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England coach Steve Borthwick is adamant his side will use the pain of their narrow Rugby World Cup semi-final defeat to South Africa to “grow into something brilliant” moving forward esports

Heading into the clash as heavy underdogs, England executed their kick-heavy gameplan to perfection and impressed at the set-piece to stunningly lead the Springboks at half-time esports

However, South Africa’s much-vaunted ‘bomb squad’ came off the bench, started to dominate the scrum and the kicking of Handre Pollard led them to a gutsy 16-15 win esports

Borthwick’s troops far outperformed expectations in the semi-final and although he was devastated to come up just short on the big stage, the coach is convinced the experience will stand his young squad in great stead for the future esports

“The whole team performance was strong,” said Borthwick in his post-match press conference esports

“We’re disappointed esports

We came here with a plan to win the game but fell short esports

Not far but a little bit short and we’re desperately disappointed esports

“But the players should be incredibly proud esports

We had seven players 25 or under in our squad, which was the most of any semi-finalist esports

South Africa had one esports

“We have a great blend in the squad and there’s lots to take going forward esports

We put ourselves in a position to win a semi-final against the reigning world champs and world No 1 esports

“In adversity, there is normally a seed in there that will grow into something brilliant esports

It’s too early to find that seed now but we’ll make sure we find it esports

We’ll take what we’ve gone through tonight, grab it and make sure it makes us stronger in the future esports

”England were narrowly defeated in Paris (Getty Images)Lock George Martin was a surprise selection ahead of Ollie Chessum but he shone in just his fourth Test start, with his maul defence a particular highlight esports

And Borthwick is convinced Martin has a bright future, while also highlighting the superior cohesion that the Springboks have after a longer period together as a coaching staff esports

“I thought he [Martin] played really well,” added Borthwick esports

“There were a good number of outstanding performances out there esports

George is another young player, only 22 esports

I would hope to see him in England shirt for many years to come esports

“We were playing against a team with coaches together since 2018 esports

It was an incredible achievement for them to win in 2019 and they have had four years of continued development esports

“They’re consistent whereas we’ve had four months with this coaching team esports

I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them esports

Tonight was another example of that esports

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What a difference a week makes esports

Last weekend, the Stade de France was treated to the two greatest Rugby World Cup quarter-finals of all time, perhaps the best pair of sporting events ever witnessed at a single stadium in the space of 24 hours esports

Five days on, New Zealand comfortably dispatched an out-gunned and overmatched Argentina side 44-6 to begin semi-final weekend with a contest that not only won’t go down in the folklore of the French national stadium, but may well be forgotten by the majority of spectators here before they get home esports

Not every match can be a classic and, make no mistake, the All Blacks won’t mind one bit that their passage to a record fifth men’s Rugby World Cup final was so serene esports

They were simply superb and came perilously close to breaking their own record margin of victory in a World Cup semi-final (a 49-6 hammering of Wales in 1987) but had to settle for just the 38-point triumph in a seven-try demolition esports

Their ruthlessly efficient performance suggests the crisis of the summer of 2022 is well and truly behind them esports

A mouth-watering battle with South Africa to become the first four-time winners of this competition next Saturday seems almost inevitable esports

But from the adrenaline-fuelled highs delivered by last weekend’s iconic double-header, this was the ultimate comedown esports

From a flat atmosphere more reminiscent of a warm-up match than a World Cup semi-final, to a one-sided encounter that demonstrated the gulf in class esports between the teams, the feeling that this was an event very much “after the Lord Mayor’s show” was unavoidable throughout esports

Which is to take nothing away from New Zealand – you can only beat who’s in front of you esports

Perhaps it was an inevitable consequence of World Rugby’s ludicrous decision to decide the World Cup groups three years ahead of the tournament, which led to an almost hilariously lopsided draw esports

The four best teams in the world did battle with each other, in Paris while four more flawed but relatively even teams also competed on a quarter-final weekend for the ages esports

When the elite two then face the weaker pair with a place in the final at stake, this damp squib of a semi-final is an unfortunate inevitability esports

The intensity of the Argentina celebrations and laps of honour after they beat Wales in the last eight suggested they had come as far as they believed they could and New Zealand ruthlessly confirmed that esports

New Zealand ran in try after try against Argentina (Getty Images)For the underdogs to stand any chance of causing the upset, they needed a fast start esports

It took until the 39th minute of the quarter-final for the Pumas to finally get on the scoreboard, by which time Wales should have been out of sight – the fact that Warren Gatland’s men were only 10 points to the good at that stage eventually came back to haunt them but there was faint hope New Zealand would be similarly wasteful esports

A week later, Argentina struck first as a sustained spell of possession in the All Blacks 22 from the opening kick-off led to three points from the boot of Emiliano Boffelli but any hope that would lead to the start of something special was soon extinguished esports

The Pumas had plenty of ball in New Zealand territory as they went through the phases, yet the Black wall stiffened once they entered the 22 where their breakdown work, led by the formidably impressive back row of Shannon Frizell, Sam Cane and Ardie Savea, became more aggressive esports

Jackalled turnovers were the norm and whereas Argentina were profligate, the All Blacks turned ball into points, usually off the back of their dominant maul esports

An early turnover in their own 22 led to a march down the field where a couple of phases in the tight after a 5m lineout created space wide on the right esports

Richie Mo’unga’s long pass to Will Jordan exploited this as the winger dived over for what would be the first of a treble on the day esports

Mark Tele’a had been dropped for the quarter-final win over Ireland due to breaching team protocol but, restored to the team in place of Leicester Fainga’anuku after a week in the wilderness, showed his class to have a huge hand in the second and third tries of the first half esports

His opportunistic turnover on his own 22 after 13 phases of Pumas attack started a spell of gorgeous All Blacks running rugby as they sliced and offloaded their way up the pitch off for Jordie Barrett skittle through tackles for the try in the corner esports

Tele’a then showed off his power just before half-time as he barrelled and spun through three defenders to take New Zealand within inches of the line, where Frizzell could jog over in the corner on the following phase esports

Jordie Barrett crashed over for the All Blacks’s second of seven tries (Getty Images)Given that no team had ever overcome a half-time deficit greater than seven points to win a World Cup semi-final, the 20-6 lead at the interval suggested it was game over esports

All doubt was removed just two minutes after the break when an All Blacks scrum on the 22 splintered the Pumas pack and the ageless Aaron Smith cut inside one defender, dummied past another and slid esports between two more for a sumptuous try esports

From there, it was just the formality of completing the final 38 minutes to confirm a 34th New Zealand win in 37 editions of this fixture esports

They refused to take their foot off the gas as Frizell burrowed over the line for try number five and Jordan ran in two more to make it a remarkable 31 tries in 30 Tests for him and a tournament record-equalling eight at this World Cup as the toothless Pumas were further declawed esports

His hat-trick score on 74 minutes was a thing of beauty as, starting in his own 22, he weaved esports between three defenders, then chipped over another on halfway before collecting his own kick to race in for the score esports

Message well and truly sent esports

The All Blacks have become World Cup specialists over the past 15 years and yet more history is now within their grasp esports

This semi-final may not live long in the memory but lifting the Webb Ellis Trophy for the fourth time certainly would esports

That reality is now deservedly just 80 minutes away esports

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