Sinfield said he “had 50 stuck on my chin plenty of times” during his eminent rugby league playing career, and the adversity brought the best out of him. “At the minute it is horrible because it is raw and everybody is coming at us, which I understand and expect, but we will be better for it because it will pull us together.” This is a huge bump in the road but we don’t throw our toys out of the pram.Įddie Jones was right - it's time to blow up English rugby Read More I don’t think he has had much sleep but he has been a tower of strength for the whole group and he will continue to do that. “You want your leaders to stand up in moments when it is tough and he has certainly stood up. “We have had to make some adjustments because 50 points is big but he is as good as he has ever been,” Sinfield said when asked how Borthwick had reacted to the French hammering. If loading a heftier pack is the way to go, Nick Isiekwe could be on the blindside flank. Ollie Chessum injuring his ankle in training will force a change in the second row, maybe for Jonny Hill to bring added weight, or promote the more mobile Dave Ribbans. Trimming his squad to 30 players on Tuesday, Borthwick released six players including Ben Youngs, and retained the scrum-halves Alex Mitchell and Jack van Poortvliet, enabling them to gain further experience at a formative stage with six months to go to the 2023 Rugby World Cup. England are in the grimly classic situation of debating whether to stick or twist against an Irish team holding all the aces. To revert to Tuilagi, whose form this season has been far from persuasive, and certainly was not enough to get him into the England side at the outset of this championship, was a selection broadly hinted at by Sinfield. Rugby Union How to watch the Women's Six Nations, plus the schedule and fixtures in full Read More Irish planning a party but it’s Borthwick with sleepless nightsīorthwick has been having sleepless nights and the England head coach and his team have not even got to Dublin yet, where the Irish are expecting to roll the Cheltenham Festival, St Patrick’s Day on Friday and Saturday’s tilt at completing the Six Nations Grand Slam into one gigantic party.īorthwick’s men will cross the Irish Sea on Thursday, with the daunting task of recovering from last weekend’s record thrashing by France, and looking destined to finish fourth in the Six Nations unless they can bring off an almighty upset over the world’s No 1 ranked team.
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