Topic: Steve Borthwick

Saracens sorry for Steve Borthwick no-show

Saracens have apologised to European Club Rugby for Steve Borthwick's failure to attend yesterday's Heineken Cup launch. Borthwick was told by Saracens to skip the event in order to participate in a team-bonding session at a beer festival in Munich ...
Saracens could be facing a ??9,000 fine from Heineken Cup chiefs after captain Steve Borthwick failed to turn up at today's launch of this season's tournament in Cardiff. Cup organisers were privately "dismayed" at discovering early this morning in ...

Borthwick axed from England rugby squad

England manager Martin Johnson said Wednesday it "didn't get any tougher" than dropping former captain Steve Borthwick from his senior 32 man squad.But England's 2003 World Cup captain insisted this was a sign of the "pressure" on his players ...

Borthwick could win back captaincy

Martin Johnson left the door open for Steve Borthwick's return as England captain after refusing to confirm Lewis Moody was his skipper through to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.. Borthwick captained England for the first 20 Tests of Johnson's regime ...

Martin Johnson's anguish over Steve Borthwick

Martin Johnson today admitted that the decision to axe captain Steve Borthwick from the England squad was the most difficult he has faced since his appointment as manager in 2008.. The Saracens lock missed England's summer tour of Australasia after failing ...

Borthwick dropped from England rugby squad

Former captain Steve Borthwick, who led England in the last Six Nations championship, has been left out of the 32-man elite squad for next season announced by national team manager Martin Johnson on Thursday.The 30-year-old Saracens lock captained the side in ...
<div><p>England captain Steve Borthwick will miss Saturday's Six Nations match against France because of a knee injury, England manager Martin Johnson said.</p><p>Flanker Lewis Moody will captain the team in Paris with Leicester's Louis Deacon taking ...
England captain Steve Borthwick is doubtful for the Six Nations finale away to France on Saturday with a knee injury.England manager Martin Johnson, who is due to name his team for the Paris match on Wednesday, was uncertain as to whether ...
England captain Steve Borthwick is doubtful for the Six Nations finale away to France on Saturday with a knee injury.England manager Martin Johnson, who is due to name his team for the Paris match on Wednesday, was uncertain as to whether ...

Borthwick retains England captaincy

Steve Borthwick will retain the England captaincy for the upcoming Six Nations Championship opener against Wales, the Rugby Football Union announced Monday.Earlier this month England manager Martin Johnson named his squad for the Six Nations but refused to say if Saracens ...