IT'S A KICK IN TEETH FOR STAR FINN AS RECORD WIN DENIED

England snatch glory in Calcutta Cup thriller

- From Adam Hathaway at Twickenham

STEVE Borthwick's England have the Calcutta Cup back after five long years but Finn Russell will be kicking himself back over Hadrian's Wall.

Scotland kingpin Russell missed a last-gasp conversion, to add to two other botched chances, and that was the difference in a cliffhanger of a Test. England skipper Maro Itoje got his hands on the trophy but Russell put it there.

In a dramatic last quarter fly-half Fin Smith, 'with his Scottish parents in the crowd, gave England a six-point lead with 10 minutes left.

But Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe finished off an electric move after Stafford McDowell's burst through the guts of the England defence with less than a minute left of regular time.

Russell's kick was out on the touchline but faded wide of the posts and in a frantic spell of added time England held on, just.

British & Irish Lions boss Andy Farrell was in the stands and if that was a tour audition for Russell he flunked it - but the rest of his game was spot on.