Head coach Steve Borthwick has been given no guarantees over his job as the RFU continues their review of England\u2019s performance at the 2026 Six Nations.<\/p>\n
Heading into the Championship, England<\/a> were dubbed as favourites for the title alongside France, but woefully underperformed, winning just one of their five matches, which included a first-ever defeat to Italy and ultimately a fifth-place finish.<\/p>\n Steve Borthwick\u2019s performance review<\/p>\n The results in the Six Nations<\/a> have prompted murmurs over Borthwick\u2019s future and while Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney says that they are eager to get the right support in place for Borthwick through the review, by an anonymous panel, he did not assure his position.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a lot of noise out there,\u201d Sweeney<\/a> told reporters in a media briefing, the first time the bigwig has spoken since the Six Nations.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got to take emotion out of the equation. You just look at it purely in terms of: What was the performance? What were the issues? Why did they arise? And how do we fix them?<\/p>\n \u201cI see the outcome being for us to make sure we have got the right support mechanisms in place to address them and support Steve to get that right going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n On Borthwick\u2019s<\/a> future, Sweeney felt it was not the right time to comment amid the review process, which is conducted after every major international window.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of the review, so it wouldn\u2019t be appropriate to start talking about that (Borthwick\u2019s future) right now, but we\u2019ll get to the bottom of all of them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The England head coach is contracted through to the end of the 2027 Rugby World Cup, which is the case for many head honchos, namely Andy Farrell, who has already been linked with a return to his old stomping ground, Saracens.<\/p>\n England great: Steve Borthwick needs to be \u2018convincing\u2019 in RFU review after \u2018not good enough\u2019 Six Nations<\/a><\/p>\n Andy Farrell speculation<\/p>\n The PREM Rugby club issued a statement denying any employment contact with the Ireland head coach and Sweeney has done the same in terms of England. However, he did add a caveat\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s under contract to 2027 and the Rugby World Cup,\u201d said Sweeney. \u201cWe are not in dialogue. We are not in a discussion with him at present.\u201d<\/p>\n England were on a 12-game winning streak prior to the Championship, which included wins over Australia, France and New Zealand before it all unravelled at the tournament.<\/p>\n