England have suffered a historic 22-30 loss to Fiji this afternoon; the first time in their history they have been beaten by them.
It was a World Cup warm-up game filled with superb, off-the-cuff scores from Fiji, with winger Selestino Ravutaumada and out-haf Caleb Muntz playing starring roles.
England lead 8-3 at half-time, but tries from Waisea Nayacalevu and Vinaya Habosi, along with a Muntz' conversion and a penalty, gave the away side a 20-8 lead after 57 minutes.
The introduction of Marcus Smith elevated England's attack and himself and Joe Marchant bagged tries to get England within one, before a late score from Simione Kuruvoli saw Fiji home.
England Lose To Fiji For First Time In History
Dancing in the rain😍
Fiji score just after the break to take a 10-8 lead.
Watch the second half on Prime Video: https://t.co/3tOxvNtLh0 pic.twitter.com/0iXg58WVVw
— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) August 26, 2023
History beckons 🤯
Fiji re-extend their lead with less than 10 minutes to go!
Watch the game's conclusion on Prime Video: https://t.co/3tOxvNtLh0 pic.twitter.com/LuWw9dN9pj
— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) August 26, 2023
FIJIAN FOLKLORE🇫🇯💣
Fiji beat England for the first time in the fixture's history!
Final score: Fiji 22-30 England pic.twitter.com/vKv363IuAG
— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) August 26, 2023
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The loss is a new low point for England under head coach Steve Borthwick who took over from Eddie Jones prior to the Six Nations this year.
Other awful showings include a 10-53 loss to France, and last weekend's drab defeat to Ireland.
Such is their loss of form during his tenure, the total lack of imagination in their play, and a game plan that is far from working, there are already calls to sack him before the World Cup begins in less than two weeks time.
England Fans Call For Borthwick's Head
@EnglandRugby sack Borthwick right now, might actually give us a chance of gett8ng out of the group at the WC. Possibly the worst appointment of coach in a long long time
— RetiredPigironpolisher (@KeithDa78355606) August 26, 2023
Is it possible to sack borthwick pre-world cup? #RWC2023
— Sam Halfhead (@SamHalfhead) August 26, 2023
I always said it was stupid to sack Jones a year before a RWC.
But it's been even worse than I feared under Borthwick. No ideas in attack, no shape in defence.
— PaulB 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇱🇻 (@PaulBlack2022) August 22, 2023
Can we sack Borthwick now? #NothingToLoose
— Ben Corfield (@BenCorf) August 19, 2023
Borthwick lacks of the charisma to turn this around. Unfortunately history could be remembering him as our worst ever national coach.
— Neil Fissler (@neilfissler) August 26, 2023
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