Our errors gifted Australia win says England coach Borthwick

LONDON : England coach Steve Borthwick bemoaned his side's terrible error count as they somehow lost 42-37 to Australia on Saturday, having led by 12 points early in the first half and again by two with less than a minute to go.

Australia battled back superbly to take the lead in the second half and, having then twice lost it, won the match with the clock in the red with a superbly-created try by Max Jorgensen.

"I think it's one every England supporter and every England player or anyone associated with the team is gutted about right now," Borthwick said after his team's fourth successive loss.

"It's a game we should have won. We were in a position to win multiple times. But when you turn over that much ball and make the game that unstructured against a team with that much pace, you're giving them opportunities and we gave them far too many."

Two early tries by Chandler Cunningham-South had England 15-3 ahead and, after falling 28-18 behind, two by replacement winger Ollie Sleightholme put them back into the lead after 70 minutes.

More errors let Australia snatch the lead, Maro Itoje then thought he had won it with a fifth try after 78 minutes, only for Jorgensen to claim Australia's first Twickenham win in five attempts dating back to the 2015 World Cup.

England missed 35 tackles, and turned the ball over 19 times.

"We talked about the team developing the attacking side of the ball, talked about the team having the confidence to move the ball and I think you saw that today," Borthwick said.

"But clearly the consequence is that if you turn the ball over that many times, you're not giving your defence much of a chance. The challenge is to understand the right balance with that. If you give the opposition that many chances,