Article: England shamed name of Test rugby.(Monday Sports Supplement)

BYLINE: COMMENT BY PETER BILLS

So Saturday was payback time. The Springboks finally avenged that 2002 Twickenham flogging by England. They wiped the slate clean.

England had scored 53 points against them and inflicted all manner of hurt and trauma. But the Boks struck back. They got 58 this time. Well, break out the Bollinger and let's start the celebrations ... if you are that deluded.

Alas, I have bad news for Jake White and his merry men this morning. Guys, yours was a pyrrhic victory. A decently organised club team could have given this rabble that passed as an England side a bucket of trouble. You beat nothing except a shambles of a side ...

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