Nine months before the World Cup begins, England have named Steve Borthwick as their new head coach.
Kevin Sinfield is the defence coach that the 43-year-old is working with.
Borthwick joined on a five-year contract after Eddie Jones was fired.
Borthwick wants the nation to be proud of them and to enjoy watching them play.
The Rugby Football Union said that the former England captain's first match in charge will be the Six Nations opener against Scotland on February 4.
After a 27-13 defeat by South Africa in November, Borthwick and England will return to Twickenham to try and get the fans back.
The club's interim head coach will be Richard Wigglesworth, a former player.
When Borthwick took over at the club in 2020, they were struggling at the bottom of the league, but he was able to turn their fortunes around.
He was expected to take over after the World Cup, but it was brought forward after the side's poor run of form, as they won five of 12 Tests in the year after.
The contract of Borthwick will last until the end of the year of 2027.
Borthwick said he was excited by the challenge of being England's head coach.
The English game is full of talent and I want to build a winning team which makes the most of our huge potential and inspire young people to fall in love with rugby union like I did.
The planning for the Rugby World Cup begins today. I'm going to give it everything.
The British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand resulted in a drawn Test series.
He was a lock for Bath and earned 57 England caps before he retired.
Before the start of the 2021-22 season, Sinfield joined Borthwick as defence coach.
Borthwick is the RFU's first choice to replace Eddie.
"Steve and Kevin's insight and first-hand knowledge of the players will be a great asset and everyone at the RFU is right behind them," Sweeney said.
On the pitch, Sinfield has raised more than seven million dollars for charity in support of his former team-mates who have motor neurone disease.
Sinfield said it was a special moment to become a coach.
With such a big year ahead of us, I am looking forward to working with the wider squad of players to see what we can achieve together.
Chris Jones is a correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Instead of going to the Rugby World Cup as a shadow member of the coaching team, Borthwick will now be the main man.
There is no time left for him. As well as finalising his coaching team, he will need to pick his Six Nations squad before the end of the month, and it would be no surprise if he leaned on a core of players from Welford Road.
Scotland have dominated the Calcutta Cup in recent years, so they will be a challenge in the Six Nations opener, but that match, followed by another home game against Italy, is a way of getting the new regime up and running, and quelling the unrest from the supporters that
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