtures in Test history would have produced possibly the greatest comeback of them all had Scotland not been denied by an injury-time George Ford try. Down 31-0, Finn Russell inspired a stunning response that swept the Scots 38-31 ahead until Ford intervened with the last play of the game.