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Steve Borthwick

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Steve Borthwick is the head coach of the England national rugby team.

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"He bounded up to me and introduced himself, and I think his words were 'how are you, mate?'"
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"Henry's full of energy, full of character and full of beans and he's already achieved so much in a very short space of time."
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"I will challenge him to express himself, be himself, while also bringing the self sacrifice that a team sport needs."
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"I'm backing them to put in a performance that they'll want to put in after last weekend."
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"He's a wonderful character as well as being a really top-quality rugby player, so I'm looking forward to seeing him seeing him play when he comes on to the pitch on Friday night."
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"Playing South Africa at Ellis Park is one of the great Tests in world rugby and an opportunity we're excited to embrace."
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"We've had a really positive week of preparation, and the players have worked hard in training."
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"We know Fiji will provide a tough challenge. They are a dangerous side who will demand the very best from us."
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"I thought at 60 minutes we had the game under control, but going down to 13 men hurt us badly."
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"We expect a fantastic atmosphere with passionate home support."
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"I wouldn't suggest that everybody got a great night's sleep last night – there were still fireworks going off at 4am this morning."
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"Henry's full of character. We want character in our game and we want character in our squad."
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""I don't think now is the time to be digging into that.""
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