NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
George Williams says England’s heartbreaking World Cup semi-final defeat will live with him until the next tournament in 2025.
England breezed into the last four after an untroubled run which included a 60-6 rout of Saturday’s opponents Samoa but produced their worst hour of football to trail 20-12.
Shaun Wane’s men sparked into life and twice drew level to send the game into extra-time, only to succumb to a golden-point drop goal and go down 27-26.
Wane struggled to hold back the tears and the vast majority of his dejected players declined to stop for interviews following England’s failure to reach a first home World Cup final since 1995 and gain the chance to end a 50-year wait to lift the trophy.