England have matched an undesirable document with their newest defeat.
The Purple Roses have been overwhelmed 29-20 by South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday of their penultimate Autumn Worldwide.
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Steve Borthwick’s aspect have now misplaced 5 Check matches in a row for the primary time in six years.
They beforehand suffered an equally poor run of outcomes between February and June 2018.
Throughout that point, they have been overwhelmed by Scotland, France and Eire within the Six Nations.
The Springboks then received the primary two matches of England’s summer time tour earlier than the vacationers received 25-10 in Cape City.
That string of losses additionally included a defeat to the Barbarians at Twickenham.
In the meantime, the present stretch of outcomes dates again to the summer time tour of New Zealand.
England have been overwhelmed twice by the All Blacks earlier than an extra defeat this autumn and a loss to Australia.
It means Borthwick has not overseen a win since beating Japan 52-17 in June, his solely win within the final seven matches.
His aspect will hope to snap their shedding streak and keep away from extra undesirable historical past in opposition to the identical opposition subsequent weekend.
England finish their Autumn Worldwide marketing campaign in opposition to Japan at Twickenham on November 24.
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The staff’s present kind has solely elevated strain on Borthwick forward of subsequent 12 months’s Six Nations.
It’s the worst run of outcomes for the reason that former lock took over from Eddie Jones in 2022.
He has since overseen fourth and third place finishes within the Six Nations.
These tournaments got here both aspect of a run to the semi-finals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
England in the end completed third final 12 months after recovering from a semi-final loss to South Africa to edge Argentina for bronze.