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Courtney Lawes and Owen Farrell led the conversation in the huddle after the match, trying to pick the team up.
Losing four games in a row is not nice but you cannot wallow in self-pity. You have to grasp the positives to turn things around. Of course England’s players will be hugely disappointed because they will know that is a game they should have won. Australia had so many curve balls thrown at them but England failed to capitalise.
Players will be running through their errors on the flight to Brisbane and there will be a few nervous players going into the review meeting, because you never know what Eddie Jones will pick up on.
Eddie Jones will look to keep spirits high ahead of crucial test in Brisbane next Saturday
There was plenty of good stuff but there is also plenty to fix. The hard work will start at the set-piece. England were expected to dominate but Australia were going for them towards the end. They drilled England at the last scrum, even without their main man, Taniela Tupou.
Eddie will be reminding the forwards about that all week and will have them working hard. I expect