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Russell Hargreaves: 'Bleak state of affairs' facing England
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England has some potentially very big issues facing Eddie Jones after England slumped to a fifth-placed finish in the Six Nations, their worst performance since 1987.Hargreaves says crack have been appearing for while but had they had been papered over by earlier wins."It's a pretty bleak state of affairs. I think the biggest concern is that there are several problems."It's not as if there are one or two obvious things that need to be sorted, there are five or six things that have crept up on the team."Cracks have been appearing but because England kept on winning, we glossed over them and suddenly because they've gone on this [losing] streak it's really coming out to bear in a fairly dramatic manner."Hargreaves says the biggest issue facing England is the breakdown and the penalty count, but Jones also needs to address the 'listlessness' and their toothless attack.However, with 18 months until the Rugby World Cup there is still time for Jones and England to turn their form around.LISTEN ABOVE AS RUSSELL HARG