PAUL REES

ENGLAND’S revival under Steve Borthwick was designed to be built on defence, but South Africa’s decisive try yesterday was created by Damian de Allende who crashed through Henry Slade and Ben Earl to set up Cheslin Kolbe’s second of the match.
Slade is England’s defensive leader, a player considered so important to the side that he was chosen against New Zealand despite having played 54 minutes all season, and that six days before the All Blacks turned up at Twickenham.
The defence has been England’s weakness this autumn following the r...