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Scotland 6-13 England: 'Gutted' Stuart Hogg reacts to Calcutta Cup defeat at BT Murrayfield

Scotland skipper Stuart Hogg admits that they've been left gutted by today's scrappy Six Nations defeat to England.

Eddie Jones' side came out 13-6 winners on a stormy late afternoon at BT Murrayfield thanks to a late Ellis Genge try.

Owen Farrell scored penalties in either half for the visitors, while Adam Hastings was on the scoresheet twice for Scotland – his second penalty coming with barely any action left to play.

Scots captain Hogg said that the players had been left "gutted" in the dressing room following the defeat.

He added: "We worked incredibly hard during the week to make sure we got to where we wanted to be and unfortunately we just came up short, but credit to England, they managed to control the ball and play in the right areas.

"We had opportunities, we just didn't make the most of it, but we've just got to get on with it, can't change anything. Same as last week, I'm proud of the boys' efforts but these things happen.

"We've done some good things in the last couple of games but at the end of the day, we're here to win Test matches and we've not managed to do that yet.

"We'll get back to the drawing board on Monday morning and make sure we're ready for a couple of weeks' time."

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend sought to take some positives from the way his side performed in their first two Six Nations fixtures.

"It's difficult because the players are putting a huge effort in and this is a game we always want to win for our nation," Townsend told BBC Sport.

"But I said to the players last week that we played a team (Ireland) that had only lost once on their home ground in five years and we played a team today that was in the World Cup final and in both games we were in positions to win.

"So that shows the quality we have in our squad. Now we have to make sure when we get in those positions again, we do get the win and the rewards for our effort."

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