How England can fix their blitz to escape a Springbok onslaught after Australia exposed Steve Borthwick's defence time and again
Daily MailEngland are racing to fix their blitz, but there appears to be no appetite to abandon the high-risk, high-reward defensive approach ahead of the daunting showdown with South Africa on Saturday. But England's glaring failure to protect a lead, several times, will have alarmed head coach Steve Borthwick and his new defence guru, Joe El-Abd. Steve Borthwick is searching for answers after suffering back-to-back Autumn international defeats England are reeling after shipping 42 points against Australia in their defeat at Twickenham England saw their lead collapse as Australia came from behind to seal a famous win at Twickenham El-Abd is highly rated by Borthwick, but he will have gone through torment on Saturday as the Wallabies were given far too much freedom to showcase their running threat and claim five tries, including a last-gasp winner out wide by Max Jorgensen. England's glaring failure to protect a lead against Australia, several times, will have alarmed new defence guru, Joe El-Abd 'England lost the game to the Wallabies on physicality. When Sua'ali'i got his offload away for the first try, Australia had already won three or four phases of pick-and-go that nullified England's line speed.
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