While making no excuses for the opening period, Lancaster believes the second half gives England a platform to build on.
He said: “I’m proud of the second-half performance and as an England team that’s what we need to deliver.
“There’s a lot of be proud of and positive about because it was a young side out there.
“We want to be the best in the world and to do that you need to be there for 80 minutes, not 40 or 60.Â
“We’re a long way towards that and in games like this you find out a lot about your players so I’m not going to emotionally overreact to one game.â€
Successive defeats in Auckland and Dunedin may have placed England on the brink of a whitewash, but there was little sign of the carnage waiting.
It took just three minutes for Savea to expose England’s defensive frailty after profiting from a strong break by Ma’a Nonu and Cory Jane’s skill at keeping the move going. And Savea quickly added his second and seventh in four Tests against England after Aaron Cruden had sped between Eastmond and Manu Tuilagi too easily.
England’s problems continued to mount as Billy Vunipola was sent to the sin-bin for a high tackle on Cruden, although a Burns penalty had at least narrowed the deficit to 15-6.
It was all too easy as the All Blacks continued to create openings at will, aided by some feeble defending as Burns and Eastmond allowed debutant Malakai Fekitoa through.
Article source: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/may/18/mike-brown-hamstring-stuart-lancaster-woes
Stuart Lancaster"s England suffer Blackwash in New Zealand
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