It's four years since England last won the Six Nations and RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie is not happy with the situation.
England have finished runners-up to Ireland in the last two tournaments and Wales in both 2013 and 2014.
Ritchie told the media this is "not acceptable".
Four years as runners-up is not acceptable and we are not happy with how that came about. If you go back through history, we should as a country be winning more in terms of Grand Slams, Six Nations, championships, other things.
Unlike some of the English players, Ritche accepted that Ireland deserved to be champions due to their performances throughout the tournament.
We had opportunities. And let us be clear – it was entirely in our control. The Irish deserved the win because of what they did over the five matches. We did not do enough over the five matches. There is no point bleating about it.
We simply didn’t take opportunities, didn’t do what we should have done, were not clever enough during parts of the game in order to deserve the win.
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