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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Gerard Meagher

Borthwick wants more improvement as England eye unlikely Six Nations title

Steve Borthwick before England’s Six Nations match against Ireland.
Steve Borthwick says England ‘have to learn super-fast what we did well’ during the win against Ireland. Photograph: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK/Shutterstock

England will head to France next weekend with the belief that an unlikely Six Nations title is “within arm’s reach”, with Steve Borthwick urging his players to improve on their remarkable victory against Ireland.

Marcus Smith’s last-gasp drop goal on Saturday sealed the most signi­ficant win of Borthwick’s tenure and sparked the kind of wild celebrations at Twickenham that have been all too rare of late.

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