It wasn’t to be. After their amazing feat in getting to the Rugby World Cup final, England didn’t have enough firepower to overcome the favourites, South Africa.

But England will have won a few admirers for the way they accepted the video match official’s decision not to allow Mark Cueto’s ‘try’. Their sportsmanship was in strong contrast to the badmouthing of referees in evidence after almost every Premier League football match. Once again, association football can learn a lot from its rugby counterpart.