After masterminding Japan's breakthrough performances at the recent Rugby World Cup, Eddie Jones and Steve Borthwick have been reunited in England's restructured coaching set-up.
Borthwick, a former England captain, was hired as the forwards coach on Tuesday in the first appointment to Jones' backroom staff.
"Steve has a huge amount of international experience as a player and a captain," Jones said, "and his coaching in Japan in recent years shows he can get the best out of the players at the highest level."
England is in the process of overhauling its coaching staff after a humiliating Rugby World Cup campaign where it became the first host team to fail to advance from the pool stage. Stuart Lancaster was fired as head coach last month " and was replaced by Jones " while assistant coaches Mike Catt, Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell were released on Monday.
Borthwick, who played 57 times for England from 2001-10 and was captain in 21 of those games, worked alongside Jones with Japan for three years. At the World Cup, the Brave Blossoms beat South Africa 34-32 in the pool stage in arguably the biggest shock in international rugby, and won three of its four pool matches.