England coach Steve Borthwick hailed his side despite a disappointing semi-final loss to defending champions South Africa.
"The whole team performance was strong," said Borthwick. "We're disappointed, we came here to win the game and we fell a bit short."
South Africa will now play New Zealand in the final, back at the Stade de France next Saturday, while England will play Argentina in the third-place play-off at the same venue 24 hours earlier.“The whole team performance was strong,” said Borthwick. “We’re disappointed, we came here to win the game and we fell a bit short.
“Immense credit to South Africa to come back and find a way to win. Great credit to them, they are the number one side in the world,” he said. Farrell said the last few months had been “a rollercoaster” for the England team, who came into the World Cup on the back of a historic first defeat by Tier II Fiji at Twickenham.
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