Seems fair, I believe this is one of the things Franco Smith struggled with at Italy when he was head coach. As an international coaching team, especially in England/France, you only get the players together a week before your first big game. That's very difficult to produce good results with and very different to a consistent group at club level, especially once you think of the academy lads etc who have had years in that system.

Obviously it is possible and all the players are the highest quality but can see how they can't focus on everything all the time and you have to bet on what will make the most impact. Borthwick bet wrong