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150 years of the Calcutta Cup – the Scotland v England 1990 Grand Slam shootout

The 1990 Grand Slam duel was a match for the ages. Played to a toxic political backdrop, the story of Scotland's win is told in the classic book The Grudge, recently re-released Skirmish: England's Jeremy Guscott scraps with Tony Stanger and John Jeffrey during the match (Getty)One of the great matches produced one of the great books
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