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Borthwick: We'll hit back

England squad determined to make amends

Last updated: 14th March 2008

Borthwick: Determined

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Steve Borthwick has insisted that the entire England squad are determined to bounce back from their Murrayfield nightmare.

England had arrived in the Scottish capital with real hopes of lifting the RBS Six Nations title - however, 80 rain-soaked minutes and one abject team performance later, and those aspirations had vanished.

Not one of the England players could seriously claim to have had a good game in the 15-9 defeat, however only Jonny Wilkinson has been dropped from the side to face Ireland at Twickenham.

And, having been given a chance of gaining redemption on Saturday, Borthwick claims the side as a whole are focused on getting it right.

He said: "Everyone who was on the field for any period of time takes responsibility for that performance last Saturday, there is no doubt about that.

"We are determined to put in a much bigger performance this weekend. We know we are in for a big challenge against a tremendously strong and experienced team.

Mistakes

"For me, it's great we have got another game seven days later and there has been no long wait until the next match.

"We can talk in the week and work on our skills, but mistakes happen in games, and too many of them happened last weekend.

"Sometimes things happen in sport. Unfortunately, it happened to us last Saturday.

"You can look at it in a negative way or in a positive way. We are trying to improve every single week.

"For ourselves, the management team and our supporters we are determined to put it right. It is a group of players who want to make amends and get better as a team."