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Victory at Murrayfield ranks as one of my most satisfying, says Ben Foden

I know our performance was far from the finished article, but this has to rank as one of my most satisfying victories.

Given the disappointment of the World Cup, it is great to get our Six Nations campaign off to a winning start to eradicate some of the memories of New Zealand.

We previously hadn’t won at Murrayfield since 2004, and while there is of course a lot for us to work on, I think we showed a lot of determination and grit from a group of guys who have only been together for a couple of weeks.

The mood in the dressing room afterwards was very upbeat. A lot of people had written us off but we had a massive belief that we could get the right result.

With the amount of new caps in the side, it was always going to be a tough assignment but as the coaching team have already said, we are here to win games.

It was important to win this first game and hopefully it will now allow us to build towards the Italy game and we can now develop our attacking game.

Last night it was England's defence that proved the decisive factor.

Coach Andy Farrell had said during the week that defence win games, and sometimes you can have try-scoring defence.

That’s exactly what Charlie Hodgson did, getting off the line quickly to charge down Dan Parks and score his try just after half-time.

It was a crucial moment for us because Scotland had enjoyed some possession at the end of the first half but we snatched the lead.

We had talked about Parks and his style of kicking and you can recognise when he is going to kick because he turns his body towards the touchline.

The fact that they took the ball in first also gave us a better chance and Parks didn’t sit in the pocket either. He sat out on the right and that meant Charlie could get a free run at him without any blockers.

In games like that it can get a bit lonely at fullback but thankfully I was able to play my part by putting in a number of key tackles when Scotland looked like creating try-scoring opportunities.

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