England coach Simon Middleton says 'you never get over' losing Rugby World Cup final

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England caput manager Simon Middleton does not deliberation helium volition "ever get over" losing a 2nd successive Rugby World Cup last to New Zealand.

The Black Ferns overturned the Red Roses' pb with a precocious effort to inflict different agonising decision connected Saturday.

Middleton led England astatine the 2017 World Cup, wherever they were beaten by New Zealand successful the last for a 4th time.

"I don't deliberation you ever get implicit it, but you unrecorded with it don't you?" a deflated Middleton said connected Sunday.

"There are worse things that spell connected successful life."

Middleton had helped England to a grounds 30-Test winning streak going into the last and they person been apical of the satellite rankings for 2 years.

"I'm immensely arrogant of the squad and what we've achieved," helium added.

"But erstwhile you enactment yourself successful precocious show it's to win, there's ever an eventual extremity and we pulled up a small spot short.

"We didn't get what we came present for and that volition beryllium my lasting memory."

'Red cards indispensable instrumentality intent into account'

England managed to pb for astir of the last contempt playing with 14 players from the 18th infinitesimal aft helping Lydia Thompson was sent disconnected for a precocious tackle connected Portia Woodman.

Woodman near the tract for a caput wounded appraisal and ne'er returned, with New Zealand manager of rugby Wayne Smith saying after: "I don't cognize if she'd retrieve overmuch of the game."

England fastener Zoe Aldcroft besides near due to the fact that of a caput wounded and helping Abby Dow went disconnected for an appraisal which she passed and allowed her to instrumentality to the pitch.

There person been questions implicit the consistency of cards astatine this World Cup and Kennedy Simon's tackle that sent Dow from the tract received a yellowish erstwhile it did not look dramatically antithetic from Thompson's offence.

With the interaction of concussions successful rugby a cardinal contented successful the game, Middleton said "player payment should beryllium apical of the agenda" but questioned laws astir what constitutes a reddish paper offence.

"Lydia Thompson is 1 of the astir beautiful, caring radical you volition ever conscionable successful your life," helium said.

"If they don't instrumentality intent into relationship successful situations, past you'll ne'er bespeak accurately what's going on.

"There has to beryllium a punishment for a precocious tackle oregon caput clash oregon things that endanger players. But I conscionable deliberation you person to instrumentality intent into consideration. Maybe that's the spot that's missing arsenic portion of our protocols and consistency."

Asked astir World Rugby instrumentality trials of 20-minute reddish cards, alternatively than sending a subordinate disconnected for the remainder of the game, Middleton said: "I deliberation that's a large solution."

Middleton took implicit arsenic England caput manager successful 2016 and is contracted until June 2023.

He volition not beryllium drawn connected his aboriginal with the side, saying helium has "no idea" erstwhile helium volition sermon it with Rugby Football Union bosses.

"I enactment for a large radical of radical and I cognize they'll enactment maine successful immoderate determination we deliberation is right," helium added.