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Ireland scored 22 points inside the first 30 minutes – the fourth-most first-half points conceded by England at home.<\/p>\n
That followed England going 17-0 down in 15 minutes against Scotland at Murrayfield.<\/p>\n
“Fast starts are not about being physical and smashing them, that is a given, you are running out for your country,” former England scrum-half Matt Dawson told BBC Rugby Union Weekly.<\/p>\n
“It’s the tactics. It’s about how you are going to play, where you will play and how they will play.<\/p>\n
“It’s individual preparation and the understanding of how to play professional sport, not just rugby. Have you got that mentality to adapt from minute one?<\/p>\n
“England, when it goes badly in the first 10 minutes, they are yet to find a methodology or a way out of it.”<\/p>\n
Former England fly-half Paul Grayson added: “From nowhere England pulled out a performance that lacked accuracy, energy and emotion.<\/p>\n
“The Twickenham crowd were making a heck of a racket at the start but 30 minutes in there were ironic cheers for making touch with a kick.”<\/p>\n
Borthwick has been here before as England boss. In 2023 his side shipped 53 points at home to France but later that year they were minutes away from making a World Cup final.<\/p>\n
“England had a chance against Ireland to show the Murrayfield nightmare was just a blip, but instead things were even worse, with the defence porous, accuracy non-existent, and the gameplan exposed,” said BBC rugby correspondent Chris Jones.<\/p>\n
“All the momentum and confidence generated from that 12-month winning run has evaporated in the space of 160 minutes of rugby.<\/p>\n
“England’s tactics have been picked apart by Scotland and Ireland, and Borthwick will need to react and adapt if they are to salvage their campaign in Rome and Paris.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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