Five Test defeats in a row and a third successive loss at home for the first time in 18 years doesn't make for pretty reading for Steve Borthwick’s men.
Rugby is usually overshadowed by other sports in the grand scheme of things, but what’s particularly interesting about it is that it has direct ties to sportsmanship in the UK.
Saturday’s 24-22 loss to New Zealand was yet another game which England should have won - and it is a narrative that Borthwick’s side need to shake off.
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