England have lost five of their last six matches and have conceded an average of 26 points during Borthwick’s nine-Test tenure.
Steve Borthwick insists England will urgently address the defensive crisis that threatens to torpedo their Word Cup.
Most concerning of all is a defence overseen by Kevin Sinfield that has now been breached 30 times in Borthwick’s nine Tests in charge, each outing seeing an average of 26 points leaked.Fiji were typically ruthless in attack but also met willing victims and with the World Cup opener against Argentina arriving in less than two weeks, England must resurrect a fundamental of their game.
“I’m very clear that I was disappointed with the defence. We conceded too many tries and we missed too many tackles,” Borthwick said.Steve Borthwick has overseen a dismal Summer Nations Series “Now Fiji have exceptional power and speed, and that hurt us. But what we have to do is look at those tackles and what we could have done better.
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