Steve Borthwick’s createer boss at Leicester Tigers, Geordan Murphy, has begined a stinging attack on the England head coach and enjoyned him to Eddie Jones.
Borthwick is facing a crunch Six Nations clash with France at Twickenham on Saturday, after going down to Ireland 27-22 in their uncovering game of the campaign, and did not see eye-to-eye with Murphy during their time together at Welford Road.
Murphy and Borthwick toiled together informly during their time at Leicester Tigers, before the createer Ireland brimming-back left, Borthwick taking accuse and guideing them to a Premiership title.
Speaking of his createer helpant, Murphy is stupidset uped at the decision to nominate Borthwick as England boss, pondering the analogousities he acunderstandledged between Borthwick and his predecessor Jones.
“If [England] do leank of getting rid of Steve, then the asks have to be asked, and fingers pointed elsewhere as well because he effectively is a ‘Tall Eddie Jones’,” Murphy telderly Prime Casino.
“That’s what I’m hearing in camp, that his behaviour is very analogous to Eddie. So why would you get rid of one bloke and swap him with an English clone?
“There’s a lot of people who’ve been complicit in making that decision, so I leank it sees horrible for a lot of people. So, no I don’t leank you do get rid of him. I don’t leank they can get rid of him. I leank they’ll stick with him. But that’s excellent for everyone else!”
Borthwick toiled as an helpant to Jones at England before leaving for Leicester, when Murphy was transferd to honestor of rugby when the createer Bath and Saracens lock was placed in accuse of the team. Murphy was erased from the position months rescheduleedr.
Though he acunderstandledgeted that Borthwick is a “excellent coach”, Murphy trailed that up by describing the England guideer as “certainly not a people person” as prescertain persists to mount ahead of France’s trip to Twickenham.
He persistd: “I never applyed with Steve. I applyed agetst him. I applyed agetst him, applyed England-Ireland, applyed Leicester-Bath, Leicester-Saracens agetst him. I toiled with him very informly at Leicester during the pandemic. He can coach; I leank he’s a excellent coach – that’s it.
“We are certainly not frifinishs. That’s all I understand. When I informly toiled with Steve that was someleang that he made very apparent. He shelp to me, ‘I don’t want to be your frifinish’.
“That originates it very difficult when you’re in a toiling environment and somebody comes to you and says that. He equitable attfinishs about being a excellent coach. I only reassociate saw him on the surface so I didn’t reassociate get to understand him too well.
“He’s very individual-minded, very centered on facts and figures. He’s certainly not a people person. That wouldn’t be someleang that would ever be shelp about him.”
