It was Groundhog Day here — the same old, familiar plot. A narrow loss for England. Gallant failure. Defiance in defeat. Talk of positives and lessons to learn. Simmering rage, barely suppressed.
Mike Brown was wrestling with the same emotions he had felt five months earlier in Dunedin, when the All Blacks’ margin of victory had been a solitary point. He spoke then of ‘failure’ and the Harlequins full-back wasn’t about to sugar-coat his assessments this time.
‘If we’re brutally honest, it is another “what if?”,’ he said, as the grimace on his face conveyed so much personal angst. ‘We’re here to win and again we’ve let it go. We’ve got to start putting these games away and there is massive disappointment at the moment.’
England lost 24-21 against New Zealand at Twickenham after an impressive second half from the All Blacks
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