Scotland legend Rutherford blasts England 'effort' jibes

John Rutherford has rubbished the notion that Scotland could have tried harder against Ireland on the final day of the Six Nations as 'absolute crap'.


Ireland's 40-10 victory at Murrayfield left England needing to beat France by 26 clear points at Twickenham to win their first championship under Stuart Lancaster.

Their 55-35 victory was only good enough for a fourth consecutive second-place finish.



England full-back Mike Brown raised doubts about the efforts of Scotland and Italy, who were beaten 61-20 by Wales: "Massive credit to the French for the way they fronted up for this game an…