Eddie Jones is left five minutes short but he has time on his side | Andy Bull

England push the best team in the world to the brink but unravel at the close to lose 16-15 in controversial circumstancesThe rain came 30 minutes before kick‑off but the storm broke only when the match started, the first collision the opening crack of thunder. It blew for two hours until, in the very end, England lost a brilliantly entertaining, brutally competitive game, 16-15. They had pushed the best team in the world right to the brink. Back in 2016, Eddie Jones promised that “everything we are doing now is about coming up with a game to beat New Zealand, to make them uncomfortable. You c…

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