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WHAT’S IT LIKE TO… TRIUMPH AT TWICKENHAM

DOWN IN the bowels of Twickenham post Calcutta Cup, victorious Scotland scrum-half Ben White was explaining that his usual trip to London Irish training took him on a route that gave pause to daydreams.

“Driving past the stadium, it’s been on my mind that I’d love to play here against England,” he said of Twickenham. “I just wanted that opportunity and I’m very grateful to Gregor Townsend for giving it to me. I know what it means to the fans, I spoke to a few supporters at the end.”

And no doubt what they were saying to him would be barely intelligible. In 2021, Scotland won at

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