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The Rugby Pod

Match Reaction - England v All Blacks - Steve Borthwick, Jamie George, and Scott Robertson

The Rugby Pod

The Ringer

Rugby, Comedy, Sports

4.85.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

England fell painfully close to a massive win against the All Blacks. Post-game, we hear from both coaches and captains, and they're asked some tough questions about where the game was won and lost, the big decision to take Marcus Smith off, and what both sides can take away from England's first game and New Zealand's second of the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Steve, does that feel like a big opportunity missed again against New Zealand?

0:45.0

Well, I think that to be put in a position where you're winning by the margin the team were at that point in time, then there's clearly an opportunity to win the game.

0:53.4

There's a pretty clear things why we didn't against a very good New Zealand team. We gave them a window to get back

0:59.7

and they took it. Where did you see it going wrong then? I recognise the question. It's important

1:04.9

to understand how much went right. If you look at that New Zealand team and you've got to credit

1:09.4

them, 10 players from the World Cup Final were playing there.

1:12.2

They had more than 1,000 caps.

1:14.1

They had more caps in their 15 than we had in our 23.

1:16.9

But this England team, led by Jamie, I think, really played smart rugby today.

1:21.6

Unfortunately, yes, we didn't get the win we wanted.

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