Borthwick insists he has not been distracted from the job in hand, and has had no edicts from his embattled bosses regarding either win targets or financial belt-tightening.
“At this point before the start of the tournament why would we not be going into every game aiming to win every game?” Borthwick told BBC Sport.
“It’s what every England supporter would expect of me and the players and it’s what we expect of ourselves.
“Ever since I have come into this role two years ago I have had nothing but support from the RFU about what we want to do.
“Our focus is about the Six Nations that is coming up, and how we get the performances and results we want to get.”
Borthwick stressed all through the autumn that the team was progressing, and…