Having arrived at their team base in northern France, the 2019 finalists are remaining upbeat about their upcoming World Cup campaign
opener against Argentina? Lewis Ludlam certainly thinks so – “Coming into a tournament as an underdog is a beautiful position to be in” – but Owen Farrell, suspended for Saturday’s match in Marseille, is less sure: “Not necessarily”. Steve Borthwick, for his part, refused to engage with the question. Everyone is entitled to their own view but an inability to agree on expectations does not exactly scream ideal preparation.
“You can’t change everything from one week to another week,” said Borthwick. “You need to have a way of playing you can build upon. Ideally you can start building that [after] the last World Cup as most other teams have. We’ve been trying to build it over the past six months and in many ways, because the coaching team only came together 10 or 11 weeks ago, we’ve been trying to do this for 10 or 11 weeks.
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