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Steve Borthwick is here to stay – but issues need fixing for England to be World Cup contenders

Steve Borthwick, England’s head coach, will have mixed feelings about the almost-imminent British and Irish Lions tour to Australia. He will be pleased that his team’s second place in this year’s Six Nations will have bolstered the selection case for many of his charges. On the other hand, I am sure he would have preferred to have his entire squad available for England’s summer tour to Argentina.

Leicester face one final humiliation: Being relegated by Wolves

The immediate question that needs answering is where Leicester City will get a goal from. It is currently 580 minutes of play since Bilal El Khannouss scored at Tottenham Hotspur back in January – and they have not found the net in a Premier League match since.

Six Nations review: France saves Galthié, England has mojo back and aging Ireland squad

The debrief: Murmurings about whether Fabien Galthié was the right coach to lead the team to the 2027 Rugby World Cup have been silenced after he delivered the second Six Nations title on his five-year watch. Until now, the 2022 title had been insufficient reward for a team backstopped by the Top 14 and a pipeline of young talent from the last four under-20 world championships, three of them won by France. Galthié has had everything in his favor but he somehow managed to miss out at the 2023 World Cup and 2024 Six Nations. The main regret this tournament was the mystifying loss to England at Twickenham, where France was on top everywhere but the scoreboard.
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