Ben Youngs lifts the lid on Steve Borthwick – but too late

By Nick Cain

Ben Youngs lifted the lid last week on Steve Borthwick being a “risk-averse” coach, and stated that the kick-first strategy adopted by Eddie Jones, and continued by his former assistant, “was boring to play in”.
It’s a great shame the centurion scrum-half has waited until retirement from the international arena before making these comments, but understandable.
There is no way he would have crossed the 100-cap threshold if he had aired his views during the Jones era, given “Fast Eddie’s” aversion to any insubordination in the ranks – and the disappearance of his rival Danny Car...

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