The five key reasons that England left their own World Cup early

Australia’s control of the scrum and breakdown and English indiscipline are among the reasons England exited earlySouthern hemisphere teams have, over the years, had the knack of confronting opponents at their perceived source of strength and turning it into a weakness and if there was one area where the Wallabies shocked England it was up front where, under the gaze of a referee who in the past has taken a dim view of their scrummaging technique, Romain Poite, they had the hosts in a state of disarray. When England won the first scrum penalty after Scott Sio lost his footing, it was a bad ome…