Clive Woodward has given a scathing review of the RFU following what he has described as "the worst week in English rugby history."
England were outclassed for the second in as many games on Saturday, succumbing 27-13 to South Africa at Twickenham in a rematch of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final. The Red Rose rallied late to draw 25-25 against New Zealand the previous weekend, scoring three tries in the final eight minutes after Beauden Barrett was sin-binned for the visitors.
"The game in this country is a total shambles and the comprehensive defeat to a South Africa side without nine of its best players showed it," wrote the Rugby World Cup -winner for the Mail On Sunday . "Losing to a second-string Springbok outfit came just days after the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport slammed the leading figures in English rugby for the way they run the sport.
