Murrayfield

6 Nations Championship - April 2000

Scotland 19 England 13

Well, England only had to turn up, didn't they? It wasn't a matter of whether they would win, more a matter of how many they would win by. And boy, did they expect to win by a lot.

After all, Scotland had been gubbed by everyone else, and England had gubbed everyone else. So, now it was the turn of "The Sweaty Socks".

Duncan Hodge - the scorer of all 19 points.

Ooooh, dear. And wasn't there the sound of toys being thrown out of prams when we turned them over ?

It is quite one thing to be bad winners, but to be bad losers too........ For us up here, it merely serves to amplify the pleasure of victory.

Just as we did in 1990, we out-psyched the buggers. We didn't walk on purposefully like last time. No, this time it wiz much more subtle. First, we threw a mega celebration of the 75th anniversary of Murrayfield. Just to build the atmosphere.

Then, the masterstroke .............. The English ran onto the field and lined up. They were beautifully arranged, in all white, staring purposefully at the tunnel, expecting us to do something different.

And we did, we made the bastards wait, and wait, and wait, and wait ....... And our timing was perfect. Just as the first English nerve snapped (Wilkinson bending down to do his shoelace), we charged onto the field.

We were already seven points up and the English knew it. They rest, as they say, is history !!!!!!!!!!!!!