"Incredibly proud" - England react to semi-final heartbreak

  • last year
Steve Borthwick and Owen Farrell both spoke after England's 16-15 defeat to South Africa.
Transcript
00:00 I'm sat here disappointed, but unbelievably proud of what this group has done
00:07 over the past five months together.
00:10 It's not all gone our way, but to build up to a performance like we did today,
00:18 ultimately to come short to a great team like South Africa,
00:23 I'm sat here disappointed, but unbelievably proud of what this group has done.
00:29 I think the whole team's performance was strong, we're disappointed.
00:34 We came here with a plan to win the game, and we fell a little bit short.
00:40 Not far short, but a little bit short.
00:42 So we're desperately disappointed with it,
00:45 but I think as Owen talked about there, the players should be incredibly proud
00:50 of what they have done and continue to do as they represent England in rugby.

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