BAGSHOT, England - Coach Steve Borthwick and captain Jamie George said on Thursday that England's players must not be afraid of making errors when they take on the mighty challenge of Ireland, but they would rather not make as many as they did two weeks ago.

After a bright start against Scotland, England went to pieces, throwing wild passes and dropping easy passes in a ragged display. In all they made 25 handling errors and were turned over an incredible 22 times en route to a 30-21 defeat.