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Six Nations: Barclay to right England wrongs against Ireland

Scotland skipper John Barclay was left feeling sick after being forced to sit through a rerun of his team’s Twickenham humiliation.

But he promised the nation’s stunned supporters yesterday that the pain being felt by the battered Dark Blues will spark a reaction when Italy visit Murrayfield on Saturday.

Vern Cotter’s team were ripped apart on Saturday as a rampant England wrapped up a second successive Six Nations crown with a record-equalling 40-point winning margin.

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