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“Where did it all go wrong?” is always a good question in sport. For the England rugby team, sadly this isn’t one of the George Best variety. They were leading Wales by ten points mid-way through the second half. Of the World Cup. At home. And due to a terrible run of injuries, Wales had players out of position all over the place. Yet they lost.

So where did it all go wrong? Were Wales inspired, or did England freeze? Should they have settled for a kick to get the draw (yes, obviously in hindsight)? These questions could go on forever. Losses like this one are especially hard to bear, as you can’t work out why. It’s the complicated ones that hurt.

But before England are written off, remember that France lost two pool matches in 2011, and still nearly won the whole thing. England can move on in two ways: either work out what went wrong against Wales, and put it right; or work out what was going right, and do more of that. I’d suggest the latter might be quicker. Roll on Australia.

RUGBY
How 5×4 isn’t the same as 4×5. Or, why the Rugby World Cup schedule is unfair, and how it can be fixed.

Tom Fordyce is on poetic form about Wales’ win. Was the Sam Burgess gamble worth it? And England aren’t out of it yet. They must keep faith in what works for them.

BASEBALL
Who is in charge of a baseball team? Not the GM, apparently.

Great obit of Yogi Berra, the man you are always quoting without knowing it. So post-Yogi Berra, who is the greatest living Yankee?

FIFA
It’s back! The nightmare that is Sepp Blatter won’t go away, because there’s no-one else left to run the show

TENNIS
Andy Murray has a Davis Cup / 02 dilemma. The ATP should cut him some slack and stay out of it. Apart from that, tennis is cool. Really.

FOOTBALL
Try this on your average migrant-hater: do you like football? OK, now let’s think about where footballers come from…

Are Man U the real deal this season, or just top-of-the-table interlopers?

Come in, Brendan Rodgers, your time is up.

GOLF
Jordan Spieth’s awesome 2015 season in 15 unbelievable stats (not a slideshow).

Jason Day: an Aussie legend in progress.

F1
These are not your average jaywalkers. These are F1 track-invaders.

Finally, what do you get if you take Lewis Hamilton, remove the early success, add a few extra years of disappointment, add some love of the public and a nice tash?

That’s it, thanks for the suggestions (newsletter@minto.net) and all that, see you next Tuesday.