Borthwick regime nothing like 'dark' Jones era - Marler

England prop Joe Marler has defended nan civilization wrong caput coach Steve Borthwick's set-up, saying it is "worlds apart" from nan second portion of predecessor Eddie Jones' reign.

England person mislaid defence coach Felix Jones, on pinch spot and conditioning unit Aled Walters and Tom Tombleson, successful caller weeks.

Jones' seven-year spell was marked by a precocious turnover of assistants and staff, with reports that nan Australian's activity style was partially to blame., external

"The communicative that's being pushed is that Steve is an Eddie 2.0 and nan situation is being repeated," Marler told nan For The Love Of Rugby podcast. , external

“I don't deliberation it's a adjacent reflection, because nan situation is worlds isolated from what Eddie's became towards that 2nd half of his cycle, which was acheronian astatine times.

"I person a batch of respect for nan Big Beev [Eddie Jones], but location were immoderate parts of his situation that I questioned to him and questioned astir him, and it's thing for illustration what Steve has created."

Jones hired 18 adjunct coaches during his clip successful complaint of England, including Borthwick who was forwards coach betwixt 2016 and 2019.

Rugby Football Union main executive Bill Sweeney, for illustration Marler, has rejected nan comparison betwixt Borthwick and Eddie Jones' regimes saying the exit of coaches this summertime is "a wholly different situation". , external

Ben Youngs played nether some Eddie Jones and Borthwick earlier his world status astatine nan extremity of nan 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign. The scrum-half doubts whether England will beryllium capable to switch nan outgoing and highly-rated trio pinch coaches of nan aforesaid quality.

"In 2019 [after England vanished arsenic Rugby World Cup runners-up] nan champion coaches near and we couldn't switch them to nan level of what we already had," he told nan podcast.

"Now you person mislaid Aled, TT [Tombleson] and Felix, and tin you switch them to nan aforesaid level? I americium not judge you can.

"You almost expect that [coaching changes] aft a World Cup cycle. From nan extracurricular it is difficult to rebuild halfway through."

Sweeney told BBC 5 Live earlier this week that appointing caller adjunct coaches "may return a spot of time" pinch nan RFU "accelerating its thinking" connected recruitment.