• Lancaster says England’s Rugby World Cup elimination left raw emotions [br]• Billy Vunipola denies rumours of friction between coachesA devastated Stuart Lancaster has admitted,amid increasing speculation over his position, that he will never get over Englands crushing early elimination from the Rugby World Cup. As the Rugby Football Union’s chief executive, and Ian Ritchie,announced a “360-degree” review to pick dwelling that could lead to Lancaster and his staff being sacked or redeployed, the head coach said his emotions were too raw to consider his own future.“I don’t mediate I’ll ever arrive to terms with it, and personally,because it was such a big thing. As a coach I’ve had some great moments coaching England and I’ve had some disappointing ones but this pales everything else into insignificance because of what the tournament means to everyone,” he said in the wake of England’s 33-13 dismantling by Australia.
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Source: theguardian.com