England students ran riot in the opening game of the Student Four Nations defeating Scotland by 62-6.
The captain, Chris Atkin grabbed two tries and kicked nine conversions for a 26-point haul. There was also a brace for hooker, Josh Dixon who was an influential figure for his side.
Billy Griffiths, Tom Hall, James Morgan, Blake Mattovitc, Anthony Squire and Jack Howdle all touched down but Scotland avoided a whitewash as Matthew Williams burrowed over a converted try.
It didn’t take England long to get the scoreboard moving, Josh Dixon diving over from dummy half close to the posts. They soon doubled their lead when Chris Atkin’s cut-out pass opened up a gap for Jack Howdle to score with ease.
Both sides created scoring chances but couldn’t finish them off. England full-back, Billy Griffiths bombed a certain try when he knocked on whilst trying to get the ball down.
Scotland then got the opportunity to get back into the contest, Parker’s break down the left created space for Martin McNiven but he was denied by a terrific tackle from Anthony Squire.
Despite Griffiths missing out earlier, he did get over on the half hour after slicing his way through the Scotland line. Matt Williams’ short range try for Scotland just before the break gave the Scots something to cheer about and gave them some encouragement going into the second half.
However they had no answer to England in the second half. Chris Atkin collected his second within the first three minutes and Blake Mattovitc and Matty Brewer’s efforts came from some great offloads on the last tackle byEngland.
Squire’s superb tackle in the first half was rewarded late on when he pounced on a loose ball in the closing minutes of the game to wrap things up
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