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Monday 12 October 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 8:42 pm

BORTHWICK EYEING COMEBACK

By: admindrupal

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ENGLAND captain Steve Borthwick has declared himself “good to go” as he prepares to make his comeback from injury in Saracens’ Amlin Challenge Cup trip to Toulon. But the lock admits he feared he had suffered a fractured eye socket following a kick from Gloucester’s Olivier Azam last month. “It was a nervous time,” he said. “The eye swelled shut immediately so I couldn’t see anything.”

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