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Nick Cain: England still making the same mistakes

Nick Cain says England’s drab defeat to France exposed the same flaws that derailed their Six Nations campaign, leaving Steve Borthwick with major questions to answer.
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Ordinary and uninspired is the only appropriate description for the England XV that were outplayed by their France XV rivals in front of a full house in Vannes on Friday evening.

The 35-19 margin was a wake-up call that the issues that surfaced during England’s Six Nations collapse have not been fixed – and that there are no men in this second-team selection breaking the door down for Nations Championship inclusion.
The alarm sounded loudest for head coach Steve Borthwick and his assistants, because his uninspired selection was unable to summon the energy and grit to face down their well-moti...

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