Head coach Steve Borthwick is 'doing a great job' in charge of England, says new Japan boss Eddie Jones.
Steve Borthwick was an assistant coach under Eddie Jones , helping England to a World Cup final in 2019Head coach Steve Borthwick is "doing a great job" in charge of England, says new Japan boss Eddie Jones.before last autumn's Rugby World Cup and replaced by Borthwick, who worked under the Australian during his first stint in charge of Japan and at England.
England face the Brave Blossoms in Tokyo on Saturday in what will be Jones' first game back in charge of Japan after he "England is a high-pressured job, you get more scrutiny than any other job in the world," Jones said.Borthwick, 44, had a disappointing first Six Nations in charge before losing three of England's four World Cup warm-up matches, includingin this year's Six Nations leaves his side in a strong position heading into their summer tour of Japan and New Zealand.
"There is a gap there but we have no excuse. We have prepared really well and are going to give it a red hot go on Saturday."If we are good enough we will win the game, if we are not we will work out what we have to do better. It is pretty simple.
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