CLOUD NINE FOR STEVE

Genge helps Borthwick's side extend impressive winning run and immediately turns sights on All Blacks revenge

- BY ADAM HATHAWAY

SKIPPER for the day Ellis Genge helped England avoid a banana skin and then targeted an overdue win against the All Blacks next weekend.

For a second week in a row England's Bomb Squad settled the game when they were unleashed on 52 minutes with Tom Curry and Jamie George leading the charge.

And Henry Arundell showed absence makes the heart grow fonder when he scored two minutes after coming in with his first touch in Test rugby since the 2023 World Cup.

That makes it nine wins on the spin for Steve Borthwick's side, who were last beaten in their Six Nations opener against Ireland, in Dublin, in February.

England lost three times to New Zealand in three Tests last year - by a combined total of just 10 points - and prop Genge is itching to get stuck into them again. Genge said: "I can't wait for that. I love playing against the best in the world. It will be a battle of attrition.