Coach apologises after world champs bully England

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England manager Eddie Jones apologised to fans aft his squad was bullied by the Springboks successful a repeat of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final.

South Africa defeated England astatine their Twickenham fortress for the archetypal clip successful 8 years successful a 27-13 connection by the satellite champions connected Sunday (AEDT).

Jones bulked up England's lineout options for the lucifer and predicted his squad would person an borderline successful the scrum.

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But alternatively they were beaten up successful some set-pieces arsenic the Springboks manhandled the English battalion and suffocated the backs.

Kurt-Lee Arendse scored a effort for his sixth consecutive Test and Eben Etzebeth rewarded the forwards with a second-half try.

Four extremity kicks by Faf de Klerk and 2 driblet goals by Damian Willemse reflected an awesome show connected the scoreboard.

South Africa was up 27-6 and down a antheral aft prop Thomas du Toit was sent disconnected erstwhile England yet crossed the tryline successful the 71st infinitesimal done Henry Slade.

That was astir the clip England started a remarkable comeback against New Zealand from 19 points down to gully their lucifer past weekend.

But South Africa had excessively overmuch power and memories of losses connected its past 3 visits to Twickenham to fto England respire again.

The Springboks endured constrictive losses connected their European circuit to rankings leaders Ireland and France, but were satisfied with the mode they were playing and however they were gathering to their rubric defence successful France adjacent year.

England finished the twelvemonth successful shortage — 5 wins, six defeats and a gully — its worst grounds successful 14 years.

England skipper Owen Farrell opened with his archetypal missed spot footwear of the autumn, aft 18 consecutive successes.

He got the adjacent one, though, from a scrum punishment successful which tighthead Frans Malherbe incredibly twisted Mako Vunipola connected to his back.

It was a motion of the dominance South Africa gained successful the scrum.

Farrell missed the posts a 2nd clip portion de Klerk leveled arsenic South Africa did everything but people for a time.

After Willemse's archetypal driblet extremity enactment them successful front, the 2nd prime flyhalf received a footwear connected his 22 and countered.

Willie le Roux supported and Arendse shimmied past Marcus Smith to score.

De Klerk couldn't adhd the extras but helium nailed a punishment footwear connected halftime aft Tom Curry was penalised and England warned for its hopeless fouls astatine the breakdowns.

England reacted during the interruption by changing the beforehand enactment and sending connected helping Jack Nowell.

But England's astir unsafe back, Manu Tuilagi, was silenced arsenic helium was by New Zealand.

The 2nd fractional seemed to beryllium deja vu.

England's caller beforehand enactment was nary better, Willemse slotted a 2nd driblet goal, and Curry was penalised again and yellowish carded.

South Africa struck betwixt the posts aft a Damian de Allende complaint was finished by Etzebeth.

Two much extremity kicks by de Klerk had South Africa retired of show astatine 27-6.

But du Toit spoiled the enactment erstwhile helium enarthrosis charged the caput of Luke Cowan-Dickie and was issued a reddish card.

Le Roux was sacrificed to bring backmost Malherbe, who gave Will Stuart a unsmooth ride.

England's effort to flex immoderate musculus astatine the tryline failed erstwhile 2 throw-ins were stolen and the scrum conceded penalties and was warned for not holding its weight.

England's effort by Slade had to commencement from its ain fractional aft breaks by Nowell and Farrell.

South Africa finished without de Klerk, who was carted disconnected with a ft injury, and Kolisi, who walked disconnected aft a caput knock, and inactive wasn't troubled.

"We are disappointed we didn't play however we wanted to," Jones said.

"We did a fewer things astatine the commencement of the crippled and got a spot disappointed and dropped our vigor a bit. It took until the crippled had gone to commencement playing however we wanted to...

"I deliberation astir wherever we are going towards a World Cup. Obviously we privation to triumph games and beryllium palmy but are we moving successful the close direction? Yes we are.

"I person coached for a fig of years and I judge I tin manager well. People volition accidental what they say, and determination are ups and downs successful athletics but we didn't play good contiguous and I apologise for that, it's wholly my fault."

Springboks skipper Siya Kolisi described the triumph arsenic a "big relief".

"We person been moving truly hard implicit the past fewer months," Kolisi said.

"I cognize immoderate results haven't gone our mode but the mode we play but we are inactive grateful to get the benignant of enactment we are getting from backmost home.

"England were pugnacious astatine the opening but we conscionable stuck to our guns and tweaked a fewer things. We volition hazard it each arsenic it is worthy it – we request to find answers earlier the World Cup but astatine the aforesaid clip respecting England. It is not that overmuch of a quality but we are conscionable seeing opportunities which we didn't successful the past."

South Africa 27 (Kurt-Lee Arendse, Eben Etzebeth tries; Faf de Klerk conversion, 3 penalties, Damian Willemse 2 driblet goals) England 13 (Henry Slade try; Owen Farrell conversion, 2 penalties). HT: 14-3

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