What has gone wrong for England - and what happens next?

The debrief from England's record location nonaccomplishment to France volition tally longer than the six days they person earlier facing Grand Slam-chasing Ireland.

With the assistance of erstwhile England internationals Ugo Monye and Chris Ashton, present is simply a look astatine what is going incorrect for the broadside - and what mightiness beryllium to come.

The fly-half fandango

There was disorder among England fans erstwhile Marcus Smith was sent backmost to his nine Harlequins earlier the France game, past was picked to commencement for his country.

New caput manager Steve Borthwick continued Eddie Jones' experimentation of Smith astatine 10 and skipper Owen Farrell astatine 12 against Scotland.

Then, Farrell was the starting fly-half for 2 matches earlier being demoted to the seat successful favour of Smith - but that did not enactment either, arsenic Saturday's scoreline shows.

Adding to the confusion, George Ford - who won the Premiership with Borthwick astatine Leicester - has been successful and retired of the England campy and erstwhile nine team-mate Ashton believes reinstating him to the matchday 23 could help.

"I decidedly consciousness that George Ford has to travel backmost into the squad this weekend," Ashton said connected the Rugby Union Daily podcast.

"I cognize from our clip astatine Leicester however cardinal helium was to Steve. Because Steve's spot isn't attack, helium needs to person idiosyncratic to get it crossed to the team. In George helium had that astatine Leicester.

"He tin enactment everyone successful the close spot and helium tin determination the squad astir the pitch. He is astir apt the nexus we are missing close now."

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England's faulty foundations

Borthwick lone took implicit successful December and had constricted clip with England earlier the Six Nations began, but Monye says determination are "no excuses" aft specified a mediocre performance.

The erstwhile England helping points retired that Borthwick has been trying to astatine slightest nail down the basics for England successful their defence, kicking crippled and set-piece.

While England's kicking made small progress, France recovered theirs fruitful and scored 2 tries from searching kicks.

The visitors' guardant battalion was ascendant and the occurrence of England's defence tin beryllium easy measured successful the 7 tries France scored.

"We got blitzed," Monye says. "Absolutely monstered. When you speech astir the fundamentals, the foundations conscionable weren't there.

"The 1 request you request to person successful planetary rugby is physicality and we got blown away."

A deficiency of extent and leadership

Ellis Genge took implicit the captaincy connected Saturday, with Farrell connected the seat and Courtney Lawes retired injured for the remainder of the tournament.

Borthwick has besides changed the defender astatine scrum-half, bringing successful young talents Jack van Poortvliet and Alex Mitchell alternatively of centurion Ben Youngs.

Monye questions whether a deficiency of enactment successful the broadside meant England could not bounce backmost aft being "shell-shocked" by Thomas Ramos' aboriginal opening score.

"They got sucker punched and they conscionable didn't react," Monye says.

"England failed to retrieve from 90 seconds into the game. You request leaders successful your squad to accidental 'it doesn't matter, calm down'. It is simply a batch of acquisition successful the spine of the squad that we don't person close now."

BBC rugby national analogous Chris Jones highlights a deficiency of extent successful definite cardinal areas, including tight-head prop, hooker, fig 8 and full-back.

Ashton believes that, contempt a ample subordinate excavation successful England and the prime of the home league, the beingness of overseas players successful the Premiership is affecting the extent of offerings for the nationalist side.

"At Leicester, we person South African and Argentina forwards who mostly pb the mode for us," Ashton says.

"Is that a bully happening for English rugby? Is that wherefore we are present a spot bladed successful definite areas, due to the fact that we person been utilized to overseas players having a large interaction successful our league for truthful long?

"Our league is 1 of the champion truthful England should beryllium apical 2 successful the Six Nations each year."

What adjacent for England?

Things could get worse precise rapidly erstwhile England look Grand Slam-chasing and satellite fig 1 squad Ireland successful Dublin connected Saturday.

But Monye says determination is "no pressure" successful that fixture aft a dismal Twickenham performance.

"England mightiness beryllium a spot freer this weekend, spot clearer and person a consciousness of excitement," helium adds.

"You can't effort and hole everything this week. Two oregon 3 things is what they request to absorption on. You request an affectional absorption and that needs to travel successful sheer physicality.

"The fig 1 happening you tin alteration successful 7 days is mindset and however they feel. They person to effort and parkland it and person a consciousness of positivity, which mightiness beryllium manufactured.

"Saturday is the past competitory lucifer earlier the World Cup. They each spell backmost to their clubs and determination are nary guarantees this squad volition beryllium unneurotic for the World Cup truthful they've got to permission everything retired there. That is the elemental message."

Ashton has anticipation too, saying: "The coaching squad is there. From my acquisition with them, they tin propulsion it together.

"They request a spot much time. We amusement immoderate pridefulness this play past we absorption connected this World Cup."

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