Daly helped revive England’s campaign in last year’s Six Nations. The 33-year-old was left out of the opening-round defeat by Ireland but came off the bench to score the winning try against France the following week, the first victory in England’s year-long streak.
His start to this season was delayed as he recovered from surgery for a broken arm sustained on the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, but he made his comeback in the autumn win over Argentina and his playmaking ability, left-footed kicking and experience are highly valued by Borthwick.
Daly’s 74 England caps are three more than the rest of this weekend’s starting backline have between them.
He believes that the perspective he has gained since making his England debut in February 2016 helps when pressure comes on the team.
“You probably don’t say it, but I think you’ve been in these situations where, I mean, we’ve only lost two games,” said Daly.
“It’s not the end of the world. It’s games we wanted to win, obviously. But I think it’s important to understand that we’ve got a road to the World Cup, we’re not going to win every single game. We would love to, but we probably won’t.”