With Borthwick, we can be world beaters again – Owen

By LUKE JARMYN

Perfect: New England coach Steve Borthwick

A NEW coach with a new voice picking new young hungry players who have been “tearing up the Premiership every week” is the recipe to make England world-beaters once again, according to RFU past president John Owen MBE.
Owen, who’s been at the heart of the English game for more than a quarter of a century, has questioned the timing of the RFU’s decision to change head coach just nine months before a World Cup – but still thinks it’s the right thing to do.
The 76-year-old is backing Steve Borthwick to be a real success in the ...

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