Steve Borthwick backs England to fulfil 'very high' potential after dramatic win over France

The bonus-point triumph ignites England’s Six Nations hopes, with Borthwick’s broadside present level connected points with leaders France.

And Borthwick believes determination is truthful overmuch much to travel from his broadside aft they ended a tally of 7 defeats successful a enactment against Tier One nations.

“I ever retrieve arsenic player, Clive Woodward would ever say: ‘It lone takes 30 seconds to people a try’,” said Borthwick.

“I person talked astir that with Hilly (Richard Hill) and the squad arsenic well. I was truly pleased conscionable watching the composure astatine the end. It’s a squad that’s growing.

“We’d each similar everything to conscionable abruptly beryllium perfect, a squad to abruptly beryllium perfect, [but] that’s not the mode teams build.

“The mode this squad has been gathering implicit the past six, 8 months, it is simply a squad with a full batch of potential. The ceiling for this squad is very, precise precocious and unluckily you instrumentality immoderate symptom on the mode erstwhile you are gathering a team.”

Elliot Daly was England’s hero, coming disconnected the seat with minutes to spell to people a effort successful the dying moments.

Before that, England and France had traded blows during a pulsating Test lucifer that Borthwick hopes was celebrated each implicit the country.

“I americium truly arrogant of the players, but I person been arrogant of them aft each game, due to the fact that they enactment exceptionally hard,” said Borthwick.

“What’s the quality today? I americium delighted for them that they person got a triumph and I americium delighted for the England supporters that they are hopefully present filling up the pubs of southbound westbound London having a bully time.

“And they are enjoying being successful their surviving rooms, hopefully jumping up and down connected their sofas each crossed England today. I americium delighted for them.”

The 22-year-old created 2 tries, including Daly’s winning one, and helium was delighted aft recovering from a shaky commencement wherever helium had a footwear charged down.

“I felt similar a rabbit successful the headlights successful the archetypal half,” Smith said.

“But I recovered my feet successful the end, and I americium delighted with the triumph much than anything, but this is chill for a archetypal commencement anyway.

“I deliberation we conscionable truly backed ourselves. We knew we couldn’t spell into our shells. We had to support playing and support moving the ball.

“The French are an awesome outfit and I felt similar they fto america disconnected the hook successful the archetypal fractional and we felt similar momentum had to travel to america astatine immoderate point.”