From potential ‘new coach bounce’ to the power of Ireland and France, championship can raise interest before the World Cup
Team captains Jamie Ritchie, Ken Owens, Owen Farrell, Antoine Dupont, Johnny Sexton and Michele Lamaro pose with the Six Nations trophy.Team captains Jamie Ritchie, Ken Owens, Owen Farrell, Antoine Dupont, Johnny Sexton and Michele Lamaro pose with the Six Nations trophy.Last modified on Tue 24 Jan 2023 10.56 GMTt was hard to put your finger on it but there was a different feel to this year’s Six Nations launch.
The new England head coach, Steve Borthwick, spoke particularly well, not least about his desire for his players to have no regrets. “As a player I was privileged to play 57 times for England. I had the great honour of captaining my country on 21 occasions. Now I look back and I regret a lot of the things I didn’t do.
Borthwick, though, did concede that transforming England might not happen overnight given the strength of many of their rivals. While his side kick off with two home games against Scotland and Italy, Jones’s abrupt departure has left his successor little time in which to reinvent the wheel. “The reality is we’re a little bit behind. You saw that in the autumn. Every English supporter wants this England team to perform better than they did then.
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