England prop Ellis Genge, captain for Saturday’s record 53-10 home defeat vs France at Twickenham, says the squad have ‘made a pact’ it will not happen again, adding morale has been hit, but backs the group to show a better ‘mindset’ vs Ireland; Ollie Chessum drops out of squad with injury
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England vice-captain Ellis Genge says they’ve had some honest conversations since being thrashed at home by France and he insists there won’t be a repeat performance when they try to deny Ireland the Six Nations Grand Slam this weekend.
England vice-captain Ellis Genge says they’ve had some honest conversations since being thrashed at home by France and he insists there won’t be a repeat performance when they try to deny Ireland the Six Nations Grand Slam this weekend.
Ellis Genge, England skipper for Saturday’s record 53-10 home defeat to France, says the squad has “made a pact [that] it will not happen again”, while admitting morale has been hit.
Speaking exclusively to Sky Sports on Tuesday at England’s training base, Genge explained the adamant stance Steve Borthwick’s charges have taken since the heavy defeat, and has backed the group to respond and show a better “mindset” in Tests to come.
“We’ve had a review, it clearly wasn’t good enough, but I didn’t think anyone was under any illusion that it was,” Genge told Sky Sports.
“We’ve had some honest conversations as to why that happened at the weekend, we’ve cle …