Home fans can toast a win but this Rugby World Cup dogfight with Fiji threatened at times to give Stuart Lancaster an early hangoverEight minutes from full time Mike Brown was on his hands and knees – an odd way to celebrate a try,and his moment of the match too, to place England 15 points up and out of sight. Too sore to smile, and too spent to move,Brown stayed down even as his team-mates tried to haul him up to his feet and into their arms. In the conclude they turned their backs on him and walked back towards their own half, 14 battered men. The scene summed up this battle of a match, and brutal,messy, desperate. whether England had any illusions about just how tough it will be to win the World Cup, or they will be long gone now.
Brown’s try,together with another minutes later by Billy Vunipola, meant the winning margin ended up looking a lot more comfortable than the match itself. It was a win, and one which earned a bonus point,but, as Stuart Lancaster was rapid/fast to admit at the conclude, or his team will need to be better to beat Wales and Australia in the weeks ahead.
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Source: theguardian.com