George Ford admits England should conduct an uncomfortable inquest into Saturday’s Fiji debacle if they’re to halt their freefall in time to make an impression on the World Cup.
Twickenham was stormed 30-22 by the Islanders as England fell to a present tier two nation for the primary time of their 152-year historical past, registering a fifth defeat in six matches.
Fiji’s magnificent victory has heightened the sense of disaster on the Rugby Soccer Union with the pivotal World Cup opener towards Argentina on September simply two weeks away.
Even the Pool D fixtures towards Japan and Samoa are fraught with hazard given the depth of England’s present malaise and Ford insists that solely by confronting onerous truths will disaster be averted in Marseille.
“We don’t need the good thing about the doubt, we all know we haven’t performed nicely sufficient and know the outcomes haven’t been adequate,” Ford stated.
“Once you lose for England you perceive what’s going to include it. We’re not shying away from that.
“We’re going to stick collectively and kind ourselves out by way of making our preparation nearly as good as it may be for Argentina. I’m snug we’ll be in a great place.
“What separates good groups from the nice is that when issues aren’t going nicely and also you want to entrance a number of issues up and be trustworthy, you do this.
“Look it sq. within the face as a result of you may’t ignore these issues – when you do then they may come again to hang-out you afterward.”
Head coach Steve Borthwick repeatedly highlighted the error rely and missed tackles when explaining the nation’s first ever loss to Fiji, whose customary magic in assault was matched by tactical cohesion and good decision-making.
England began like a freight practice with Manu Tuilagi and Ollie Lawrence operating on to Ford’s fizzing passes, Jonny Could crossing within the left nook and the breakdown being bossed by a high-energy pack.
However as a downpour of heavy rain got here and went, Fiji took management to expose a defence that has now conceded 30 tries in 9 matches underneath Borthwick.
In latest weeks England have repeatedly careworn the standard of their coaching, suggesting the performances on a Saturday have been an anomaly, however Ford insists practise has additionally been sub-par.
“Any time you play for England – particularly at Twickenham – you you’ve received to pull out on the precise facet of the scoreboard and sadly we had a variety of errors towards Fiji,” Ford stated.
“We’re making too many errors. Now what the rationale for that’s I can’t make sure. Possibly it’s a little little bit of over eagerness or slightly little bit of inaccuracy, or perhaps it’s a little little bit of understanding.
“It’s in all probability slightly little bit of all of it, to be trustworthy. However one factor for certain is we are able to’t maintain doing it.
“When it comes to our plan for Argentina and our understanding of what we’d like to do to win that recreation, we’ll be crystal clear on it. I’m greater than assured we’ll have the opportunity to get it proper for that recreation.
“We perceive that we’d like to make fewer errors. There’s an urgency that we’d like to repair it and get higher.
“The best way you do that’s to be extra constant in coaching. We’re clearly not constant in coaching, there are in all probability too many errors in coaching. We’re taking part in the best way we practice on the minute, which isn’t adequate clearly.”
