Steve Borthwick needs to convince England fans he can turn potential into reality – and he knows it
in the backs, and they need time together now, as opposed to any further fiddling with back-up plans.Marcus Smith’
s angry glare at Will Stuart, the prop, for failing to do this in a second half of no points scored by England in Cardiff, was symbolic. Borthwick, a known lover of acting on data, quoted the 21 turnovers by Wales to England’s nine – a number which could add up to disaster if repeated in the World Cup.
came to pass in the second half, as the debutant Theo Dan missed jumpers up and down the line – this can be forgiven in a scratch team, but not in a must-win World Cup match.England are able to force teams backwards and build scores – albeit a meagre three penalties on this occasion – with their trundling one-off runners. They had showed this in Ireland last March before being waylaid by
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