England's Herbie Farnworth summed it up best: “It hurts. It f****** hurts. Gutted doesn’t come close.”
Just a few weeks into his Test career, it was hoped the Brisbane centre would be part of a new breed of exciting England players who don’t have to suffer these ordeals. But as another chance of World Cup glory came and went in the most agonising of circumstances, Farnworth was left like so many others over the past half-century: broken, devastated, wrecked.
Stephen Crichton’s 84th-minute golden point extra-time drop goal was the dagger blow as spirited Samoa deservedly stunned the hosts in arguably the most dramatic World Cup semi-final ever.
