ABOVE: England hooker Dylan Hartley
The way we finished the game was a huge positive and if we hadn?t given away cheap penalties, it would have been a draw
11th June 2012
By Iain Stewart
ENGLAND are hell-bent on revenge after being edged out in the first Test.
But they will have to do it without South African-born centre Brad Barritt, who has been ruled out after an operation to repair a cut eyeball.
Stuart Lancaster?s men battled hard in Durban and twice led through Owen Farrell penalties, cancelled out by Morne Steyn.
But relentless second-half pressure told as Steyn and new captain Jean de Villiers broke through for tries.
England hit back with two Farrell penalties but another two from Steyn put the game beyond them, despite a late consolation try from Ben Foden in the corner.
Coach Lancaster said: ?The boys are disappointed, they want to win. That is the primary emotion. The players are talking about it already and that is a good sign.
?They are not downcast and they are feeling there is no chance of turning up next week and not winning.?
England hooker Dylan Hartley was also confident that England can level the three-match series at altitude in Johannesburg next Saturday.
He said: ?We definitely met the physical challenge. The locals were asking us if we were ready for a hiding but I?m happy we fronted up.
?The way we finished the game was a huge positive and if we hadn?t given away cheap penalties, it would have been a draw.
?I am confident we can go to Johannesburg and win.
?We played our best rugby at the end. It was a great way to finish, a statement that we are not going away. They will look at that.?
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