{"id":885460,"date":"2026-09-09T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T08:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885460\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T08:36:13","slug":"report-rfu-ready-to-stick-by-steve-borthwick-beyond-rugby-world-cup-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885460\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: RFU ready to stick by Steve Borthwick beyond Rugby World Cup 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published: 8 minutes ago | 9 September 2026 04:27 EDT  <br \/> Updated: 6 minutes ago | 9 September 2026 04:29 EDT  <\/p>\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>international<\/p>\n<p>    SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA &#8211; JULY 18: Steve Borthwick , Head Coach of England, looks on prior to the 2026 Nations Championship match between Argentina and England at Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades on July 18, 2026 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. (Photo by Joaquin Camiletti &#8211; RFU\/The RFU Collection via Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugbypass.com%2F\" onclick=\"GATracking.sendDataLayerEvent(&#039;preferredsourcegoogle&#039;);\" aria-label=\"Google Prefered Source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788942973_720_google_preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Google Prefered Source\" width=\"141\" height=\"44\" class=\"google-source\"\/> <\/a>     <\/p>\n<p>Steve Borthwick is set to be awarded a contract extension by the RFU through to 2028, according to a report in The Telegraph today.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old Lancastrian first took charge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/england\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> ahead of the 2023 Six Nations, and led them to the semi-finals of that year\u2019s Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He has won 57.4% of his Tests (28\/48) as head coach since succeeding Eddie Jones, and will join double Grand Slam winner and fellow northerner Geoff Cooke on 50 Tests when England play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/japan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a> on Saturday, 14 November, at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Only Sir Clive Woodward and Jones have overseen more than 50 Tests.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the former England lock has never properly won over England supporters, despite leading the team to a 12-game winning run, with this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/six-nations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Six Nations<\/a> performance a low point.<\/p>\n<p>England suffered their worst-ever Championship of fifth, since the competition went to six teams, and there has been constant rumours about his job being on the line.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a show of faith, the RFU are ready to extend his tenure beyond next year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/rugby-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby World Cup<\/a> in Australia, while keeping the coaching team around him intact.<\/p>\n<p>Quoted in The Telegraph, RFU performance difrector Conor O\u2019Shea said: \u201cYou don\u2019t want them looking for a job going into [a World Cup].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows it will be judged on the World Cup, but you can\u2019t have a group of coaches going in with that uncertainty, especially when you look at the timing. So we will give that certainty, and that will give us time to look properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see in Steve someone who bleeds England, and wants England to succeed more than anything you can imagine,\u201d O\u2019Shea added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis England team is unequivocally one of probably five teams who can win the World Cup next year. I believe this team can win a World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the talent there? One hundred per cent. If over this next 12 months this England team shows the best version of itself, I know it can beat anyone in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 8 minutes ago | 9 September 2026 04:27 EDT Updated: 6 minutes ago | 9 September 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-885460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}