Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - Semi Final - England v New Zealand - International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan - October 26, 2019 New Zealand's Anton Lienert-Brown in action REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - England's players woke up in their Tokyo Disneyland hotel on Sunday and recognised their amazing 19-7 semi-final victory over New Zealand was no fairy-tale but a performance based on meticulous preparation and superb execution.
Pundits, journalists and fans around the world were falling over themselves to rain compliments on Eddie Jones's team, who utterly outplayed a side who had not lost a World Cup game since the 2007 quarter-finals.
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