Tom Wood talks Australia defeat
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Tom Wood talks Australia defeat
A disconsolate Tom Wood fronted up the media after England’s harrowing loss to Australia at Twickenham knocked them out of the Rugby World Cup.
The only England player to end the mixed zone, Wood did his best to sum up how much the squad was hurting.
"A bad day, a real bad day and I can't explain how much it hurts or articulate what went wrong. You have to give credit to Australia – they were sharp when they needed to be and we didn't have answers. I apologise that we didn't have enough," he reflected.
"Australia cut us when it mattered – they were razor-sharp when they needed to be. We have some strong characters who will be hurting like hell now, but they will get back to it.
"Last week we let Wales of the hook, but today we were comprehensively beaten. It's unbelievably hard that it's come to this – we have left no stone unturned in terms of mental preparation and physical prep. It's just not happened," he said.
"We could have played brilliantly well and lost to a very good Australian side. I would like to say we were in a fight to the death at the end, but we were clutching at straws.
"We are out of the World Cup. It's our World Cup and we have not delivered anything like what we thought we could. We felt we were genuine contenders to win it.”
The only England player to end the mixed zone, Wood did his best to sum up how much the squad was hurting.
"A bad day, a real bad day and I can't explain how much it hurts or articulate what went wrong. You have to give credit to Australia – they were sharp when they needed to be and we didn't have answers. I apologise that we didn't have enough," he reflected.
"Australia cut us when it mattered – they were razor-sharp when they needed to be. We have some strong characters who will be hurting like hell now, but they will get back to it.
"Last week we let Wales of the hook, but today we were comprehensively beaten. It's unbelievably hard that it's come to this – we have left no stone unturned in terms of mental preparation and physical prep. It's just not happened," he said.
"We could have played brilliantly well and lost to a very good Australian side. I would like to say we were in a fight to the death at the end, but we were clutching at straws.
"We are out of the World Cup. It's our World Cup and we have not delivered anything like what we thought we could. We felt we were genuine contenders to win it.”
