Steve Borthwick

[Dangerous4]

I'm very concerned that Steve Borthwick will be offered the England coaching role, and will be lost to us.

Thoughts?

[wigworth]

I'm very concerned that Steve Borthwick will be offered the England coaching role, and will be lost to us.

Thoughts?

There is pretty much a 0% chance this happens, the only way Eddie gets fired is if England lose all their 6 nations games next year, which won't happen.

[Rugbygramps]

Not sure he would want it. Doesn’t suit his style and he is very uncomfortable with the media side of things. IMO no way England will go for an untried England head coach, and it won’t happen until after the World Cup unless Jones resigns.

As others have mentioned Edwards and Farrell are likely to be in the pecking order ahead of him, though not sure either of those would want it.
All this is media speculation because of a relatively poor 6 nations and Borthwicks amazing turnaround with Tigers. If we were 5th or 6th in the Premiership he wouldn’t be being mentioned

[Wayne Richardson Fan Club]

The England Role is a bit of a dead end, fine if you win the RWC, not great if you don't.

Borthwick has inside knowledge of the role, that could work either way..

[jgriffin]

They've confirmed it will be an English coach. My money, alas, would be on SB.

[Rugbygramps]

They've confirmed it will be an English coach. My money, alas, would be on SB.

Depending on the RWC I think they would look at Farrell first, especially if Ireland don’t reach at least the semis

[Scott1]

Yes Farrell and Edwards first post RWC

[westwinds31]

“Steve, you’ve won the World Cup how do you feel ?”
“”We’ll, we’re not thinking about that, we just want to get better every game, improve as players and take it game by game. I’m impressed by the effort of the players”

[mightymouse]

I think Edwards is the one who would not take it if offered .. I can tell you exactly what he thinks of the RFU cronies .. but it wouldn’t be polite

[Tiglon]

Sweeney has said he would like it to be an English coach, and that they have set up a "war room" (tell me you like wearing blazers without telling me you like wearing blazers) to keep tabs on all the potential English candidates. They've also said that they would like the person to join the setup before the RWC, because that's what France did with Galthie and France are good now so that one thing will surely make England good too... right?

Will any of that actually happen? Or will The War Room actually come up with the answer "Warren Gatland"? Who knows.

Would Borthwick be in the running? Of course he would. Would Borthwick want the job? Only he can answer that, but I suspect part of the challenge for the RFU is not so much finding the right person as it is finding a person who wants it.

[TigerBoy1880]

Well according to BBC Radio Leicester, Borthwick is the man the RFU want to take over after the 2023 World Cup

[Scott1]

Well according to BBC Radio Leicester, Borthwick is the man the RFU want to take over after the 2023 World Cup

His name will be in the hat for sure but they know as much as the rest of us

[TigerBoy1880]

I don’t know. They do usually get information before we do and it’s usually correct

[trendylfj]

Never wanted EJ to succeed and stay on as much as I do now - and I believe in Santa

[RagingBull]

I don’t know. They do usually get information before we do and it’s usually correct

Not since Borthwick has been in charge though