New head coach Steve Borthwick says England must undergo some ache to develop as a staff after they misplaced 29-23 to Scotland of their Six Nations opener.
The hosts had been main at Twickenham till Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe scored his second strive with seven minutes remaining.
It was Borthwick’s first sport in command of England after he changed Eddie Jones in December.
“That is a part of the expansion of the staff,” he mentioned.
“We bought ourselves ready once we ought to have received the Check match within the second half. At 20-12 up, we should not be letting that sport get away from us. You must undergo some ache.
“Actually good groups would go on and win that.”
Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the primary time in 38 years in 2021, and their newest victory is the third in a row in opposition to their outdated rivals at any venue.
England had been booed off the sphere by the Twickenham trustworthy after their defeat by world champions South Africa in Jones’ remaining sport in cost final autumn, however Borthwick pointed to indicators of restoration.
His facet will host Italy as robust favourites of their subsequent sport in eight days’ time.
He mentioned: “We had been taking part in in opposition to a Scotland staff who’ve managed this fixture lately. We want to ensure we restrict possibilities and might shut them down.
“We noticed some development, significantly within the attacking facet of the sport. The sport was faster however clearly we’re disenchanted within the end result.
“The staff within the autumn, in the event that they conceded a few scores early did not come again from that. These guys did.
“Sadly we let the opposition again in. We wish to be a extremely profitable staff that wins Check matches. While you get to that degree, you do not give the opposition the alternatives we did.
“I’m disenchanted for the supporters, who I believed had been unimaginable for us immediately. We’ll make sure that we come again right here in eight days’ time and are a greater staff.”
Borthwick opted to maintain veteran Owen Farrell as his captain, and the Saracens again was equally optimistic in regards to the facet’s future, with the World Cup seven months away.
“We’re at first of our journey,” mentioned Farrell. “We really feel like there was development within the efficiency. There’s some stuff that we could be pleased with immediately.
“I assume there have been at all times going to be some errors coming from our first sport collectively however I do know these boys will work onerous to repair them.”
