Gomarsall: We must bounce back

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England, blitzed in record 58-10 fashion by the Springboks on Saturday, have just five days to regroup, mentally and physically, before meeting the hosts again in Pretoria.

"While everyone is disappointed and heads are down, we've got to pick ourselves up," said Gomarsall. "You cannot fault the effort, but application occasionally let us down."

He continued: "You can't knock the effort, but reality has hit us, and we have got to deal with it.

"We had a terrible week with guys going down last minute (virus and injury). At the team run, we weren't too sure whether the guys who were ill were going to come back in. It didn't help, but it is not an excuse, not by any stretch of the imagination.

"For half the match we were competitive and in the game, no problem. We need to stretch that out, and it is up to us all to sort it out.

"I thought the game plan actually worked very well. We were creating space for the runners we've got, and we were in behind them, but then all of a sudden we would lose possession and they would go the length of the field.

"That is what was so frustrating."