Steve Borthwick ‘dissatisfied’ by newest England loss however pledges France fightback

Steve Borthwick was left “disappointed” after England started their Six Nations project with a loss by Ireland – however pledged they would certainly get better versus France following week.

England were defeated 27-22 in Dublin after a second-half strike from the hosts saw them protect a bonus-point win.

Borthwick’s side had actually begun well and led 10-5 at half-time, many thanks partially to a great protective screen.

But Ireland barked back in the 2nd fifty percent and racked up 22 unanswered factors, prior to late shots from Tom Curry and Tommy Freeman taken England a shedding perk factor.

England have actually currently won simply 2 of their last 9 video games, shedding 6 of 7, however Borthwick urges they will certainly choose themselves approximately host favourites France – that knocked down sorry Wales 43-0 in Paris on Friday evening – following week.

“I was looking at and this was always going to be a great test for us and ultimately we came up short and I am really disappointed we came up short,” stated Borthwick.

“I thought we could come here and win this game. I think our players gave that a good go. You certainly saw a belief in the players that they could come here and win the game.

“We didn’t, so we will ensure that we are a better team next week against France back at Twickenham, back at Allianz Stadium.

“If you look at today’s game, you saw two different teams. You see an Ireland team that has been together such a huge time, nearly 1,200 caps.

“We want to win every game and we didn’t today, so we are disappointed with that. We play France next week and we are looking forward to being back in front of our supporters.”

England were led versus Ireland for the very first time by Maro Itoje, that has actually changed Jamie George as captain.

Itoje commended his side’s initiative in Dublin and thinks they will certainly construct from the favorable components of the loss.

“We pretty much just said: ‘Look, the first half was really good and in the second half we didn’t quite execute the game plan in terms of field position and territory’,” he stated.

“But, I am proud of the way the boys fought to the very end. We fought to get the losing bonus point at the end and that’s definitely admirable.

“I think it is what it is. Our role is to learn from it and build and get better. There were large parts of our game which I think took a step forward today.

“The energy we had on the field, the vibrancy we had to our attack, the way the guys were flooding through holes, I thought was very admirable.”