England may have lost to New Zealand but the game was in their hands and that will be the most frustrating part for Jamie George and his team.
It wasn't like they were trying to chase the game or the referee made a bad call or a dodgy bounce of the ball.
It was all very much controllable.
They played some really great stuff from the off and just had a 15-minute period late on, where they thought they had control of the game, but made a couple of errors with some ill-discipline.
I thought there was a general pattern to what England were trying to do.
It's probably been the best part of a decade watching them and not always knowing how they are going to play.
The scrum in the first half was fantastic.
The line-out didn't go well for either side and was a bit of a mess, but I thought England attacked with variety, whether it be the crossfield kicks out wide or their ability to try to break around the number 13 channel.
It wasn't like they were trying to chase the game or the referee made a bad call or a dodgy bounce of the ball.
It was all very much controllable.
They played some really great stuff from the off and just had a 15-minute period late on, where they thought they had control of the game, but made a couple of errors with some ill-discipline.
I thought there was a general pattern to what England were trying to do.
It's probably been the best part of a decade watching them and not always knowing how they are going to play.
The scrum in the first half was fantastic.
The line-out didn't go well for either side and was a bit of a mess, but I thought England attacked with variety, whether it be the crossfield kicks out wide or their ability to try to break around the number 13 channel.
