Steve Borthwick stated the England group he replaced Eddie Jones “weren’t good at anything” adhering to a loss in his very first suit accountable.
Borthwick’s regime as England instructor began with a remarkable 29-23 loss to Scotland in a Six Nations opener at Twickenham on Saturday.
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The brand-new England manager had just had 11 days’ training time with the team after mentoring coach Jones was sacked adhering to an inadequate November collection that topped England’s worst year because 2008.
“I’ve been frank from day one in saying there’s a lot of work to do,” firmly insistedBorthwick “When I looked at the team in the autumn, when I measured the team and got all the data for the team, we weren’t good at anything. It was as frank as that.”
England currently encounter Italy, fresh from a gutsy 29-24 loss to Grand Slam champs France, in the 2nd round, with Borthwick approving his side continue to be an operate in development 7 months of the begin of the World Cup.
“We are trying to build some strengths in this team and some bits we are pleased about and some bits we are disappointed about,” he stated. “My job is to make sure we get some improvements for Italy.”
The previous England captain included: “There are numerous locations we have actually attempted to alter. You saw some enhancement in the scrum versus Scotland which I delighted in around since it has actually been rated as the most awful scrum in tier-one (leading countries) rugby.
“We saw some improvements in the attack and speed of ball and we tried to improve the breakdown where England were ranked the ninth quickest, so one of the slowest in tier one.”
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Meanwhile support principal Kevin Sinfield, that collaborated with Borthwick when he trained Leicester to the Premiership title last period, will certainly have been worried incidentally England missed out on 5 deals with on Duhan van der Merwe while the Scotland wing was running in a fantastic solo attempt from completely 55 metres out.
“In terms of the way we hit in defence, there were improvements there but there were a couple of tries which Scotland took brilliantly, which is immense credit to them,” stated Borthwick.
“I have asked the players to play a new way. I have got to get the players to believe in themselves and get the players to bring their strengths to the pitch.”
Defeats by Argentina as well as South Africa, allied to a privileged draw with New Zealand, secured completion of professional Australian instructor Jones’ eight-year spell accountable of England.
Experienced hooker Jamie George approved “something wasn’t quite working” late in 2015 under Jones, currently the instructor of his indigenous Australia for a 2nd time.
“We want to take England rugby back to the top and we’re aware that it hasn’t been good enough, especially in the autumn,” stated George.
“Eddie took the brunt of it in terms of losing his job, but at the same time we were the people on the field. So we have to take accountability for it too.”
RECORD: Scots tweeze Roses at Twickenham
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