Not only did Mitchell play a key role as England claimed a first success against France in the last four meetings, his battle with Les Bleus’ mercurial number nine Antoine Dupont proved a fascinating contest of its own.
“We have two groups – the young group and the old group – and I now go off with the old group, so I don’t really like that,” Mitchell added.
Alex Mitchell admits that England are “hurting” following a record-equalling run of four successive defeats against Scotland.
The Calcutta Cup has been in Scotland’s possession since 2021, and another win would derail England’s momentum gained from a thrilling 26-25 victory over France.
“It is a massive rivalry, and obviously the last couple of years we’ve not come out on top, but it is a fantastic game, always a massive Test match.
