Both Calcutta Cup contestants have won one of their opening two championship matches and Scotland hooker Ewan Ashman admits his side face another test of their resolve to ensure they bounce back from their Irish setback.
Scotland suffered a chastening 32-18 defeat against the Irish on Sunday and Jordan believes having a fallow week will be of benefit to his side as they regroup ahead of their bid to make it five wins in a row over England, who will be buoyed by their dramatic 26-25 victory over Les Bleus.
Ashman will be hoping to regain his starting place for Twickenham after dropping to the bench for the opening two matches, with Edinburgh colleague Dave Cherry getting the nod for the Italy and Ireland matches.
“From all the (Calcutta Cup) games I’ve watched and even the last few years when a lot of my mates have played for Scotland down there and done really well there, you can tell how the English think of the Scottish,” said the 26-year-old.
The versatile Glasgow back has won six caps, having made his debut against Fiji in November, but all of them – four in the autumn and the first two games of this year’s Guinness Six Nations against Italy and Ireland – have been at Murrayfield.
