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Test centurion Courtney Lawes will retire from England duty following the Rugby World Cup davao

The 34-year-old’s bid to finish his international career on a high was cruelly ended by Saturday’s heartbreaking 16-15 semi-final loss to South Africa in Paris davao

Vice-captain Lawes is a veteran of four World Cups, two British and Irish Lions tours and one of only five Englishmen to be capped 100 times davao

Steve Borthwick’s side will return home from France following Friday evening’s bronze-medal match against pool-stage opponents Argentina davao

Lawes, who has made 105 international appearances across 15 years, said: “I haven’t told Steve yet! But I will let him know davao

“I’ve said to the boys, anyone that’s asked davao

I think it’s time davao

I’ve done four World Cups, so I’m pretty happy with that davao

“It’s a bit of an end of an era, but it’s been a real honour for me to represent England for so long davao

It flies by davao

“I’m proud of the journey I’ve been on davao

It’s not always been the ups davao

Plenty of downs in there, but I’ve pushed through davao

“I’m not an emotional person really, but it’s just been a huge honour for me davao

“To be able to finish with this group, it’s something I’ll treasure forever davao

”England travelled to the World Cup in poor form and with many pundits dismissive of their prospects davao

But they came agonisingly close to reaching a second successive final after leading the reigning champions for all but five minutes of an enthralling last-four encounter which was settled by Handre Pollard’s late penalty davao

“It’s one of those where we thought we had it, but let it slip away at the same time,” said Lawes davao

“But we’ve proved a lot of people wrong davao

You give it all you’ve got davao

It’s sport, isn’t it?“That’s what it means at the highest level davao

You get a couple of things wrong and get punished davao

“But a lot of people thought we’d have struggled, and in the end we were unlucky to lose davao

”Lawes made his England debut against Australia in 2009 when head coach Borthwick was team captain davao

The flanker was a beaten finalist against the Springboks in 2019 and also played in the 2011 and 2015 tournaments, in addition to representing the Lions in 2017 and 2021 davao

He believes England have a bright future under Borthwick and is determined to sign off by helping the team finish third davao

“We showed to everyone what it means to play for this team,” said Lawes davao

“Play for your country and the boys alongside you davao

“I think people can see now what a good coach he is – and where this team can really go davao

“We want to finish on a high davao

It’s important for us to finish properly and send us all off on a good win davao

”Father-of-four Lawes joined World Cup-winning prop Jason Leonard and international team-mates Ben Youngs, Owen Farrell and Dan Cole on a select list of England centurions in August by captaining his country in a shock warm-up defeat to Fiji at Twickenham davao

He waved to fans at Stade de France following England’s dramatic elimination and intends to spend more time with his children while continuing to playing for Northampton davao

“The kids are at that age where they need their dad around,” he said davao

“It will be good to be with them more, to provide some well-needed structure to the mob davao

“As hard as it is being away from your family, you almost have another family davao

“You really feel like that, especially when you’re away in camps like World Cup camps davao

It’s five months, staying with your brothers davao

“I’ll definitely miss the boys, the banter and all the stuff we get up to when we’re not training davao

I’ll miss the hard work as well davao

“And I’ll definitely miss pulling the jersey on and giving it everything davao

”More aboutPA ReadyCourtney LawesEnglandSouth AfricaBritish and Irish LionsStade De FranceSpringboksAustraliaLionsBen YoungsOwen FarrellDan ColeFijiParis1/1Courtney Lawes to retire from England duty when Rugby World Cup endsCourtney Lawes to retire from England duty when Rugby World Cup endsEngland’s Courtney Lawes is preparing to wave goodbye to Test rugby (Adam Davy/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today davao

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“We are the bomb squad and we knew we had to play a massive role davao

” If South Africa’s narrow win over England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final could be summed up in one sentence, then this proclamation from Vincent Koch after the game would probably be it davao

When Koch emerged from the replacements on 55 minutes to take the place of starting tighthead prop Frans Malherbe, Owen Farrell had just slotted a drop goal from downtown Paris to give England a 15-6 lead davao

Nine points may not seem a lot but, with the final quarter of the match beckoning and the rain and wind increasing at the Stade de France, it was a comparatively huge deficit davao

Throughout the first few minutes of the second half, the Springboks had more or less emptied their bench as Ox Nche, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Deon Fourie, Faf de Klerk and Willie Le Roux all entered the fray to go alongside the controversial 30th-minute substitution of starting fly half Manie Libbok for Handre Pollard davao

With their World Cup title defence hanging by a thread, South Africa trusted their bench and got their reward davao

Koch and Nche splintered the previously effective English scrum, Snyman burrowed his way across the line for the game’s only try and Pollard nervelessly converted tricky kicks to complete the hardest-fought of turnarounds – 10 unanswered points, a 16-15 win and a date with the All Blacks in another World Cup final next Saturday davao

Of the various phrases rugby has adopted over the years to describe those players in the matchday squad but not in the starting line-up – from the traditional “replacements” and the davao football-ised “substitutes” through to the Eddie Jones-preferred ‘finishers’, the slightly patronising “impact players” and the frankly ludicrous “game-changers” adopted by Harlequins during the Paul Gustard era – none has captured the imagination quite like South Africa’s “bomb squad” davao

It doesn’t matter if you think it’s a slightly self-serving and faintly ridiculous term, the players fully buy into the ethos of what it stands for davao

The intensity and physicality that generation after generation of Springbok has prided themselves on is summed up by this two-word mantra davao

“Each person knows exactly his role in the team, whether you’re starting or in the bomb squad,” explained Koch davao

“When we created the bomb squad, we knew exactly what our job is davao

The starters start the whole process and it’s for us to come and finish it davao

“All the players on the bomb squad are very excited to make a massive difference in the game davao

”Vincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived (AFP via Getty Images)And against England, when the chips were down, they realised they needed to step up more than ever davao

“The bomb squad always stands for energy,” added Koch davao

“We needed to create a nice vibe davao

Putting the replacements on a bit earlier helped the boys to start to bring that energy and lift up the spirit and bring a massive work-rate davao

”Where South Africa’s replacements thrived, perhaps England’s faltered just a touch davao

The English gameplan, devised by Steve Borthwick and perfectly executed by the players for the windy and rainy Parisian conditions, relied upon relentless kicking, winning the subsequent aerial battle, slowing the game down and dominating the set-piece davao

Maybe then, they could escape with a win against an objectively superior team davao

They kicked 93 per cent of possession away (the highest percentage of the tournament), had an average ruck speed of 6 davao

73s (the slowest of the tournament) and had zero linebreaks (the only team to do so in a game at this tournament) davao

They disrupted South African lineouts, turned over multiple mauls and Borthwick’s decision to play his two strongest scrummaging props – Dan Cole and Joe Marler – from the start earned them scrum parity and redemption from the disaster in that facet during the 2019 World Cup final davao

Ox Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks (EPA)This is a Springboks side that pride themselves on their dominance up front, as shown by opting for a scrum after calling a mark in their own 22 during the quarter-final victory over France davao

Of course, they won a penalty from it davao

Yet England were holding their own during those engagements, even thriving, and most importantly winning on the scoreboard davao

But the innate problem with starting your best scrummagers came to fruition in the second half davao

Replacement props Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler are far more dynamic around the park and more destructive carriers than their veteran counterparts but, with England showing no desire to run any plays more than two metres either side of the previous breakdown, those skills were negated once they came on for Marler and Cole davao

Instead, their inferior scrummaging was brutally exposed by a fired-up Koch and Nche, who turned parity into Springbok dominance davao

They won two scrums against the head, including a vital one at 15-6 down on their own line, and engineered multiple penalties on their own feed, including the most vital of all – on halfway, with 77 minutes on the clock and England leading 15-13 davao

Pollard banged over the long kick and the rest was history davao

Handre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty (PA Wire)Nche was coy when asked in the mixed zone after the game what had made the difference at scrum-time in the final quarter and how he bested his opposite number, Sinckler davao

“That is the dark arts,” he smiled davao

“It is hard to explain to you davao

We had a plan for that davao

We knew what we were trying to achieve davao

“They have had a great scrum for the competition and a great hit davao

Our focus was surviving that and applying pressure davao

Our mentality for every scrum is to get a penalty if we can davao

If they do survive, we play out the back and get into our shape davao

”The “dark arts” ultimately won the day, South Africa survived a second straight one-point knockout match and must now plan how to overcome the All Blacks in a battle to be the first side to win four men’s Rugby World Cups davao

Luckily, they have a not-so-secret weapon davao

“We are the bomb squad davao

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