We’re going in right direction – Borthwick

■ By ADAM HATHAWAY at Twickenham

ENGLAND boss Steve Borthwick is not fearing the chop – despite adding a 29-20 defeat to South Africa to their recent dismal run.
A penalty by Handre Pollard and a brilliant finish from Cheslin Kolbe, who scored twice, tore the match away from the hosts as they failed to close the deal again.
It was déjà vu for Borthwick’s men who lost 16-15 to the Boks in last year’s World Cup semi-final in Paris.
This is crisis time for England as they lurched to a fifth defeat on the spin and a third successive reverse at Twick...

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