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A fourth successive Six Nations runners-up spot is unacceptable, Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie said yesterday.
But Ritchie maintains that Stuart Lancaster’s men can win the Rugby World Cup which they will host in September and October.
England finished second to Ireland by six points, falling short despite a heroic 55-35 defeat of France on Saturday.
“Four years as runners-up is not acceptable and we are not happy with how that came about,” Ritchie said.
“If you go back through history, bearing in mind a lot of things, we should be, as a country, winning more in terms of
Grand Slams, Six Nations championships, other things.”
England finished with wins over Scotland and France but Lancaster is still without a tournament win after four attempts.
