HAMISH WATSON has returned to the Scotland team to face England in Vern Cotter's only change from the side that earned victory over Wales a fortnight ago.

The Edinburgh man comes back in at openside flanker after club teammate John Hardie was ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a knee injury. 

It is an otherwise unchanged selection from the national coach, although Edinburgh back rower Cornell Du Preez could earn his first cap from the substitutes bench. 

The Scots are looking to record their first win at Twickenham since 1983 on Saturday, a result that would earn them the Triple Crown in the process.

“We have another two games to go in this Championship and this next one is obviously pretty important," said Cotter.

"There’s a lot to play for and several reasons why we should be able to get up for this game.

“We’ve rested, recovered and prepared as best we can for this game. We’ve asked some questions of ourselves and the areas we think we can improve and we’re confident we can play better as a team. That’s our next challenge, to step that up.

“The challenge is for us to combine the best parts of our performances so far in this campaign in to one excellent performance at Twickenham this Saturday.

“We’ll need that to put us in a position to win this game and will enjoy the challenge of doing that against an England team that hasn’t lost in a while.”