Steve Borthwick explains why England should be ‘excited’ before World Cup

“I intend we will be working really hard to put England in the best position possible and I’m excited about what these players can do for the World Cup.”

England finished fourth in the competition – behind Ireland, France and Scotland.

The visitors led for most of the first half of Saturday evening’s contest against the in-form Irish thanks to the first two of Owen Farrell’s three penalties.

However, after hooker Dan Sheehan crossed to move Ireland ahead, Steward was dismissed for colliding with the head of rival full-back Hugo Keenan.

A week on from losing 53-10 to the French, depleted England did not cave but were ultimately comfortably beaten following further tries from Robbie Henshaw, Sheehan and Rob Herring, with Jamie George grabbing a consolation.

I intend we will be working really hard to put England in the best position possible and I’m excited about what these players can do for the World Cup

“We get a number of weeks to prepare (for the World Cup), players will then be conditioned for international rugby, players will understand how we want to play,” said Borthwick.

“This has been a fabulous tournament, five intense games and effectively you then have one main training session a week.

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“I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to work with the players for a longer period of time and I think we can make some growth.

“I think we’ve seen some growth here but I think we will see more in that preparation period.”

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