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Mon 11 Nov 2008England hit new low point at home
England 6 South Africa 42:ENGLAND HAVE known some horrible days at their old suburban fortress, but nothing on this scale. Defeat at home by a record 36-point margin is the stuff of nightmares.
And who's that coming over the hill to comfort the battered survivors of this train crash? Why, none other than New Zealand, the most ruthless of sporting assassins. It is enough to make even Martin Johnson wince.
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