Steve Borthwick
England international rugby union player and head coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stephen William Borthwick (born 12 October 1979) is an English rugby union coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the England national team. As a player, he played as a lock for Bath and Saracens. At international level, he played for England 57 times from his debut in 2001; he served as captain from 2008 until he was dropped from the side in 2010.
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Birth name | Stephen William Borthwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Carlisle, Cumbria, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hutton Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Bath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Borthwick was appointed as England's forwards coach in December 2015, a role which he left in mid 2020 to become head coach of Leicester Tigers instead. In December 2022, he was appointed as the England head coach.