Borthwick: We must improve discipline

By ADAM HATHAWAY in Japan

ENGLAND head coach Steve Borthwick warned his side to be squeaky clean in New Zealand after a disciplinary horror show in Japan.
Borthwick’s team beat the Brave Blossoms 52-17 in a furnace at the National Stadium in Tokyo yesterday but had Charlie Ewels sent off after 74 minutes. The lock now has the unwanted distinction of being the first Englishman to be dismissed twice and he has done it in his last two matches.
Ewels was sent off after two minutes against Ireland at Twickenham in 2022 and it happened again here for a dangerous clearout on Japan c...

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