England captain Steve Borthwick barks out a lineout call during training earlier this week
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Under the fierce scrutiny that will surround his meeting with Fabio Capello on Friday there will be times when the captain of the England football team John Terry might wish that he could trade places with his rugby counterpart Steve Borthwick. Mick Cleary writes in the Daily Telegraph.
"Steve Borthwick apologised twice on Thursday for being "boring", insisted that he would never change, revealed that he could walk unrecognised through the streets of London and that as England prepare for a seminal Six Nations fixture against Wales, they have robust leadership within the squad.
"There are no rifts in the England rugby camp for manager Martin Johnson to address, with lock Simon Shaw declaring that it is as "open and honest" a group as he has ever been involved in.
"Johnson may have other matters to worry about but his captain's steadfastness, moral or otherwise, is not one of them. Shaw confirmed that, unable to sleep on a tour, he had once come across Borthwick, eyes glued to a computer screen in a deserted room. Oh, yes? The Saracens lock was, in fact, reviewing video analysis of the opposition line-out. "I've never been that way inclined," was the only comment Shaw could offer on that front."
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