Steve Borthwick

Steve Borthwick

Birth name	Stephen William Borthwick
Date of birth	(1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
School	Hutton Grammar School
University	University of Bath
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Youth career Preston Grasshoppers Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998–2008 Bath 246 (45) 2008–2014 Saracens 144 (15) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–2010 England 57 (10) Coaching career Years Team 2012–2015 Japan (assistant) 2015 Bristol (forwards) 2015–2020 England (forwards) 2020–2022 Leicester Tigers 2022– England

Stephen William Borthwick (born 12 October 1979) is an English rugby union coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the England national team. As a player, he played as a lock for Bath and Saracens. At international level, he played for England 57 times from his debut in 2001; he served as captain from 2008 until he was dropped from the side in 2010.

Borthwick was appointed as England's forwards coach in December 2015, a role which he left in mid 2020 to become head coach of Leicester Tigers instead. In December 2022, he was appointed as the England head coach.