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He added the pacing felt "ponderous and slow".

England's solitary try came from a smart Marcus Smith intercept of a ponderous pass, but they rarely looked as if they could pick a way though the defence via their own wit.

And yet, for long periods, England were slow, sterile and ponderous, even with the lift of Jack Grealish's early goal.

It can come off a little pretentious, with its Roman numeral “chapter” titles, nervous zoom shots and ponderous voice-overs.

The common view among Tories I’ve spoken to is that none of the candidates - Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat – have dazzled, and one senior Tory describes the contest so far as "ponderous and lacklustre".