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20th March 2018
09:25am GMT

"It was tough to watch, you know. To see a rival team, in your stadium with all their fans still there, lift a trophy that we'd put everything in to win again. "We all walked back in, sat back down. Dylan [Hartley, the England captain] stood up and said that the true test of our character is now how we respond to this. "We've had it great for the last few years and everything has gone for us - everyone has said how great we are - and now it's completely turned. Everyone is saying how bad we are and it's up to us to stick together. This was the exact message that Dylan first said; and then Eddie [Jones, the England head coach] said. "Eddie said it was now all about how we react now, when we go back to our clubs and how hard we are going to work to be better players in all departments."Next up for England, who went from champions to fifth place finishers this year, is a trip to South Africa to take on Rassie Erasmus' South Africa. Their task is set to be even harder as the former Munster director of rugby is set to include many foreign based stars in his Springboks squad this summer.
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