England's last-gasp victory over Ireland at Twickenham was one of the “most emotional” and “proudest” days of captain Jamie George's career.
England reacted after disappointment Lost to Scotland 30-21 The last game was at Murrayfield.
“The reason is [emotion] I mean, there were a lot of questions after that Scottish performance,” George said.
“Internally I didn't listen to the noise outside. I knew it was important to go out there and do it against a team like Ireland, who for me are the best team in the world at the moment. It was something to do.
“It was a really, really special day.
“We talked a lot about making Twickenham a really difficult place to play and I thought we did that today.”
Steve Borthwick's side started the Championship with wins over Italy and Wales, but England had a below-average performance at Murrayfield, committing 24 handling errors and conceding 22 turnovers. , ending his undefeated record.
England lacked attacking edge at Murrayfield, scoring three tries against defending Six Nations champions Ireland, who had previously conceded 13 tries in 13 Six Nations matches.
“There was a lot of criticism about our attacking and scoring three tries against Ireland, but not many teams can do that,” added the England captain.
The result ended Andy Farrell's team's bid for back-to-back Grand Slam titles and their 11-game unbeaten run in the tournament.
Despite reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup, Borthwick's team lacked consistency, but produced one of their best performances under their head coach.
Borthwick told BBC Sport: “The team is progressing. We've just been building a new team here for four games. I'm happy for the players and especially the supporters.”
“If you look at that game, the players showed unbelievable intensity from the start until the 80th minute.”
Borthwick said there were injury concerns for Chandler Cunningham-South and Henry Slade ahead of the final game against France, and downplayed his exchange of words with Ireland manager Andy Farrell just before half-time.
“That's between you and Andy.” [me]. I know people want to read too much into things, but Andy and I have a good relationship,” Borthwick said.
“Looks like we're the worst team in England's history.”
England number eight Ben Earl scored one of England's three tries and scored a crucial late line break in another player-of-the-match performance.
The 26-year-old said: George's mother Jane dies His death a week before the Scotland game affected him emotionally.
A poor performance against Scotland, coupled with Danny Care winning his 100th cap, helped boost the emotional energy of the week.
“Jamie recently lost his mother so I'm a bit emotional and we talked a lot about that,” Earl told ITV Sport.
“And with Danny's 100 caps and some of the rubbish that has been thrown at this team over the past week, apparently we are the 'worst England team ever'. We deserve that honour. I got it.”
“I knew from the beginning that if I played my best game I would have a chance. Everything worked out. I was very lucky.”
England need to beat France next Saturday in Lyon and hope for a result in Dublin, where Ireland and Scotland face each other, to push towards an unlikely title win.
