By ROGER PANTING
England…12 South Africa …26

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ENGLAND head coach Steve Bates refused to be downcast after his side’s warm-up game for the forthcoming World Cup in France ended in a convincing defeat at Sixways.
At times it looked as if the hosts were playing against opponents who were two years older than them, such was the difference in power and, but for a huge penalty count against the South Africans, the margin of defeat would have been greater.
Bates said: “The score line is irrelevant. That&rsq...