It would have taken a wizard to single-handedly win a game in such savage conditions as those that attacked Edinburgh on Saturday night. In Finn Russell Scotland have such a necromancer, a weaver of spells, a maker of magic. From an England perspective he’s master of the darker arts.
Last year at Twickenham he conjured one of the most incredible second-half comebacks in Six Nations history. A 31-7 deficit was transformed into 38-31 in Scotland’s favour before George Ford darted beneath the posts. A year earlier he turned the England defence to stone with some of the most stunning cut-out passes the sport has seen, as Murrayfield celebrated his genius.
Yes, as the players toiled bravely through conditions reminiscent of Lear on the heath, Russell