Bok coach Nienaber takes in 'special' first win at Twickenham: It was a team effort
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Jones again blames himself for England woes as patience grows thin
LONDON : England coach Eddie Jones again faulted himself after his team subsided to a dispiriting 27-13 defeat by South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday and most fans would for once agree.
Eddie Jones defends credentials as England flop against Springboks
Eddie Jones defended his credentials after he watched England produce a rudderless display to end a difficult 2022 with a 27-13 loss to South Africa at Twickenham. Tries from Kurt-Lee Arendse and Eben Etzebeth either side of half-time helped the Springboks ease to a comfortable victory in west London with Faf de Klerk adding an 11-point haul while Damian Willemse kicked two drop goals. World champions South Africa finished with 14 men after Thomas du Toit's 61st-minute red card for a no arms tackle on Luke Cowan-Dickie but Henry Slade's late score was all England could muster during a drab finale to the Autumn Nations Series. It meant Jones' side suffered another defeat, their sixth from 12 Tests in the calendar year, which is their worst run since 2008. The Springboks' dominance across the pitch was reminiscent of their 2019 World Cup final triumph and, despite England going backwards since their runners-up showing in Japan, their Australian head coach insisted they could have a "really good go" at next year's tournament in France. "We want to win. We don't want to get beat by a big score to South Africa and don't want to have the worst record since 2008 so it is a problem but I accept full responsibility for that," Jones said. "Obviously on results we are not happy but I feel like we are building a really good base to have a really good go at the World Cup, a really good go. "A number of young players got great experience today and they'll come back better players for that. We've got other players coming back to form, some of our more senior players and we're not far away. "We need to develop consistently. Test match rugby is all about consistency."
Willemse stars as Springboks beat stuttering England 27-13
LONDON : South Africa half-backs Damian Willemse and Faf de Klerk put England to the sword on Saturday with a relentless drum beat of drop goals, penalties and try assists in a 27-13 victory, that ended the hosts' patchy autumn series on a downer.
England booed off as South Africa ease to win
England collapsed to their first defeat by South Africa at Twickenham for eight years as an autumn of crushing disappointment concluded with a 27-13 rout.
Kolisi hopes for Rassie, World Rugby resolution: 'We don't think the world is against us'
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi insists that the Springboks do not see it as "them against the world" ahead of their final year-end Test against England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Jake White likens fallout from Rassie ref tweets to Kamp Staaldraad: 'Damage done to the brand'
Without explicitly naming him, Jake White believes Rassie Erasmus' controversial tweets on questionable refereeing during the Springboks' end-of-year tour to Europe have done as much damage to the national team's brand as the infamous events at Kamp Staaldraad almost 20 years ago.