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Progress or standing still - where are England under Borthwick?
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BBC Sport - Sport
"I don't think now is the time to be digging into that," Borthwick said of his side's discipline in the aftermath of the victory in Santiago del Estero.
An emphatic 73-8 win over Fiji in Liverpool ended a five-game losing run and was the only match this year in which England did not receive a yellow card.
Former England scrum-half Danny Care pointed out on BBC's Rugby Union Weekly that, across eight matches in 2026, Borthwick's side have spent more than two hours of rugby without a full complement of players on the pitch.
"It is the little ones that you do not get away with under pressure, and pressure makes you do silly things.
The senior players and coaches have a big job to limit them, as they won't win Test matches against the best teams."