England’s journey to Eire on Saturday has the potential to be record-breaking for all of the flawed causes.

Eire’s greatest win towards England is a 43-13 victory within the 2007 Six Nations. The defeat by France was England’s heaviest ever loss within the event.

That was towards the aspect ranked second on this planet at residence. Now, they’re going away to face the world quantity ones.

England have already didn’t safe a house win for the primary time within the Six Nations and head coach Steve Borthwick wants his gamers to rally and keep away from additional destructive marks within the historical past books.

Get it to Arundell

Regardless of the defeat by France, Borthwick has solely made minor tweaks.

Henry Arundell will make a primary Check begin on the wing, whereas centre Manu Tuilagi returns following a suspension and David Ribbans comes into the second row for the injured Ollie Chessum.

Captain Owen Farrell is again at fly-half after Marcus Smith struggled final weekend and is stuffed with reward for Arundell, saying: “It looks as if each time he touches the ball folks count on him to do one thing good and he would not usually disappoint.

“We’re wanting ahead to making an attempt to get him into the sport.”

Halting a Grand Slam cost in Dublin is an enormous ask for 20-year-old Arundell, however there are excessive hopes for the London Irish again whose choice suggests underdogs England will go down swinging.

Dawson informed the Rugby Union Each day podcast: “If you are going to play Arundell you have to give him the ball. It exhibits intent to maintain the ball in play.”

Time will inform whether or not England’s attacking construction can deliver Arundell into the sport and even Borthwick himself has acknowledged that the wing should be delivered the ball in area for his choice to make sense.

England can even want much more parity up entrance than they achieved towards France if Arundell goes to have any probability of manufacturing the fireworks he has provided at membership degree.

“If England win fast ball then hastily Tuilagi is smart and Arundell is smart,” Dawson says.

“If they aren’t profitable the breakdown, it doesn’t rely for something.”

Get bodily

Up entrance, Borthwick’s forwards have an opportunity to redeem themselves.

The stats provide some hope: England have the very best line-out and scrum success charges within the 2023 Six Nations with 95%.

The truth towards France was not fairly so vivid and in Eire they face a aspect that has gained 23% of its opponents’ line-outs this event.

England’s defence missed 27 tackles towards France and has already conceded 14 tries on this 12 months’s event. Solely winless Italy have conceded extra with 18.

Final week’s captain Ellis Genge has promised a “response” from his ahead pack and Dawson says that should be balanced with more and more strict legal guidelines round harmful tackles.

“The place are England’s ball carriers going to be?” Dawson asks.

“Kyle Sinckler, Ellis Genge, Maro Itoje, Lewis Ludlam – the duty is now on these people within the ahead pack to step up.

“You must be tremendous intelligent if you find yourself being bodily. England’s forwards are going to should be smashing into rucks however clearing folks out in the correct manner.

“That’s how they should dominate the sport, however it isn’t straightforward to do.”

‘Hold on within the final 20 minutes’

Now isn’t a lot enjoyable for England gamers and followers, however they will look to the longer term.

A 3rd-place end in final 12 months’s Six Nations spelled the start of the tip for former head coach Eddie Jones. Fourth place seems to be probably this 12 months.

Borthwick says his aspect have “acquired to catch up actually quick” with the World Cup beginning in September. One other poor efficiency in an England shirt might price some a visit to France this autumn.

Dawson says: “It’d sound overdramatic however there are numerous gamers in that workforce that should put a marker within the floor that in all of the adversity, you are a part of an England workforce that your coach thinks, ‘I do not care the place we’re taking part in on this planet, I would like him in my workforce’.

“I’m struggling to see England profitable however not struggling to see them difficult Eire in order that they should overperform to win it.

“The query is, will England grasp on within the final 20 minutes to cease a 15, 20, 25-point win? That is the battle.

“Given the place England had been final week and what response you’ll count on from an England aspect, they need to be competing. I do not see that they will final the gap however they need to be competing.”

As a participant, Borthwick gained as soon as in seven makes an attempt towards Eire. Eire’s head coach Andy Farrell was a part of the England aspect that suffered the file defeat in 2007.

Whereas Borthwick is unlikely to show his statistic round at this stage of his head coach reign, Farrell might properly make amends for his loss with a record-breaking win on Saturday.

His son and opposition captain Owen is intent on stopping that, saying: “Everybody, particularly from the surface, is down about the place we’re at on the minute.

“We have little doubt we’re higher than that and we’re wanting ahead to the sport tomorrow.”