Mitchell's revenge mission

ALEX Mitchell is on a mission to lay England's Calcutta Cup bogey to rest after taking lessons from Antoine Dupont.

- By ADAM HATHAWAY

The scrum-half saw the great Frenchman at close range in last Saturday's 26-25 win over France at Twickenham.

That ended a run of seven defeats against top tier opposition, but England have a shocking record against Scotland, who ar rive at Twickenham on Saturday, and have not beaten them since 2020.

Steve Borthwick's side regathered in Bagshot last Wednesday buoyed by the win over Dupont and co but have a score to settle with the Scots.

And Mitchell reckons finally getting a big game over the line bodes well for the future and, like London buses, a flurry of wins will turn up after the long wait.

The 27-year-old said: "It was needed, wasn't it? The last five, six games we've come really close and we've just not gotten the right side of a result and we've finally done that. It was against France as well, a quality opposition, top two, three in the world and we found a way and that's going to be huge for our confidence. We need that going forward. We know we're a quality side, but you need results at the end of the day, that's the business.