England's endeavour, not style, criticised

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Matt Dawson column: I am reluctant to criticise England but change is needed

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South Africa dialled it up when they needed to and their bench was superior.

England 's bench didn't bring much control, added tempo or the ability to finish the game.

Head coach Steve Borthwick has tapped into something in this England side.

England have bags of talent and we have watched Ollie Sleightholme bouncing around, scoring tries all season for Northampton .

England showed plenty of endeavour in defence but Ben Earl missed a really important tackle on Damian de Allende and their backline looked out of sync, like a bar chart at school.

All the best sides in the world have the ability to adapt and make those fine-margin decisions in the middle of the game and in the heat of the battle.

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