{"id":22018,"date":"2026-02-15T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=22018"},"modified":"2026-02-15T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:55:30","slug":"matt-dawson-on-scotland-beating-england-on-six-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=22018","title":{"rendered":"Matt Dawson on Scotland beating England on Six Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">I can easily reel off the losses that stuck with me in the Six Nations, as they can take you to a really dark place at times.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland 2000, Ireland 2001 and France 2002 &#8211; they all still hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is important now to take stock and remember that this will happen again at some point before the 2027 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England will lick their wounds after yet another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c98q3zn6p0ro\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">crushing defeat by Scotland,<\/a> but even if a potential Grand Slam has gone, they still have a championship to play for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The chance to win a Grand Slam does not come around very often, and that is the reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last week I said it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c4g0vjy1j8xo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">foolish to draw a straight line<\/a> from the opening weekend to a Grand Slam decider in Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This tournament is magical for exactly that reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Two wins and England will be in a position to go to Paris and perhaps try to win the championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is plenty to focus on and be excited about, and that Murrayfield pain will make England a better team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Big away wins are not easy in the Six Nations, and Saturday is another one that eluded Steve Borthwick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is not just about winning on another pitch as the World Cup is on neutral soil in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is about the different feeling outside the Twickenham environment and home comforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As impressive as the 12-game winning run was, England still need that South African mentality &#8211; wherever you go in the world, you are expected to win and be globally successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Borthwick is still yet to travel to Scotland, Ireland or France in the Six Nations and win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Most adversity comes from playing away from home, and Saturday gave the England players more of those scenarios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is very unlikely they will win a World Cup without a statement away victory beforehand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/ckgz7549vkyo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can easily reel off the loss&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}