Scotland captain Stuart Hogg praises Cameron Redpath on winning debut in Six Nations

Stuart Hogg lifted the Calcutta Cup at Twickenham after Scotland dominated England 11-6 in the opening match of their Six Nations campaign.

The Scotland captain was named Guinness man of the match – but he paid tribute to debutante Cameron Redpath who made a winning start to his Scotland international career.

"He's an outstanding talent and I'm absolutely delighted he's part of a team. He's brought an energy and skillset to this team and I'm delighted for him.”

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Redpath was amongst the beaming Scotland players who gathered round the captain as he lifted the Calcutta Cup – a group who had been “excited” in the lead-up to the game and what could be achieved Hogg said.

“We said that we can't repeat what has happened in the past – that has gone now – but we can control very much what can happen in the future,” Hogg told ITV. “We said that we believe in each other from the very beginning and to a man we were outstanding.

“We got excited during the week and knew we could come down here and put in a performance and if we got everything right we would give ourselves every opportunity of winning.

"We stood firm defensively and that was the win in the game. We looked after the ball and went through multi-phase and caused them problems and that's what we're about.”

Wales are up next but the captain said: “We won't get too far ahead of ourselves but we will enjoy this one, I can assure you, but then it's on to Wales next week.”

Scotland Captain Stuart Hogg celebrates at Full Time during the Guinness Six Nations match between England and Scotland at Twickenham Stadium on February 06, 2021, in London, England. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)Scotland Captain Stuart Hogg celebrates at Full Time during the Guinness Six Nations match between England and Scotland at Twickenham Stadium on February 06, 2021, in London, England. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)
Scotland Captain Stuart Hogg celebrates at Full Time during the Guinness Six Nations match between England and Scotland at Twickenham Stadium on February 06, 2021, in London, England. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

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