Marcus Smith: England must stand up to Ireland in final Six Nations clash of 2023 | Rugby Union News

England will face Eire in pursuit of the Six Nations Grand Slam in Dublin on Saturday; Steve Borthwick’s aspect want to bounce again from a humiliating 53-10 loss to France at Twickenham; Ollie Lawrence is unavailable in opposition to Eire after the middle suffered a hamstring harm within the loss to France

Marcus Smith demanded England “arise and battle” of their ultimate Six Nations Grand Slam sport in opposition to Eire in Dublin on Saturday.

Smith sees the St. Patrick’s Day showdown on the Aviva Stadium as a ‘whiplash’, on the premise that nobody is giving England an opportunity to upset after they crash out in opposition to France 53- 10 in opposition to France at Twickenham on the weekend.

One other failure in opposition to Eire on Saturday would see England end with simply two wins for a 3rd successive Six Nations marketing campaign, however Smith insists the crew will battle.

Ollie Lawrence suffered a hamstring harm in opposition to France on Saturday

“We’re going via a tricky time proper now and it is good for us,” mentioned the Harlequins flyhalf.

“We’ve to enhance rapidly as a result of the problem isn’t a lot greater than Eire in Dublin.

“There’s just one solution to go now and that is to rise up and battle as laborious as you may and play as laborious as you may for the shirt.

“We talked about sticking collectively as a result of there’s going to be lots of noise and lots of strain on us. We have to get nearer as a substitute of falling aside.

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Steve Borthwick has chosen a 36-man squad for England’s Six Nations ultimate in opposition to Eire as they give the impression of being to bounce again from a humiliating 53-10 loss to France.

“It is a large check of our unity as a crew and our resolve. There isn’t any higher week for that than a free kick to Eire.

“Time is in opposition to us, however I imagine we nonetheless have time. With the characters we have now within the group, we are able to change issues in a short time.

“We now have per week to proper some wrongs and we have to get on the identical web page rapidly.”

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England head coach Steve Borthwick tries to remain constructive after heavy loss to France

France amassed seven tries as they beat England at Twickenham, inflicting their hosts’ heaviest defeat within the event since its inception in 1882.

“We did not construct the week to lose like this,” mentioned Smith, whose return to flyhalf rapidly became a nightmare as England have been pulverized within the contact zone.

“We’ll have a look at our particular person performances and the crew performances as a result of, with the place we need to go within the subsequent six months and within the years to return, it wasn’t ok.

“We’ll work as laborious as we are able to this week to be higher, nevertheless it’s a great indicator of the place we’re on this journey.”

Ollie Lawrence was dominated out of the Six Nations climax with a hamstring harm, placing Manu Tuilagi within the body to fill the vacant inside middle place.