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England coach Steve Borthwick is adamant his side will use the pain of their narrow Rugby World Cup semi-final defeat to South Africa to “grow into something brilliant” moving forward esports
Heading into the clash as heavy underdogs, England executed their kick-heavy gameplan to perfection and impressed at the set-piece to stunningly lead the Springboks at half-time esports
However, South Africa’s much-vaunted ‘bomb squad’ came off the bench, started to dominate the scrum and the kicking of Handre Pollard led them to a gutsy 16-15 win esports
Borthwick’s troops far outperformed expectations in the semi-final and although he was devastated to come up just short on the big stage, the coach is convinced the experience will stand his young squad in great stead for the future esports
“The whole team performance was strong,” said Borthwick in his post-match press conference esports
“We’re disappointed esports
We came here with a plan to win the game but fell short esports
Not far but a little bit short and we’re desperately disappointed esports
“But the players should be incredibly proud esports
We had seven players 25 or under in our squad, which was the most of any semi-finalist esports
South Africa had one esports
“We have a great blend in the squad and there’s lots to take going forward esports
We put ourselves in a position to win a semi-final against the reigning world champs and world No 1 esports
“In adversity, there is normally a seed in there that will grow into something brilliant esports
It’s too early to find that seed now but we’ll make sure we find it esports
We’ll take what we’ve gone through tonight, grab it and make sure it makes us stronger in the future esports
”England were narrowly defeated in Paris (Getty Images)Lock George Martin was a surprise selection ahead of Ollie Chessum but he shone in just his fourth Test start, with his maul defence a particular highlight esports
And Borthwick is convinced Martin has a bright future, while also highlighting the superior cohesion that the Springboks have after a longer period together as a coaching staff esports
“I thought he [Martin] played really well,” added Borthwick esports
“There were a good number of outstanding performances out there esports
George is another young player, only 22 esports
I would hope to see him in England shirt for many years to come esports
“We were playing against a team with coaches together since 2018 esports
It was an incredible achievement for them to win in 2019 and they have had four years of continued development esports
“They’re consistent whereas we’ve had four months with this coaching team esports
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them esports
Tonight was another example of that esports
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Head coach Matthew Mott admits England’s calamitous Cricket World Cup campaign could get even worse this weekend, placing India as “raging favourites” to inflict yet another defeat on his side esports
The 2019 champions have blown their title defence in remarkable fashion, losing four of their first five matches in thumping fashion to lie ninth in the table, and things are about to get even tougher in Lucknow esports
The hosts have been in swaggeringly good form, sitting pretty on top of the standings with a 100 per cent record, and carry all the momentum heading into Sunday’s meeting esports
Even at their lowest historical ebbs England have never lost four on the bounce at a World Cup before but even the man in charge of ensuring that does not happen this time accepts the odds are against his team esports
“We play India in a couple of days, the hosts, and they are probably raging favourites at the moment,” he said esports
“But I think that’s an opportunity to restore some pride and confidence in the group esports
Every opportunity we get to play together is vital now to try and find our mojo again esports
It’s obviously too late for this tournament but we need to do that, we’ve got to find a response esports
“We’ve definitely not performed anywhere near the level that we want to in this tournament, but our first priority at the moment is to make sure we come out and give India a good scrap and hopefully perform a lot esports better than we have esports
”Despite knowing they will watching the knockout stages from home, England face the unenviable prospect of collecting even more aimless air miles esports between now and their final game on November 11 esports
And while rallying from the depths of their current position, fractionally above associates the Netherlands, is some motivation, even Mott has acknowledged a potentially grisly post-mortem awaits on the other side esports
Jos Buttler has already reiterated his desire to oversee the next chapter and Mott is equally bullish about his position esports
“There’s no silver bullet for this,” he said esports
“We’re going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit esports better?’ esports
“Jos and I are incredibly aligned and united esports
When you lose tournaments like this, everyone’s under scrutiny, everyone’s place will be questioned esports
“I certainly feel like I could have done things a lot esports better but I’ve been in the job 18 months, we’ve won a World Cup and lost a World Cup esports
I think I’ve shown the capability that I can coach his team esports
“I’ve shown an ability to be able to turn things around so that’ll have to happen pretty quickly, but, yeah, what will be will be esports
”esports Between them, Mott and Buttler must now decide what to do about their team selection, which has been a revolving door since the start of the competition esports
Against Sri Lanka they fielded an entire XI aged 30 or above for the first time ever and came across a group that was demonstrably past its peak esports
Former England seamer Steve Harmison has called for them to pass the torch immediately, picking Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Gus Atkinson and the recently arrived injury replacement Brydon Carse at the expense of older players esports
We're going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit esports better?’England coach Matthew MottBrook is sure to be a cornerstone player in the next four-year cycle and will surely come in to face India, but Mott insists he will not be picking a team purely by birth date esports
“As one of the selectors I never look at age, I look at performance and form and all the things that go into it,” he said esports
“I would say we’ll just try and keep picking our best side for the conditions, as we’ve tried to do all the way through esports
”More aboutPA ReadyMatthew MottEnglandJos ButtlerBangaloreIndiaSri LankaHarry BrookNetherlandsSam Curran1/1Matthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameMatthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameEngland white-ball coach Matthew Mott is worried the World Cup campaign could get worse (Nick Potts/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today esports
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