In his BBC Sport column, World Cup victor Matt Dawson explains wherefore England should not beryllium criticised for their endeavour and playing style, contempt different defeat.
South Africa are possibly not caput and shoulders supra England, but they are inactive amended by a head.
Even though England started truthful good again in Saturday's 29-20 defeat, the Boks dialled it up erstwhile they needed to and their seat was acold superior, not conscionable successful the battalion but successful the backline arsenic well.
England's seat didn't bring overmuch control, added tempo oregon the quality to decorativeness the game. It felt similar England were ever chasing and they lacked a spot of absorption successful that past 20 minutes.
I would beryllium lying if I thought determination was a infinitesimal successful the crippled erstwhile England could win, but they surely enactment themselves successful bully positions and had opportunities to beryllium wrong range, and past you ne'er cognize what is going to happen.
Someone could spell to the sin-bin, oregon a footwear could beryllium charged down - England conscionable needed the bounce of the shot to spell their way.
I am, therefore, reluctant to question this England broadside and the coaching unit due to the fact that they are playing immoderate truly bully stuff.
Sometimes, erstwhile I was watching England nether Eddie Jones, I was mislaid - it was atrocious to ticker and I conscionable didn't bask going to Twickenham.
Head manager Steve Borthwick has tapped into thing successful this England side.
Having played and been successful squads with Steve, helium is not a maverick and helium is not the charismatic leader, but that doesn't mean helium can't beryllium a truly bully coach.
He has to recognize who helium is and what helium brings to this side.
Can helium bring successful a manager who has much charisma? You look astatine France and their caput manager Fabien Galthie, who is simply a spot much stern and aloof, but past you bring successful characters similar Raphael Ibanez and Shaun Edwards successful the backroom unit arsenic the ying and the yang.
Andy Farrell was that feline with Ireland nether Joe Schmidt and with the British and Irish Lions nether Warren Gatland earlier becoming the main antheral with Ireland, arsenic different example.
If England suffer to Japan, Borthwick is going to beryllium nether tremendous pressure.
I don't judge helium is present though, due to the fact that the fans are looking astatine the rugby and tin travel this team. With a fewer tweaks, the bounce of the shot and a spot of momentum from immoderate wins, Allianz Stadium volition beryllium a pugnacious spot to go.
Of people erstwhile England brag Jones volition consciousness helium tin travel and upset England with his Japan team, but arsenic overmuch arsenic determination volition beryllium information for him, you tin multiply that by 10 for England.
They bask the mode they are playing present compared to the tedious strategy and authorities Jones applied. I would expect England privation to nonstop him distant with his process betwixt his legs.
Steve does request to recognise the request for changes, either done selection, connected the bench, with the connection successful the squad oregon the quality to fto the players bash what they privation successful those moments.
It is noticeable erstwhile the players are not doing what they bash with their clubs.
South Africa kept the scoreboard ticking and past had that idiosyncratic spot of brilliance from Cheslin Kolbe.
England person bags of endowment and we person watched Ollie Sleightholme bouncing around, stepping defenders and scoring tries each play for Northampton.
But however is helium being coached and what is his mindset wrong this England set-up?
How overmuch bash these players privation to stamp their authorization connected the game?
Do they privation to marque definite they person the garment adjacent week oregon bash they privation to rotation the dice knowing they could popular up, rotation astir idiosyncratic and people 2 tries similar Kolbe.
And wherefore is skipper Jamie George being taken disconnected aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional again?
I retrieve captaining England against Italy successful 2000 and our caput manager Sir Clive Woodward took maine off.
I retrieve saying to him, 'you person asked maine to beryllium captain, delight don’t bash that again'.
If you are asking George to pb the broadside passim the week gathering up to facing the satellite champions, each of the conversations would person been astir needing to beryllium successful the crippled with 15 minutes to go.
If you are taking him disconnected with fractional an hr to go, however tin you inquire him to pb connected the field? I get the beforehand enactment is simply a pugnacious presumption to bang retired 80 minutes but, sometimes, determination is worth successful keeping players connected the field, peculiarly influential players, erstwhile they mightiness not needfully beryllium up to velocity physically.
Mentally and strategically, they are successful the crippled due to the fact that of their narration with the referee, their narration with the squad and their feeling of the game.
Luke Cowan-Dickie played good erstwhile helium came connected but sometimes determination is worth successful seeing that crippled out, alternatively than looking astatine the stats, which mightiness beryllium saying his heartrate is done the extortion oregon his sprint velocity is down truthful helium needs to travel off.
George keeps talking astir the good margins, but if you privation to beryllium challenging successful the apical 4 oregon 5 sides successful the world, you person to recognize wherever they are.
You person to recognize those good margins successful the mediate of the crippled against top-class absorption and successful beforehand of 80,000 people. You person to recognise the moments you request to get right.
That is not by putting unit connected yourself, but by embracing the expertise and skills you have, to amusement yourself, your squad and your state that you tin bash it.
It is astir apt happening erstwhile they are not connected the field. At half-time, they mightiness code thing and distant they go, oregon astatine the extremity of the crippled erstwhile they are doing their investigation - 'we should person done this oregon done that'.
All the champion sides successful the satellite person the quality to accommodate and marque those fine-margin decisions successful the mediate of the crippled and successful the vigor of the battle.
We saw it against Australia, erstwhile England came accelerated retired of the blocks, but the Wallabies changed tactics and went done the guts arsenic the close mode to combat England.
Someone oregon thing gave South Africa a footwear up the backside successful the archetypal fractional connected Saturday.
They were inactive scrappy and inactive conceded immoderate penalties, but successful possession successful the cardinal moments of the game, whether it was however they cleared their lines oregon went for touch, they would spell heavy into English territory whereas England were much conservative.
England showed plentifulness of endeavour successful defence but Ben Earl missed a truly important tackle connected Damian de Allende and their backline looked retired of sync, similar a barroom illustration astatine school.
They are the small moments the apical teams don't thin to get wrong.