England told 'go for All Blacks' throats' as Steve Borthwick gets triple boost

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Steve Borthwick has been handed a massive treble boost ahead of Saturday’s clash with the All Blacks. Lock Ollie Chessum, centre Seb Atkinson and full-back George Furbank have all…

Maro Itoje has called on England to go for the throats of the All Blacks at Twickenham this weekend. Steve Borthwick’s side had a 13-try romp against a shocking Japanese side on Saturday, that looked like a training run, and gave no clues to what they could do against New Zealand. The Kiwis will arrive in London smarting from losing their 73-year unbeaten record against Wales and will be reinforced by the likes of Jordie Barrett and Cam Roigard returning. Wales made history on Saturday but England have a 23-year hoodoo of their own to address - to back up last November’s 33-19 win over New Zealand.

They have not beaten the All Blacks twice in succession since their famous 13-man stand in Wellington in 2003, a 15-13 win, was tacked on to a 31-28 victory at Twickenham in 2002.

Wales’ backs-to-the-wall heroics got them home in Cardiff but Itoje wants England to take it to the tourists for 80 minutes.

The captain said: “You've just got to attack the game. At Premiership level and with some international teams it's like, ‘OK, they're not very good at this, they're not very good at that’. New Zealand's not like that. They're actually very good at pretty much all aspects of the game.

“It's not often you look at their team and think they have an obvious weakness here, an obvious weakness there, you just have to attack everything. Every scrum, every line-out, every breakdown, every collision. You just have to go after everything.

“That's just the mindset. We just need to attack the game from minute one. If you start poorly, it's very difficult for you. If you're ill-disciplined, it's very difficult for you.”

England are second in the northern hemisphere Nations Championship table and have a chance to make the final if they knock over the Kiwis.

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