England scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet is hopeful the new \u2018blueprint\u2019 discovered in their defeat to France is the answer to their issues, but admits his side have \u2018a lot to fix\u2019 after their woeful Six Nations campaign.<\/p>\n
Borthwick\u2019s side slumped to their worst-ever Six Nations campaign with just one win from five Tests this Championship, a run of form that also saw them ship a record 151 points along the way, while only bonus points kept them from avoiding the Wooden Spoon.<\/p>\n
This is a far cry from the side England<\/a> were in 2025, with them coming into the Championship off the back of 11 successive wins, with victories over France, New Zealand, Argentina and Australia included in that run.<\/p>\n \u2018The way we attacked is our blueprint now\u2019<\/p>\n Even with England ending the campaign on a positive points difference and scoring the second-most points of any team this Championship, their attacking game plan was questioned across their Six Nations<\/a> campaign, with the kick-first strategy unable to bear the fruits it did in 2025 or indeed against Wales in round one.<\/p>\n But Saturday saw a remarkable change in their approach. Opting for more ball-in-hand, England scored seven tries in the thrilling finale to the Championship in Paris, securing just their second try bonus point of the campaign in the process.<\/p>\n It was not enough to get them over the line, though, as Thomas Ramos slotted an 80th-minute penalty to secure the victory \u2013 and the title \u2013 for Les Bleus, but the England scrum-half hopes it\u2019s just the start of their new gameplan.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way we attacked is our blueprint now,\u201d he told the media in the aftermath of the 48-46 epic at the Stade de France. \u201cThat\u2019s what we have to take forward.<\/p>\n \u2018We are all hurting\u2019 claims England boss following unshackled performance overshadowed by ill-discipline<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe boost it gives when you\u2019re really going at a team like that, challenging them with speed of ball, it puts a great feeling into the team, and it\u2019s something we\u2019ll look to build on.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve attacked well in parts in the tournament, but probably because we haven\u2019t finished our chances, it\u2019s taken it away from us a bit.<\/p>\n \u2018The adversity will help us for the rest of the year\u2019<\/p>\n Frustratingly for both England players and supporters, the shift in performance came too late in the day to salvage their Six Nations campaign. After securing a resounding opening day victory over Wales, Borthwick\u2019s side would go onto lose four consecutive Tests and succumb to their worst-ever Six Nations finish.<\/p>\n Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n Around that, the manner of the defeats has also put the future of the head coach into the spotlight.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know we have a lot to fix,\u201d the scrum-half added. \u201cWe\u2019ll get to the bottom of it, but we can take a lot forward from that performance against France.<\/p>\n Jamie George left \u2018gutted\u2019 and \u2018heartbroken\u2019 but backs England to bounce back after worst ever Six Nations campaign<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cParticularly against Scotland and Ireland, our performances weren\u2019t there. We know that if you don\u2019t perform in this tournament, you get punished.<\/p>\n \u201cThe frustration is that we have performances in us, as we showed against France. For whatever reason, we couldn\u2019t deliver that (across the Six Nations).<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll take huge lessons from it. The adversity will help us for the rest of the year, and next year too.\u201d<\/p>\n