Sunday 9 November 2014 22:02, UK
England full-back Mike Brown says he and his team-mates are angry after again coming up short in their bid to beat world champions New Zealand.
Brown wants to use that anger and disappointment following England's 24-21 defeat to the All Blacks on Saturday to fuel a better performance against the South Africans next Saturday.
"At the moment I'm going to have a little sulk because we came up short - again," he said.
"If we're brutally honest, it's another 'what if?'. We're here to win and again we've let it go.
"We've got to start putting these games away and there is massive disappointment at the moment.
"We're a competitive bunch of lads and this is a feeling of disappointment that is hard to put into words.
"It's hard not to react too emotionally because there is such disappointment within the camp.
"We're just annoyed that again we've gone so close. We're here to win and we didn't."
We have to get over this quickly because we've got another massive Test coming.
It was England's fifth successive loss to the All Blacks, who departed Twickenham treasuring an important victory in the arena that will host the knockout stages of next year's World Cup.
Apart from Jonny May's stunning early try and the unwillingness to concede defeat that has become a permanent feature of England under Stuart Lancaster, there was little to applaud.
The score flattered the 2015 World Cup hosts and Brown refuses to excuse another failed assault on one of the southern hemisphere giants.
"We felt good enough to beat New Zealand but didn't, so we'll look at why we didn't. We have to get over this quickly because we've got another massive Test coming," Brown said.
"We have to react positively, but it's also good to have these disappointments in the back of your mind because it fuels you to get better and fuels you to put it out there on the pitch the next opportunity you get.
"I hope I get that opportunity next weekend because I'm pretty annoyed."
Lancaster has faced calls to make changes to his starting XV in response to the failings in game management seen in the second half on Saturday, although the absence of seven British and Irish Lions through injury narrows his options.
Lancaster felt more should have been made of the chances created in an impressive opening quarter, the best of which saw Brown spill forward a great pass from Kyle Eastmond with the whitewash beckoning.
"That happened quite early on," said Brown. "You can't focus on one thing like that. I did my best to stop a few chances for them. I will scrutinise myself like I always do."
England have 11 more games before they launch their World Cup campaign against Fiji and a victory against South Africa, who lost 29-15 to Ireland on Saturday, is essential if they are to prove they are genuine contenders.
Watch England v South Africa live on Sky Sports 1 at 2.30pm on Saturday.
