Who ever thought that I’d be so happy to be proven wrong?
I played rugby for ten years, and I know what it’s like to be part of a team on a downward slide; so I also know exactly how difficult it is to turn things around mentally once you get in the habit of losing. That’s what makes the England team’s achievement something special: they found within themselves the fortitude to not only stop the rot, but to gain a fair amount of momentum in the opposite direction. Whatever the result against South Africa in the final, they should be saluted.
Meanwhile, I’ve probably got a lovely week of jibes about ‘negative rugby’ (given that this seems to involve not letting the other side run four tries past you, I’m wondering exactly why I should regard this as an insult) to look forward to…
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