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Nick Cain: England boss Steve Borthwick missed his Henry Pollock chance

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and it is a saying coaches tend to lean on when it all goes wrong and the flak flies. However, in pro sport getting it right is why top coaches get paid big bucks.
Henry Pollock in England colours on Saturday

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and it is a saying coaches tend to lean on when it all goes wrong and the flak flies. However, in pro sport getting it right is why top coaches get paid big bucks.

Steve Borthwick had questions to answer about England’s pre-match mindset in Edinburgh last weekend when they were left in the starting blocks by Scotland, but the Red Rose head coach chose to focus on how much Henry Arundell’s yellow/red cards, which left England a man down for 30 minutes of the first hour, had been costly.
He was right, but what Borthwick did not mention is how he failed to deplo...

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