With the Rugby World Cup less than a year away, England have shown they are back near the peak of the game after their wobbles in the spring
Eagerly awaited Tests do not always live up to their billing. This was different: a belter from start to (another) contentious finish, a sporting event to nourish the soul. Both sides deserved credit for rising above the sodden conditions and contributing to an occasion as rich, in every sense, as any the old cabbage patch has staged outside the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
It made for a memorable Remembrance weekend and, for England, has signposted the road to a tantalising future. Should these teams collide in a monumental knockout game in Japan next year, the red-rose tinted view is the All Blacks will be the warier squad. “I am convinced we’ve got more growth in us, between now and the World Cup, than them,” the England wing Jonny May said. “They will improve, of course they will, but we’ve got more growth in us. Our individuals can get better and the team can get better.”
Written by Robert Kitson at Twickenham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/11/eddie-jones-england-formula-all-black-defeat-rugby under the title “Eddie Jones’s England formula looking good despite All Blacks defeat | Robert Kitson”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
