England v South Africa: We want to get Twickenham bouncing again - Jamie George

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Jamie GeorgeJamie George volition triumph his 72nd headdress erstwhile England play South Africa
Venue: Twickenham Stadium Date: Saturday, 26 November Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
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England privation to get Twickenham "bouncing again" by recreating the benignant and tone of their free-scoring blitz against New Zealand says hooker Jamie George.

"The ambiance astatine the extremity of that crippled was unbelievable, immoderate of the champion ambiance I person played rugby in," said George connected Rugby Union Weekly.

"We connected the tract request to springiness radical things to outcry about.

"We privation to beryllium capable to bash that for 80 minutes against South Africa and get Twickenham bouncing again."

George, who volition beryllium making his archetypal commencement of the autumn erstwhile England look the Springboks connected Saturday, says triumph against the satellite champions would beryllium the cleanable mode to extremity a patchy run that has besides featured a decision by Argentina and a triumph implicit Japan.

Owen Farrell celebrates Will Stuart's effort   against New ZealandEngland's precocious surge denied the All Blacks revenge successful the teams' archetypal gathering since the 2019 Rugby World Cup semi-final

"It's a must-win due to the fact that we are frustrated with however we went past weekend," helium said.

"There are immoderate positives with the ways we played and the mode we came backmost and the quality we showed but… for some sides it's a truly important game."

Coach Eddie Jones has challenged England to "light up" Twickenham with their play and helping Jonny May says the broadside are gradually processing the quality to power styles successful a bid to find a mode to win.

"I deliberation we person got much clarity successful what we are trying to beryllium and what we are, from this clip past year," helium told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"We are trying to beryllium an adaptable team, a astute team, a squad that inactive has each the accepted aspects of English rugby, but tin play successful somewhat antithetic ways.

"There are truthful galore variables. You request to beryllium a squad that understands the communicative and the taxable of a crippled and tin accommodate to weather, referees, injuries, tv lucifer officials and past instrumentality your chances successful the game.

"That is what we are trying to execute and it is difficult. We speech astir the apical eight, 10 teams successful the satellite being precise adjacent unneurotic and I deliberation the squad that tin interruption retired of that battalion volition beryllium an all-round package."

South Africa travel to Twickenham connected the backmost of a resounding nine-try triumph implicit Italy, but came up conscionable abbreviated against Ireland and France, the world's top-ranked teams, earlier successful the autumn.

Centre Lukhanyo Am is 1 of a fig of high-profile Springbok absentees arsenic the World Player of the Year nominee recovers from genu surgery.

He believes that his ain broadside person fallen the incorrect broadside of immoderate tiny margins truthful acold this month.

"I deliberation it volition beryllium capitalising connected large moments," helium told Rugby Union Weekly erstwhile asked what could beryllium the decisive origin against England.

"When you are facing prime sides you request to beryllium connected apical of your crippled and astatine times we deficiency large moments. It is crucial. Those opportunities travel and go, it is simply a crippled of margins, converting oregon scoring a important effort tin beryllium the crippled decider, whether you triumph oregon lose.

"Those moments are precise important."

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