SCOTLAND v ENGLAND
Murrayfield
Saturday 8 March 2008
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (SA)
Touch judges: 1 Marius Jonker (SA) 2 Carlo Damasco (Italy)
TMO: Tim Hayes (Wales)

MATCH FACTS:

* The countries have met on 124 occasions - England lead the series 66-41, with 17 draws.

* England's record win was a 43-3 success at Twickenham in 2001, while Scotland boast a best of 33-6 (1986).

* England's biggest victory against Scotland at Murrayfield was a 29-3 success in 2002.

* The last drawn Test match between Scotland and England produced a 12-12 scoreline at Twickenham in 1989.

* England have won 16 of the last 18 Tests against Scotland stretching back to 1991, with their only defeats during that time being at Murrayfield in 2000 and 2006.

* Victory for England on Saturday would give them a third successive away win, something they last managed in 2003 when Ireland (Dublin), New Zealand
(Wellington) and Australia (Melbourne) were all defeated.

* Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson needs one point to overtake Neil Jenkins' world international record, having amassed 1,090 for England and the Lions.

* Wilkinson wins his 69th cap on Saturday, taking him into England's top 10 all-time appearance list.

* Scotland have only scored one try in this season's RBS 6 Nations, with centre Simon Webster touching down against Ireland at Croke Park.

* There are only three survivors in the England starting line-up from the side beaten 18-12 by Scotland at Murrayfield two years ago - centre Jamie Noon, prop Andrew Sheridan and lock Steve Borthwick.

Head to Head
Played 124
Scotland won 41
England won 66
Drawn 17

England have been ahead since 1939?the 17 draws are a record for any international fixture, the last draw was in 1989 at Twickenham.

Biggest wins in series

Scotland Points and Margin 33-6 1986

England Points 43-3 2001
43-22 2005

Margin 43-3 2001

Form guide - Since 1990 - Scotland Grand Slam win

Played 18
Scotland won 2
England won 16
* Scotland won 19-13 in 2000 and 18-12 in 2006 both at Murrayfield
* Includes England?s 9-6 win at RWC1991

Penalty tries in series
England 1987
England 1997

Biggest wins and losses in International Championship

Scotland

Win
Points 38-10 v Ireland 1997
Margin 38-10 v Ireland 1997
31-3 v France 1912

Loss
Points 16-51 v France 1998
Margin 3-43 v England 2001

England
Win
Points and Margin 80-23 v Italy 2001

Loss
Points and Margin 13-43 v Ireland 2007

Scotland - form guide from 2007 Six Nations
England (6N) A L 20-42
Wales (6N) H W 21-9
Italy (6N) H L 17-37
Ireland (6N) H L 18-19
France (6N) A L 19-46
Ireland H W 31-21
SA H L 3-27
Portugal (RWC) N W 56-10
Romania (RWC) N W 42-0
NZ (RWC) N L 0-40
Italy (RWC) N W 18-16
Argentina (RWC) N L 13-19
France (6N) H L 6-27
Wales (6N) A L 15-30
Ireland (6N) A L 13-34
(Scotland have scored two tries (Cusiter v Argentina RWC2007, Webster v Ireland 2008) in their last 6 games)

England - form guide from 2007 Six Nations
Scotland (6N) H W 42-20
Italy (6N) H W 20-7
Ireland (6N) A L 13-43
France (6N) H W 26-18
Wales (6N) A L 18-27
SA A L 10-58
SA A L 22-55
Wales H W 62-5
France H L 15-21
France A L 9-22
USA (RWC) N W 28-10
SA (RWC) N L 0-36
Samoa (RWC) N W 44-22
Tonga (RWC) N W 36-20
Australia (RWC) N W 12-10
France (RWC) A W 14-9
SA (RWC final) N L 6-15
Wales (6N) H L 19-26
Italy (6N) A W 23-19
France (6N) A W 24-13
* England?s record was 40-16-0-24 in wins and losses from RWC 2003 win to the start of their RWC defence at RWC 2007.

Scotland - most capped players
87 Scott Murray
84 Chris Paterson
82 Gregor Townsend
75 Gordon Bulloch
71 Stuart Grimes
70 Kenny Logan
65 Scott Hastings
65 Jason White
61 Gavin Hastings
61 Doddie Weir
61 Tom Smith
60 Craig Chalmers
60 Bryan Redpath
58 Simon Taylor

Scotland - all time leading points scorers
667 Gavin Hastings
637 Chris Paterson
273 Andy Irvine
220 Kenny Logan
210 Peter Dods
166 Craig Chalmers
164 Gregor Townsend

Scotland - all time leading try scorers
24 Ian Smith
24 Tony Stanger
22 Chris Paterson
17 Gavin Hastings
17 Alan Tait
17 Gregor Townsend

England - most capped players
114 Jason Leonard
85 Rory Underwood
85 Lawrence Dallaglio
84 Martin Johnson
77 Matt Dawson
75 Mike Catt
72 Will Carling
71 Richard Hill
71 Rob Andrew
69 Danny Grewcock
68 Jonny Wilkinson
66 Neil Back
65 Jeremy Guscott
65 Joe Worsley

England - all time leading points scorers
1023 Jonny Wilkinson
400 Paul Grayson
396 Rob Andrew
296 Jon Webb
259 Charlie Hodgson
240 Dusty Hare
210 Rory Underwood (inc 4pts tries)

World Rugby all-time top points scorers
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales 41-Lions)
1070 Jonny Wilkinson (1023-England 47-Lions)*
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina 983-Italy)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (NZ)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
873 Percy Montgomery (SA)
810 Ronan O?Gara (Ireland)
(* excluding 20ts for Lions v Argentina 2005, Argentina did not award caps)

World Rugby all-time drop goal scorers

The Top 3
29 Jonny Wilkinson (29 England, 0 Lions)
28 Hugo Porta (26 Argentina, 2 South America)
23 Rob Andrew (21 England, 2 Lions)

International Championship all time records

Points
470 Jonny Wilkinson (England)
426 Ronan O?Gara (Ireland)
406 Neil Jenkins (Wales)
320 Stephen Jones (Wales)
297 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
288 Gavin Hastings (Scotland)
270 David Humphreys (Ireland)

England all-time leading try scorers
49 Rory Underwood
31 Ben Cohen
31 Will Greenwood
30 Jeremy Guscott
28 Jason Robinson
24 Dan Luger
22 Josh Lewsey
18 Cyril Lowe
17 Lawrence Dallaglio
16 Matt Dawson
16 Neil Back
15 Austin Healey
13 Tony Underwood
13 Mike Tindall
13 Mark Cueto
13 Iain Balshaw