#england-rugby

#england-rugby

A Six Nations grand slam, plus Nations Championship victories against South Africa and Fiji and England would head to Argentina next July having equalled their record run of 18 wins, in pursuit of a ground-breaking No 19. Sounds simple put like that, but there's more chance of Steve Borthwick busting his best moves in England's next viral TikTok video than him entertaining any thought of record runs.

Ojomoh has been thrust into the No 12 jersey for a first Twickenham start in place of the injured Fraser Dingwall but Maro Itoje believes the Bath centre will flourish against Argentina. Dingwall's withdrawal with a side strain sustained last weekend is further upheaval for Borthwick, who has already lost Ollie Lawrence, Jamie George and Tom Roobuck since the 33-19 triumph over the All Blacks.

who scored 13 points, including two crucial drop-goals after the All Blacks had taken a 12-0 lead, in a virtuoso man-of-the-match performance. We just wanted to make sure that we get our preparation right and we attack it. And we felt that if we did that, then we could have a good chance of getting the result. That's just probably where we're at as a team at the minute.

We met Brendon McCullum and his coaching staff a few weeks ago, said Wigglesworth. We had a sit down and a coffee in Manchester which was very enjoyable. I asked him a lot around how he changed mindsets in English cricket which was really interesting. But then we got into the technicalities of coaching someone one-on-one and what that looks like.