Steve Borthwick insists he has the assist of rugby union bosses to assist England overturn a five-game winless run.
England misplaced 29-20 to world champions South Africa on the Allianz Area on Saturday, their third worldwide defeat within the Autumn Nations Sequence, following slender losses to New Zealand and Australia .
England have misplaced 5 Take a look at matches in a row for the primary time since 2018, together with two defeats in New Zealand final summer time, and in 2024 they’ve misplaced seven of their final 11 Take a look at matches.
However upbeat Borthwick dismissed recommendations his place may very well be below stress in the long run regardless of a drop in outcomes since reaching the World Cup semi-finals greater than a 12 months in the past.
“The sensation I get from the RFU is absolute assist and absolute perception that this staff goes in the fitting course, and that comes from everybody throughout the RFU,” he mentioned.
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These sentiments have been echoed by his captain Jamie George, who careworn his gamers have been upset with current outcomes.
“For those who have a look at the three Take a look at matches individually, there are actually quite a lot of issues we may have executed higher however we’re upset with the end result,” he mentioned.
“However right now I used to be actually pleased with the bodily method the staff performed, Take a look at rugby is such a high-margin sport and I assumed we created quite a lot of probabilities in opposition to world-class groups and back-to-back world champions for some purpose. purpose.
“What we have to do is use options to assist finish these video games and I’ve full confidence and perception within the gamers and workers that we are going to do every part we are able to to be a considerably higher staff subsequent week (in opposition to Japan) ) and in addition within the Six Nations.
England should study from ‘painful expertise’
As was the case with defeats to the All Blacks and Wallabies earlier this autumn, England led at instances in a decent contest in opposition to four-time world champions South Africa, solely to fall a step behind on the scoreline and miss out. Alternative to advance.
“We’ll repair this and we’re going to ensure we’re a greater staff,” Borthwick mentioned.
England head coach Steve Borthwick believes he has the assist of the RFU regardless of struggling 5 successive defeats
“I believe it is essential to comprehend that we have had take a look at matches in opposition to excellent groups,” Borthwick mentioned. “Now we have to comprehend what an excellent staff South Africa are. They’re double world champions, they’ve consistency. The expertise they’ve within the squad means you must be on the cash each second of a Take a look at match. superior.
“Particularly within the final quarter, we noticed we had quite a lot of alternatives to get into their 22, quite a lot of scoring alternatives. We noticed these little moments, little errors throughout the scope of the sport that ended up being actually essential.
“That is what we’re engaged on and that is what we’re creating with the gamers to make sure the place we are able to go along with this staff within the coming years.
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“These are painful experiences that we’re going by means of as a staff, however finally, in the long term, this adversity can be an excellent factor and we can be a greater staff due to these experiences.
“It’s totally, very troublesome proper now.”
What to do subsequent?
England’s Autumn Nations Sequence begins subsequent Sunday on the Allianz Area in opposition to Japan, coached by former boss Eddie Jones (kick-off 4.10pm).
Their Six Nations begins away to Eire on Saturday 1 February, adopted by three consecutive house video games in opposition to France, Scotland and Italy.
