Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s talking points
By Brendan Gallagher

Honeymoon periods are not set in stone and in my estimation Steve Borthwick’s ends this summer.
Don’t get me wrong, he’s still in good shape. There is an acknowledgement that England have made decent strides forward and RFU CEO Bill Sweeney and indeed the players seem fully behind Borthwick.
The England coach doesn’t go round needling people – players or media – and there is very little to get hot under the collar about. He has lowered the temperature of the entire England scene.
But the sudden and frankly unex...