England boss Steve Borthwick once took part in NAKED photoshoot

Back in 2009, Paul Sackey, Shane Williams and Borthwick appeared in different rugby poses with the then England captain pictured as if he is about to enter a tackle.

His England team-mate Sackey is shown diving for the try-line while IRB World Player of the Year and Wales winger Williams is shown passing the ball.

Borthwick said he has had to put up with plenty of dressing room jokes since the photo shoot but was happy with how the images turned out.

"It is one of the most daring shoots I've been involved in but it has been loads of fun, even if it has given my team-mates plenty of ammunition for changing room banter," he said.

Born in Carlisle, Cumbria, Borthwick was captain of the Hutton Grammar School rugby team in Lancashire, with whom he went on a tour to Australia.

He began his rugby career at Preston Grasshoppers before joining Bath in 1998 and went on to make more than 240 appearances in a decade there.

In 2008, after 10 seasons at Bath, he joined Saracens and made more than 140 appearances there in six seasons, winning a Premiership title in 2011.

 No forward has made more Premiership appearances than his haul of 265.

Alongside his rugby career, Steve completed an Economics and Politics BSc at the University of Bath and MSc Management at the University of Hertfordshire.

He began his coaching career in 2012, while still playing at Saracens, as coach of the club’s under-18 squad, before being recruited by Eddie Jones to join Japan as an assistant coach.

After retiring as a player in 2013/2014, he remained with the Japan squad up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup which included victories over Samoa and the USA as well as the history-making, last-gasp victory over South Africa in Brighton.

Borthwick made his Test debut in 2001, lining up at lock alongside Martin Jonson against France at Twickenham, and went on to win 57 caps, including two years as captain from 2008 until his final Test against Scotland in the 2010 Six Nations.

His reported net worth is thought to be £1.7m.

Borthwick was one of three players photographed naked by photographer Alan Clarke for the Six Nations.

"It is one of the most daring shoots I've been involved in but it has been loads of fun, even if it has given my team-mates plenty of ammunition for changing room banter," he said.

A big lover of football, Borthwick supports Preston North End.