{"id":18730,"date":"2024-11-25T00:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18730"},"modified":"2024-11-25T00:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:14:57","slug":"england-are-in-a-very-good-place-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18730","title":{"rendered":"England are in a very good place – George"},"content":{"rendered":"
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England captain Jamie George says his side are “in a very good place” after ending their Autumn Nations Series by thrashing Eddie Jones’ Japan at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium.<\/b><\/p>\n

The nine-try win ensured Steve Borthwick’s side avoided six straight losses and ended their autumn campaign with a victory after close defeats by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.<\/p>\n

England held leads over both the All Blacks and the Wallabies before failing to close out the victory, with both games going down to the final play.<\/p>\n

“The plan is very, very clear, we’re being coached very, very well, but we’re not able to put it out on the field for 80 minutes,” George told BBC 5 Live.<\/p>\n

“There’s so much to be proud of over four performances, I think we put some of the best teams in the world under a lot of pressure.<\/p>\n

“We arguably could have won all three of those games. The team is in a very good place.”<\/p>\n

England have lost seven games this year, with only only two of those defeats – against world champions South Africa and Scotland in this year’s Six Nations – being by more than one score.<\/p>\n

Borthwick has used 2024 to blood new talent after a number of his core squad called time on their international careers following the third-place finish at last year’s Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints wing Ollie Sleightholme, 24, debuted in July and scored his fourth international try against Jones’ Japan, with his Saints team-mate Tommy Freeman, 23, establishing himself as a regular.<\/p>\n

Freeman provided arguably the moment of the match against the Brave Blossoms with a behind-the-back pass to full-back George Furbank, who has also become a regular in the backline this year.<\/p>\n

“We have got such a brilliant squad who are so easy to lead,” the England hooker said.<\/p>\n

“The thing that excites me the most is how far we can take this team when you look at the age and cap demographic.<\/p>\n

“It is a very, very exciting team.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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