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I don't think George Ford has ever missed a drop kick in his life."
Indeed, New Zealand recognised their narrow escape, acknowledging the tense moments of recent matches, with head coach Scott Robertson saying
If you look at that New Zealand team and you have got to credit to them, 10 players from the World Cup final played there, more than 1,000 caps, they had more caps in their 15 than we had in our 23,
Borthwick said
We were in a position to win the game and whenever you put yourself in a position like that and don’t come away with the win, of course you’re going to be disappointed,
George saidWe probably hit every emotion in the game, we showed a lot of character, with 15 minutes to go to come from eight points down was a special moment for us as a group,
Robertson said
When they (England) are playing like they have shown this year they are a dangerous team but we maybe played a bit more rugby than them,
Barrett saidRazor (Robertson) is a class act and Marler is just a man desperate for the spotlight to be on him. He can say he’s ‘fishing all he wants but really he’s happy if people are talking about him.”
Others were also cynical about Marler’s respectful exchange with their head coach, with @JGilmartin77 writing
We certainly learned lessons from the summer,
England captain Jamie George reflected