The Rugby championship at Home will depend upon the result of the Calcutta Cup match to be played at Twickenham next Ssturday. If Scotland wins or ties, the crown will be hers. If England wins, then honours will be shared between the two countries and Wales. Scotland's Rugby revival came as somewhat of a surprise to all critics, and especially Scottish critics who united in expressing the deepest gloom over the season's prospects. The victory over Wales, even though won in the last minutes, gave cause for hope, and the, subsequent victory over Ireland seems to have given rise to definite optimism, even though Ireland's team is this season believed to be one of the weakest that country has put in the field for many years. England is still an uncertain quantity, inspire of the almost record-breaking victory over Ireland in Dublin. If figures counted for anything, England should be a strong favourite on Saturday, But in international Rugby they count for very little. All critics except one or two in some of the Sunday papers which specialize more in sensationalism than in constructive description, exhausted their adjectives over the game in Dublin. It was described as "freak," "fantastic," and "unsatisfactory." And every one was agreed that the play, except for some brilliant patches, was generally much below international standard on both sides. It seems fairly obvious therefore that, as an occasion by which to measure the potentialities of the English side against the opposition they are likely to meet from Scotland, the match is of very little value. Both sides are making one change in the teams that defeated Ireland. Renwick comes in on the wing for Scotland in place of Drummond, and Cendler replaces Cranmer at centre for England.
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