Steve Borthwick hopes England can ‘get the job finished’ against the world’s best

England head coach Steve Borthwick is hoping his side can take the lessons from the summer tour and convert them into results in the Autumn Nations Series.

Borthwick’s team kick off their November block with a return Test against the All Blacks, before facing the Wallabies, Springboks and Japan.

“I want to make sure we get the job finished”

England will be out for revenge in their opening Test of the series against New Zealand following some tough outings against them in July. Borthwick’s side impressed for the majority of both games against Scott Robertson’s men, however, they ultimately slipped to two defeats.

Speaking ahead of the Autumn Nations Series, Borthwick outlined his team are a lot more competitive against the world’s best sides, but challenged them to get “the job finished at the end”.

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“The team needs to consistently put itself in positions to win games, which we’ve done a lot better,” the England head coach said.

He added: “There was a period not so long ago where we weren’t competing against the top four sides in the world. Now we’re competing against them but I want to make sure we get the job finished at the end.”

Borthwick also explained how he still praised his side for the performances against the All Blacks in the summer, but hopes they can convert the tough lessons into results this November.

“Make no mistake, I praise the players for their performances and their efforts because they’ve done a lot of good things, but there have also been times where we have lost games ourselves rather than the opposition winning them,” he said.

“We were in a winning position against New Zealand in Dunedin and we didn’t win. We then got ourselves into a winning position in Auckland, where we should have learned the lessons from the week before.

“We need to make sure we’ve learned those lessons so that they can be converted into results.”

England will be hoping for an improved result against the All Blacks this time around, who head into the Autumn Nations Series following a second-placed finish in the Rugby Championship.

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