Dropping Marcus Smith to the bench to pick a 32-year-old at full-back hardly screams progression, especially when you ...

Standing just a few metres behind England’s back line during training this week, Steve Borthwick witnessed the evidence of ...

Express Sport brings you the latest news and updates from the Six Nations as England get set to host Italy later today.

Steve Borthwick has loaded the gun for Italy to shoot England's Six Nations hopes to tatters this weekend. What a motivator ...

England head coach Steve Borthwick has justified his decision to drop Marcus Smith as a way of 'unleashing' him in off the ...

France boss Fabien Galthie has followed Steve Borthwick's lead in putting pressure on the match officials ahead of the Six ...

He believes that the player has "impact" and can be unleashed from the bench when there is fatigue on the pitch. Read more at ...

Sir Clive Woodward has offered his theory behind the dropping of Marcus Smith.

The game plan and performance quality of England under Steve Borthwick has come into sharp focus despite successive one-point ...

When Marcus Smith sat down for a one-to-one talk with Steve Borthwick late on Tuesday afternoon at England's team base in Surrey, what the head coach said to him amounted to a sales pitch.

Borthwick praised his players’ tactical flexibility as the Calcutta Cup was reclaimed through with a first victory in the ...

After England’s Calcutta Cup win, I wrote that Marcus Smith was approaching the time when he would have to sit down with Steve Borthwick and insist on playing No 10. Being versatile can count ...