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Fri 11 Nov 2008No time for self-pity as England seek to progress
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:THE CAPTAINS of England and New Zealand posed with the newly minted Edmund Hillary Shield yesterday, an aptly titled trophy given the mountainous size of England's task against the all-conquering All Blacks tomorrow. The only thing in the home side's favour is the barely concealed anger within the camp in the wake of last Saturday's 42-6 defeat by South Africa.
There is only so much John Wells, Graham Rowntree and Mike Ford can say publicly without either demoralising their own players further or being perceived as tracksuited ostriches with their heads wedged in the sand. What did come across at Twickenham yesterday, though, was a collective determination not to wallow in their predicament.
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