ENG 71-0 CHI: Chile reaction (captain Sigren, head coach Lemoine)

ENG 71-0 CHI: Chile reaction (captain Sigren, head coach Lemoine)

Reaction from Chile captain Martín Sigren and head coach Pablo Lemoine following their team's 71-0 defeat by England at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Saturday, 23 September.

Pablo Lemoine, head coach

On what to take from the England match into the game against Argentina on 30 September:

"Our idea was clear. We wanted to play a better game than we played. After 20 minutes we were still at 0-0. That was good.

"England are at a different level. They are competing to win the title. They are very focused and they have a clear aim. For us, we were able to win a few metres but we lost the ball too quickly and lost control of the game. We found it hard to build. Sometimes we made the wrong decisions. We didn't follow our game plan but this was more down to England's quality than our mistakes."


On what to expect from the Argentina game:

"I think Argentina will switch some players to give them some game time. They are able to do this but they also have Japan left [to play] so we're expecting a hard game.


Martín Sigren, captain and flanker

On what to take from the England match into the game against Argentina on 30 September:

"I think Pablo said it all. The first 20 minutes were fantastic. To keep the score down to 0-0 against England was great. We put our hearts into it but we ended up making mistakes, unforced errors.

"We had given everything and we started to lose possession, and the set-pieces, whether it was lineouts or scrums, we wore ourselves out. We are pleased about the first 20 minutes and that's what we need to take from this game. We are missing 60 minutes to be competitive."

On what to expect from the Argentina game:

"It will be our first game against the Pumas in a World Cup but we know the Argentines. They are very strong. They won 100 per cent of their lineouts and scrums yesterday.

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