England coach Steve Borthwick insisted he is still the man for the job and has the ‘absolute support’ of the RFU after suffering a fifth straight defeat.
World champions South Africa showed no mercy as England continued on their worst run since 2018, when Eddie Jones was in charge.
Public confidence is slipping after England blew another winning position but the RFU have no immediate plans to change their coaching team.
Borthwick said: ‘I’m not going to talk about private private conversations.
‘The feeling I get from the RFU is one of absolute support.
‘I’m very confident that we are on the right path and I’m very confident that I’m working with a great group of coaches, a great group of players.’
Steve Borthwick insisted he is still the man for the job despite England’s poor form of late
England suffered a fifth straight defeat at the hands of South Africa on Saturday evening
England have lost all three of their autumn fixtures at Twickenham so far, their worst home run since 2006.Â
Captain Jamie George added: ‘We know it is not good enough but I hope the fans can see there is a lot of endeavour and fight in this team.
‘We want to be winning these games, we want to win them for the fans in the stadium and back home.
‘If they stick with us there are a lot of great players here who can do good things.
‘I couldn’t be more confident in the character of the people here and I am very optimistic about the future of this team.
‘In all the games we have played we have looked good at times but the final piece was not there.
‘Missed tackles, discipline, there have probably been different causes over the five games and we have got to get our heads down and hopefully things will go our way.
‘What I guarantee is we are working very, very hard.Â
Captain Jamie George is hopeful fans can see there’s ‘endeavour and fight in this team’
‘We are a very clever rugby team and we are working hard behind the scenes.
‘Each team in this series has posed different threats in the last 20 of the game. South Africa attacked our breakdown ferociously at times and we didn’t adapt.’
Borthwick added: ‘What’s more important is the feeling that I get.
‘The feeling I get from the RFU is absolute support, an absolute belief that this team is going in the right direction.’
