Rugby: British press harsh after England’s defeat against Italy

Rome, 8 March (LaPresse) – Harsh comments from the British press after England’s historic defeat at the Olimpico, beaten for the first time by Italy in the fourth round of the Six Nations. ‘The ruins of England’s Six Nations campaign lie in Rome’ is the opening line of the Daily Telegraph editorial. England coach Steve Borthwick is in the dock. ‘Sitting atop the Roman Colosseum, Borthwick looked around and saw his empire in ruins,’ writes The Independent. “If there was no shame in losing to an Italy that is constantly improving and increasingly confident, there would have been even more shame in the way it happened. Even the great Roman emperor Aurelian would have struggled to find a solution to this crisis,‘ it adds. ’England in ruins. The empire that Steve Borthwick had built reduced to rubble,” writes The Guardian.