Faf de Klerk: ‘Altitude was a factor in England’s loss to South Africa’

• England based at sea level in Durban for tour• Jamie George admits effects of high altitude ‘did kick in’South Africa believe England were the architects of their own spectacular demise in the first Test on Saturday because Eddie Jones’s squad failed to acclimatise properly. Instead of preparing at altitude before the Johannesburg contest Jones had chosen to base his players at sea level and saw his initially dominant team collapse to a 42-39 defeat.Despite the second Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday also taking place on the Highveld, England will again train this week beside the Indian Ocea…