Den: I don't know where you hail from, but the English team were playing an 'early' game, rather than an evening game, in temperatures of about 98 degrees (I can't find the ASCII for the degrees symbol!). The chance to play a defensive match, relying on precision passing to avoid too much running would have been a deliberate choice; Particularly against a team from the Southern Hemisphere who would have been better acclimatised. Comments made by the commentators suggested that the players may need three days to re-hydrate as it is.

Nigel.