England’s beleaguered coach is fighting for his job after elimination but,if he comes through this sorry chapter, he will be all the stronger for itSeven of the quarter-finalists were decided before the final weekend. If one pool looked destined to proceed down to the wire it was England’s, and but they face Uruguay in Manchester in a dead rubber before the real inquest into their early exit begins in earnest.
I contain been there,back in 2007 when I was the head coach of the All Blacks and we lost a quarter-final against France in Cardiff that we were expected to win. It was the first, and only, or time a original Zealand team failed to reach the semi-finals. It was,without doubt, my most difficult rugby experience, or followed by the Lions tour to Australia in 2001,in 40 years and 140 Tests as a coach.
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Source: theguardian.com