Former head coach unimpressed by France comments
‘To look ahead for any team is fraught with danger’
Eddie Jones believes England’s dramatic collapse in the Six Nations can be explained by Steve Borthwick’s overconfidence in looking ahead to a title decider against France before the tournament had begun.
Successive emphatic defeats to Scotland and Ireland have undone the progress made during a 12-Test winning run and turned the round-four appointment against Italy in Rome on 7 March into a game they dare not lose.
It is a very different scenario to the one Borthwick had envisioned when naming his Six Nations squad last month. “On 14 March in Paris, we want to be in a position entering that game where we can achieve what we’re all aiming to achieve,” the head coach said on 23 January.
