Chill blast of reality awaits if England are caught cold again by Scots | Robert Kitson

Defeat at Murrayfield by Gregor Townsend’s side would all but end World Cup finalists’ hopes of winning Six Nations titleIt is the stark contrast in backdrops that makes the Six Nations so compelling. One minute England are surrounded by French accents in Paris, the next they are in Scotland for a fixture that needs no subtitles. The oldest contest in world rugby is always a good test of character, particularly when the English head north in a year with a zero at the end of it.The grand old stories of 1990, in particular, remain as popular as ever, even though most of Saturday’s combatants wer…