{"id":294643,"date":"2023-10-22T12:24:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=294643"},"modified":"2023-10-22T12:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:24:30","slug":"referee-won-south-africa-the-game-claims-england-great-lawrence-dallaglio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/referee-won-south-africa-the-game-claims-england-great-lawrence-dallaglio\/","title":{"rendered":"Referee \u2018won South Africa the game\u2019, claims England great Lawrence Dallaglio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“So I think England can feel heartbroken but South Africa deserved it because, a bit like France, the quality in depth on the bench was enough to get them over the line.”<\/p>\n
England led for all but five minutes of the semi-final and were nine points ahead until RG Snyman went over in the 70th minute at a time when the Springboks\u2019 scrum was taking control through the introduction of the \u2018Bomb Squad\u2019.<\/p>\n
Jonny May said England\u2019s heroic effort against the world champions was fuelled by the belief that they had been dismissed as a serious threat by South Africa.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ll be honest I don\u2019t think necessarily the South Africans respect us,” May said.<\/p>\n
“Some of the things their coach has openly said about us in their documentaries and stuff probably just adds fuel to the fire.<\/p>\n
“We touched on their documentary and we\u2019ve got staff who were with them and they gave us insight of how they feel about us.”<\/p>\n