Six Nations, Sat 8 March, 3.15pm, BBC1, bet here

Over the last few years the sleek gentlemen who run English rugby have made much of the need for “elite performance”, untroubled by the fear that Director of Elite Performance is possibly the most pompous job title since Idi Amin started calling himself Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and the Fishes of the Sea. If they are being honest, the performance of the England team has been not so much “elite” as “crap at times” and “frustrating.” In Scotland, though, their problems are graver, as they seem to have built themselves a Dr Frankenstein’s Academy to develop players - excellent at churning out creatures with huge necks and impressive musculature, but not so good at successfully carrying out instructions yet. England really should outwit the slow-minded monsters at the weekend, by a margin of more than 12.5 points - England have beaten Scotland in eight out of their last ten meetings, seven of them by more than a 12.5 point gap.

The statistics

* Scotland go into the game on a terrible run of form, having lost all three Six Nations games so far (to France, Wales and Ireland).

* England’s last six victories over Scotland have all been by more than 20.5 points.

* All three of England’s games so far have seen exactly three tries scored.

For more statistics on this game and the Ireland/ Wales bout, head over to chickendinner