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The Chiefs narrowly avoided a home loss to Denver and can’t be overjoyed about their play.

"We lost narrowly to Ireland and France in back-to-back matches in 2022 and a year later were world champions so we know we shouldn't read anything into the last two results."

England have narrowly lost their last two games against Australia and New Zealand, with both coming down to the final play.

Four years later, Steve Borthwick's side narrowly missed out on another World Cup final, with a large portion of that age group again contributing.

His party narrowly won the most seats in 2020, pipping Sinn Féin’s 37 seats with just one more.