Ollie Lawrence is racing against time to solve England’s Calcutta Cup conundrum – how to stop Finn Russell.
England centre Lawrence and Scotland fly-half Russell are team-mates at Bath but are set to face off at Twickenham in round three of the Six Nations a week on Saturday.
And Lawrence said: “I do know him pretty well, and I probably don’t have the answer for that one yet. He’s another exceptional talent.
“I don’t think going after him on your own – it’s kind of similar to the French with Antoine Dupont – if you go after him, you create holes elsewhere.
“So it’s about being aligned as a team, being defensively aligned, then off the back of that putting pressure on them.
“They have to make tough decisions. Sometimes it’ll work for them as they’re both great players, but hopefully we can put pressure on him and shut him down as much as we can.”