England head coach Steve Borthwick admits being crushed 53-10 by France was “painful”; England’s closing match of the Six Nations pits them towards an Eire crew taking part in for a Grand Slam at house however Borthwick says: “We’re excited by this recreation. We imagine in what we’re attempting to do”

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Steve Borthwick says England’s heavy defeat to France was ‘painful’ however believes the crew has labored exhausting for an ‘improved efficiency’

After enduring a 53-10 drubbing towards France final weekend at Twickenham, England go to Dublin this Saturday to face an Eire facet taking part in for a Grand Slam at house.

It is a daunting activity however England head coach Steve Borthwick maintained it was one his facet relished.

“From our viewpoint we’re excited by this recreation. We imagine in what we’re attempting to do,” Borthwick stated forward of their closing match of the Six Nations.

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England head coach Steve Borthwick has chosen a 36-player squad for his or her Six Nations finale towards Eire as they appear to bounce again from that humiliating 53-10 defeat towards France.

“We perceive we have now a whole lot of work to do. We knew that going into final week’s recreation and we noticed fairly clearly, I used to be very upfront pre-game and post-game in regards to the hole.

“We’re wanting ahead to testing our capabilities towards the No 1 facet on the earth in what guarantees to be a extremely thrilling recreation on Saturday.”

England have made modifications to their beginning crew; a hamstring damage to Ollie Lawrence sees Manu Tuilagi change him at inside centre, whereas David Ribbans is available in for Ollie Chessum, who can also be injured, within the second row.

England’s final recreation of the Six Nations is towards an Eire facet attempting to find a Grand Slam

Borthwick has chosen Henry Arundell on the wing and has now dropped fly-half Marcus Smith, with Owen Farrell returning.

“Concerning the change at 10, as all the time I decide a crew that I feel is the best crew for the sport we’ll play, the plan we want to try to carry into the sport and towards the particular opposition,” Borthwick stated.

“Everyone across the crew, gamers, coaches, each one of many administration crew discovered final week’s end result and efficiency painful. It hurts. Each considered one of us has labored collectively this week to get an improved efficiency on Saturday.

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England Rugby head coach Steve Borthwick makes an attempt to stay optimistic following their heavy defeat to France.

“We went into final week with a plan and sadly we weren’t capable of enact that plan. I feel a part of that was right down to ourselves. A part of that was credit score to an excellent French crew. Now we all know as we go into this Saturday’s recreation, we all know we’re taking part in towards an outstanding crew.”

Borthwick believes his facet is able to rebounding, even towards the championship-leading Eire crew at house.

“Clearly the efficiency must considerably enhance from the place it was final week and we all know we’re taking part in towards the perfect facet on the earth. So what a solution to take a look at ourselves in what is going on to be a improbable environment,” he stated.

The stress is on Steve Borthwick’s England crew

“I feel clearly Eire are a really effectively organised, drilled facet, have been working collectively for numerous seasons now so we all know we’ll need to be excellent in all facets of the sport to compete and get ourselves in place to win the Check match.

“Our job has been this week to maintain attempting to speed up our growth. Now we have a whole lot of catching as much as do and we wish to speed up it.

“We’re enthusiastic about this recreation. We all know they’re an excellent facet.”

However he added: “We have a whole lot of good gamers in our crew as effectively.”