The 34-year-old’s bid to end his international career on a high was ended by South Africa.
The 34-year-old’s bid to finish his international career on a high was ended by Saturday’s 16-15 semi-final loss to South Africa in Paris.
Lawes, who has made 105 international appearances across 15 years, said: “I haven’t told Steve yet! But I will let him know. “I’m proud of the journey I’ve been on. It’s not always been the ups. Plenty of downs in there, but I’ve pushed through. But they came agonisingly close to reaching a second successive final after leading the reigning champions for all but five minutes of an enthralling last-four encounter which was settled by Handre Pollard’s late penalty.“But we’ve proved a lot of people wrong. You give it all you’ve got. It’s sport, isn’t it?
He believes England have a bright future under Borthwick and is determined to sign off by helping the team finish third.
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