Borthwick: Brave England making headway

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England produced their most encouraging performance of Borthwick's nine-Test reign as captain in the 23-15 defeat, and felt they had missed a golden opportunity to leave the Millennium Stadium with a victory.

England now have two weeks to prepare for Ireland at Croke Park, and Borthwick said: "We are making strides forward. We are a team focused on improvement and we know if we keep improving the results will come."

He added: "We were tested and we showed a huge amount of courage and endeavour. We came out to play and we moved the ball very dangerously. We fell short, but there are massive positives to take from it.

"I thought some of the performances were magnificent in the way the boys stuck together.

"I think two tries to one away from home is a magnificent effort. We looked very dangerous all match, but ultimately we lost the game."