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England fullback sends 104kg Tuipulotu flying in manic carry

Loading your back line with players over 100kg seems very Warren Gatlandy, but Gregor Townsend is clearly keen on the idea as well.

Equally, England have their own in their backs, fullback Freddie Steward. What that means is that there are some brutal collisions amongst the backs, and it did not take long in the Calcutta Cup Test for fans to be treated to their first back on back smash.

Steward came out on top in this one, bulldozing over all of Scotland's 104kg powerhouse inside centre Sione Tuipulotu. Then again, Steward is not too dissimilar in weight, which was going to make this a tasty match up.

It was Scotland's other back line beast, Duhan van der Merwe, who lit up the first half with on of Twickenham's great tries.

Take a look at Steward's carry:

England XV

15. Freddie Steward

14. Max Malins

13. Joe Marchant

12. Owen Farrell (C)

11. Ollie Hassell-Collins

10. Marcus Smith

9. Jack van Poortvliet

1. Ellis Genge (VC)

2. Jamie George

3. Kyle Sinckler

4. Maro Itoje

5. Ollie Chessum

6. Lewis Ludlam

7. Ben Curry

8. Alex Dombrandt

Replacements

16. Jack Walker

17. Mako Vunipola

18. Dan Cole

19. Nick Isiekwe

20. Ben Earl

21. Ben Youngs

22. Ollie Lawrence

23. Anthony Watson

Scotland XV

15. Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs) 96 caps

14. Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors) 5 caps

13. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors) 31 caps

12. Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors) 11 caps

11. Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby) 23 caps

10. Finn Russell (Racing 92) 65 caps

9. Ben White (London Irish) 9 caps

1. Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby) 16 caps

2. George Turner (Glasgow Warriors) 30 caps

3. WP Nel (Edinburgh Rugby) 50 caps

4. Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors) 69 caps

5. Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) – Vice Captain – 59 caps

6. Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh Rugby) – Captain – 36 caps

7. Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh Rugby) 2 caps

8. Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) 28 caps

Replacements

16. Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) 57 caps

17. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) 25 caps

18. Simon Berghan (Glasgow Warriors) 31 caps

19. Jonny Gray (Exeter Chiefs) 72 caps

20. Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors) 4 caps

21. George Horne (Glasgow Warriors) 18 caps

22. Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby) 38 caps

23. Chris Harris (Gloucester Rugby) 39 caps