England finished their Six Nations campaign by regaining the Calcutta Cup with a 26-12 win over Scotland at Twickenham.

Victory meant England had won three of their matches but, having turned round 15-3 at half-time, they were dragged into a dogfight by the Scots and never repeated the sparkling form they'd showed in a 34-10 win over France at Twickenham last weekend.

Ugo Monye and Riki Flutey scored England's first two tries, both in the opening period, before replacement back Mathew Tait added a third two minutes from time.

Toby Flood kicked eight points with replacement scrum-half Danny Care adding a drop-goal which nudged England two scores in front with eight minutes left.

For Scotland this loss was their fourth in five matches this Championship, their only win coming against fellow strugglers Italy.

A defeat which was bound to lead to renewed speculation about the future of coach Frank Hadden also left Scotland still searching for their first Twickenham triumph since 1983.

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