STEVE BORTHWICK is facing questions over his England future but Jamie George believes it is the players who should be held accountable for a run of five successive defeats.

South Africa emerged 29-20 winners at Twickenham on Saturday to continue an autumn washout in the wake of losses to New Zealand and Australia, with the visit of Japan completing the series in a week’s time.

It is their worst sequence of results since 2018 and for the first time since 2006 they have lost three consecutive matches at Twickenham, piling pressure on to Borthwick.