Scotland v England: Jonny Gray wants to see Murrayfield rocking for Calcutta Cup clash
dailyrecord.co.ukJonny Gray has fond memories of watching and playing in the Six Nations, and hopes Scotland will have BT Murrayfield rocking when England visit on Saturday.Scotland grabbed a famous 11-6 win over England at Twickenham in last year’s tournament, and hopes for a similar result when they clash head on in Edinburgh, in front of a full house.And while the former Cambuslang star knows it’s going to be tough against a few of his Exeter Chiefs teammates, he says Scotland are confident going into the opener.Scotland follow that up with a trip to Wales on February 12, host France on February 26, then travel to Italy and Ireland in March.Gray said: “Just looking at every game, every team in this tournament you know how tough it’s going to be.“England are first up; we know how tough that’s going to be, with the talent and depth that they’ve got.“Playing with some of those guys who are my teammates now, I get to see first-hand how good they are, and playing against some of these guys in the Premiership as well has been a massive experience for me and I’ve learned a lot.“We know how tough that challenge is going to be, but at the same time we’re a confident camp.“We know we need to prepare really well because it’s such a huge talent, England, but there’s massive belief in the squad and hopefully we will prepare well and get a win on Saturday.”Gray says he can’t really believe he’s involved in the Six Nations, having watched games while growing up.“It’s massively exciting, I think, just the tournament itself – everyone’s got memories of it, how big the competition is,” he said.“Early memories for me are going down to my local club, Cambuslang, to watch the games and how excited we were, and to try and get a bus through to some of the
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