2023-09-07 21:37:00
By Le Figaro with AFP
Posted 4 minutes ago, Just updated
Steve Borthwick, England coach since the start of the year. Mike Jones/News Images / PANORAMIC
The new England coach complains about criticism of his team, even if he sees it as a source of motivation.
The English, who have been going through a difficult period since last year, have been “buried a little too quickly», Said their coach, Steve Borthwick, on Thursday, two days before their entry into the 2023 World Cup against Argentina in Marseille.
«I feel like the players feel like they were buried a little too quickly“, he declared after revealing his team composition to face the Pumas.
The XV de la Rose, finalist of the 2019 World Cup in Japan, has experienced complicated recent months between the dismissal of coach Eddie Jones and a failed Six Nations Tournament, marked in particular by a historic defeat against France at Twickenham (53-10 ).
The preparation for the World Cup did not reassure this summer, with two sluggish performances against Wales (a victory and a defeat) and a setback at home against Fiji (30-22). Enough to doubt the ability of the English to escape from Group D against Argentina, Japan or even Samoa.
The critics “motivate us», assured the powerful third row Courtney Lawes, who will be captain on Saturday (9:00 p.m.) at the Vélodrome – “a great honor», he said – in the absence of Owen Farrell, suspended for the first two matches.
«We know we didn’t play our best rugby“, recognized Maro Itoje for his part. “The real motivation is to see how far this team can go and how we can show our best face».
«The team really feels that the tide can quickly turn“, added the second line, according to which “The best is yet to come» for England.
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