Care looks to repay Johnson's loyalty

Coach Martin Johnson has shown faith in his misfiring backs for the trip to Murrayfield, despite concerns over their lack of cutting edge and inability to score tries.

But Leeds Academy product Care is determined to repay that loyalty by helping unleash the as-yet-unseen potential in England’s back division.

“We have shown glimpses of how good we can be. We have just lacked a clinical edge in finishing off the tries,” said the scrum-half.

“We are working hard every day in training on that last finishing touch – and when it does click I think it will be something really special. Hopefully we can do that this weekend.”

Neither of the last two Calcutta Cup matches at Murrayfield have yielded a win for England or even a try.

England have to go back to 2004, when they were newly-crowned world champions and put 35 points on Scotland, for a performance at Murrayfield that could be described as anywhere close to fluid.