England vs. Scotland: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 Six Nations Round 4

England beat Scotland 25-13 in Saturday's Calcutta Cup, a Round 4 battle at Twickenham Stadium in the 2015 Six Nations tournament, but Stuart Lancaster's men may come to rue their lackluster finishing when the final round of fixtures comes to a close in one week.

Scotland were on the back foot for much of the match and should have lost big, giving England a healthy lead at the top of the standings in terms of points difference. Instead, they'll have to be at their best in one week's time, when they host France at Twickenham.

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The hosts have had a habit of starting slowly during this year's Six Nations, and they seemed determined to change that on Saturday. James Haskell gathered the kick-off, and within seconds, England were pushing for a try.

Luther Burrell should have scored after just two minutes, but Stuart Hogg made an excellent tackle to deny him, before Jonathan Joseph dove over the line nearly untouched just minutes later.

Former rugby star Lewis Moody was impressed with what he was seeing:

George Ford converted—but only just—to make it 7-0, and after the re-start, England were back at it. Scotland's defence was being stretched but somehow, the visitors held on.

As shared by England's official Twitter account, the hosts' dominance was staggering:

But for all of their dominance, England failed to take advantage of their many chances. Hogg was brilliant keeping free runners at bay, and every time the hosts found an opening in the middle of the field, they couldn't convert those chances into points.

Predictably, the Scots answered with their first chance of the match, per Scottish Rugby:

Mark Bennett produced a smart dummy before going over in the corner, although questions will be asked regarding England's horrible tackling leading up to the try. Greg Laidlaw's conversion pulled things level at 7-7.

Ford put England back in front with a penalty almost immediately, but Laidlaw did the same on the other side of the pitch, as both defences were no making a horrible impression.

Anthony Watson thought he had put his team back in front, but to the dismay of Twickenham, the referee signaled for a forward pass, per Rugby World:

The home crowd was furious, but replays showed referee Roman Poite clearly made the right call.

Scotland looked like they might be in for a slaughtering during the first 15 minutes, but after the initial onslaught, the English pressure dropped. The Scots started taking control, and were rewarded just before half-time with another penalty, converted by Laidlaw.

BBC Sport's Tom Fordyce couldn't believe it:

England regained their composure during half-time and opened the second half with the same pressure they showed early in the match, and it paid dividends immediately. Ford is quickly establishing himself as a star in this side, and he showed the Scots he knows a thing or two about dummies himself.

Executing a perfect move, he opened up enough space to cross over between the sticks, taking back the lead. BBC's Paul Williams is a fan:

The pressure continued, and the young fly-half converted another penalty to make it 20-13 just minutes later.

England remained the better team, but somehow, they managed to butcher chance after chance. This was perhaps best illustrated when Mike Brown seemed to score a simple try after taking a pass from Haskell. The Wasps flanker switched hands to play the ball for some reason, resulting in an obvious forward pass that nullified the try.

The London Evening Standard's Chris Jones was starting to lose track of how many tries the hosts had butchered:

England eventually found the try to put the match away, as a penalty from Ford came off the post fell back into English arms, with Jack Nowell eventually finding space to punch it in.

That would be the final score of the match, a wild and wacky affair which ultimately didn't produce as many points as one would have hoped.

Brown, who missed out on the match against Ireland, told the Six Nations' official website what the Calcutta Cup meant for the team after Round 3's tough loss:

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We want to finish strongly, we think we let ourselves down in the performance against Ireland so we want to put that right.

There's no better opponent than Scotland to put it right, there's a lot of rivalry between the two teams for the Calcutta Cup, so it will be brilliant.

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England certainly didn't produce a strong showing, and while it was vital to beat Scotland and stay in the race for this year's title, most assumed the English would win big and put themselves in pole position thanks to their advantage in points difference.

Ireland, Wales and England are tied at the top with six points each, while the English lead Ireland in points difference by four. On paper, the defending champions should be able to record a big win at Murrayfield, meaning England will need to produce a far better performance against France at Twickenham than what they showed on Saturday.