Borthwick delighted with England's Q4 power

LONDON :England coach Steve Borthwick was impressed with how his team kept their composure to finish strongly and beat Australia 25-7 on Saturday after long spells in which they failed to turn their dominance into points.

England did most of the attacking but led only 10-7 midway through the second half after a Ben Earl try, but poured on the power with three more tries by the irrepressible Henry Pollock, Alex Mitchell and Luke Cowan-Dickie.

"What pleased me was the resilience and composure of the players out there," Borthwick told reporters.

"I think probably everyone would say there were a number of line breaks that we didn't quite convert, so we didn't get the scoreboard pressure on, which meant it was a period where the game was tight in very difficult conditions.

"In attack we were probably a little bit over-eager and the combinations had just not quite trained together enough or played together enough, which is why some of those line breaks didn't quite finish the way we wanted them to.

"But I think the players were really clear on what they were attempting to do in Q4."

FIVE LIONS REPLACEMENTS

Key to England putting the game to bed was the introduction of five British and Irish Lions forwards early in the second PERIOD, after which Australia barely got out of their half.

"I thought the bench certainly had a positive impact and that's a sign that the squad's building in depth," Borthwick said.

"It's been an important summer for English rugby with the Lions being successful down in Australia and a number away in Argentina and America, it's enabled the squad to grow.

"A big positive there was the last quarter, you feel that this team is going to be strong - we were again today - and there are a number of games we've won in