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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer voslot
England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 voslot
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping voslot
The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play voslot
Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc voslot
Yet it still wasn’t enough voslot
This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory voslot
The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing voslot between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different voslot
In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again voslot
Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff voslot
The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence voslot
And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication voslot
Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell voslot
Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons voslot
As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time voslot
Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go voslot
It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets voslot
Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick voslot
Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day voslot
A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence voslot
If Boks lock Eben Etzevoslot beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown voslot
Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents voslot
Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was voslot
It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe voslot betrayed voslot
The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective voslot
But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality voslot between the sides proved too much to overcome voslot
South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued voslot
There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 voslot
But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less voslot
Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain voslot
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England captain Jos Buttler took his share of the blame for a historically bad defeat against South Africa, accepting he made a mistake by fielding first in the oppressive heat and humidity of Mumbai voslot
Things could hardly have gone worse for the defending champions, whose World Cup campaign is rapidly disappearing over the cliff edge after three losses in four, with the Proteas running away with a 229-run win voslot
That was England’s heaviest ever defeat by run margin, while South Africa’s score of 399 for seven was a second undesired record voslot
The bowling was chaotic and expensive, the team selection brave but unsuccessful and the batting hopelessly underpowered by comparison to what came before it voslot
But all of it stemmed from Buttler’s decision to send the opposition in under fiercely exacting conditions, with the temperature peaking at 36 degrees and exacerbated by high humidity voslot
“I think you always reflect after games and question your decisions,” Buttler said voslot
“With hindsight, with the physicality of that innings, potentially batting first would have been a voslot better decision voslot
It’s a decision I took at the time voslot
I thought it was the right one and I still believe if we were chasing 340, 350, we would have done really well in those conditions voslot
“Physically it was a really demanding innings and, like I said, it makes you question maybe in those kind of conditions whether batting first may have been the right call at the toss voslot
”Buttler has had to front up after a hat-trick of unimpressive outings so far, with a nine-wicket hammering by New Zealand and a shock defeat at the hands of unfancied Afghanistan already on the ledger voslot
On each occasion he has aimed for an unemotional assessment but accepts England are now almost out of wriggle room, an awkward place to be with almost a month of travelling left and five group matches remaining voslot
“It certainly leaves us in a tough position voslot
There’s no room for error from here on in,” he acknowledged voslot
“It’s going to be incredibly difficult voslot
We haven’t left ourselves any margin from this point in voslot
But we’ll keep the belief voslot
We’ll sit down and go again voslot
That’s all you can do in this situation voslot
“I think it’s obvious that we’re not performing to our best voslot
It’s my job as captain, along with the rest of the team, to work out how we can get back to playing that brand of cricket, playing to our potential and getting back to our best voslot
“It certainly won’t be anyone giving up or having those kind of thoughts voslot
We’ll just have to dust ourselves down and stick our chests out and go again voslot
”Heinrich Klaasen celebrated an outstanding 109 in just 67 balls for South Africa and was also floored on several occasions by the same exacting circumstances which made it hard for England’s bowlers voslot
“I had to dig really, really deep there voslot
I didn’t have any energy left,” he said voslot
“My partner Marco (Jansen) played a big part of that voslot
He told me that he’s got me and that I’m not allowed to walk off the field if I don’t score 100 voslot
“It was like just breathing in hot air voslot
Every time you try to run it’s just sapping more and more energy and then at the end of the day your body just doesn’t want to work with you anymore voslot
It was just like almost running in a sauna for the whole innings voslot
“But you’ve got to dig deep for your country as well, I’ve worked my whole life for it, so it’s a great moment voslot
”More aboutPA ReadyJos ButtlerEnglandSouth AfricaAfghanistanNew ZealandMumbai1/1England skipper Jos Buttler questions his decision to field first in latest lossEngland skipper Jos Buttler questions his decision to field first in latest lossJos Buttler regretted fielding first against South Africa (PA Images)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 voslot
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