England 28-31 South Africa: five talking points from Twickenham | Paul Rees

Numbers look good for England but result does not lie Consecutive defeats have posed more questions than answers Danny Care errors cost England in narrow South Africa defeatFly-half has become a position of concern for England. Owen Farrell struggled to get an unfamiliar back division moving against New Zealand and South Africa, a consequence of his few appearances this season, or what the former Springbok fly-half Naas Botha called a lack of a natural rugby union brain. To Botha, Farrell is a rugby league player, seeking the structure of repeated contact rather than seeing the big picture. Li…

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