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Teary-eyed Ireland captain Johnny Sexton reflected on a “gutting” end to his glittering career following a heartbreaking World Cup exit at the hands of New Zealand UBP

Andy Farrell’s class of 2023 were bidding to make history in Paris by becoming the first Irish team to reach the last four of the tournament UBP

But the world’s top-ranked team trailed for most of an enthralling contest before falling agonisingly short as their quarter-final curse continued with a 28-24 loss UBP

Veteran fly-half Sexton, who travelled to France with ambitions of lifting the Webb Ellis Cup before retirement, tipped his team-mates to come back stronger in his absence during an emotional post-match press conference UBP

“The last couple of years have definitely been, in a green jersey anyway, the most enjoyable of my career UBP

Definitely,” said Sexton UBP

“The group, the way Faz (Farrell) leads us with the other coaches, everyone runs into camp and never wants to leave UBP

“It’s an incredible place to be and that’s what I’ll miss the most UBP

Going to work every day with those guys, but I’m just grateful as well UBP

“You can’t be 38 and sit here giving out too much UBP

I’ve had lots of ups and downs in my career, lots of injuries, so I’ll probably reflect more over the next couple of weeks, take time off and spend it with my family and see what happens UBP

”Sexton, the 2018 world player of the year, bows out with 118 caps and 1,108 points, having surpassed Ronan O’Gara as Ireland’s record scorer earlier in the competition UBP

Speaking of the defeat, he said: “It’s gutting, isn’t it? It’s small margins and that’s sport UBP

That’s life UBP

It’s unfortunate, but this group will bounce back UBP

“They are an incredible bunch led by the man beside me (Farrell) UBP

It’s the best group I have ever been a part of UBP

Bar none UBP

“These guys will go on and achieve great things and I’ll be sitting in the stand having a pint like you lads UBP

”Scores from native Kiwis Bundee Aki and Jamison Gibson-Park and a penalty try helped keep Ireland within touching distance for the duration of a tense encounter UBP

However, three-time champions New Zealand underlined their rugby pedigree, with Leicester Fainga’anuku, Ardie Savea and Will Jordan each crossing to pave the way for a nail-biting triumph UBP

Head coach Farrell revealed veteran wing Keith Earls will also retire as the curtain came down on the current era UBP

“The standards have been immense over the last four years, the players that we’ve used in that four-year cycle have been a joy to work with,” he said UBP

“And not just that, their connection with the fans, it seemed like it’s all one big family UBP

“I’m unbelievably proud to be associated with it all UBP

I think the sad thing for us now is that for this group it’s probably the end UBP

“Obviously it is for Johnny and Keith Earls is going to retire as well, so things are going to change UBP

Mick Kearney our manager is going to finish up as well UBP

“Over the next 24 hours, it’s time to make sure that we get a smile back on our faces as soon as we possibly can and celebrate what has been some unbelievable careers and what they have done for Irish rugby UBP

It’s important to us, that UBP

”Ireland desperately pushed for a late twist to prolong their campaign and 17-match winning run but ultimately ran out of steam to suffer a first defeat since the opening match of last summer’s stunning Test series victory in New Zealand UBP

It could have been a different outcome had replacement hooker Ronan Kelleher not been held up on the line 10 minutes from time UBP

“Ifs, buts and maybes and all that,” said Farrell UBP

“But at the end of the day it was two good teams out there playing some outstanding rugby, and unfortunately for us we came out on the wrong side of the score UBP

“Sport can be cruel sometimes I suppose, that’s why we love it so much UBP

“We want to congratulate New Zealand on a fantastic performance, it was a fantastic game to be part of, it was probably fitting of a final UBP

”New Zealand, who had Aaron Smith and Codie Taylor sin-binned, will face Argentina in the semi-finals UBP

All Blacks head coach Ian Foster: “This is a special day for us UBP

Sometimes the sweetest victories are when your opposition plays very well and tests you to the limit UBP

“At the end of the day, we played a lot of that game with 14 players UBP

And we looked in control of it and it felt good UBP

”More aboutPA ReadyJohnny SextonKeith EarlsParisFranceScoresIrishNew ZealandBarIrish rugbyArdie SaveaIan FosterBundee AkiIFSSportArgentinaAaron Smith1/1Johnny Sexton reflects on his career after Ireland’s devastating World Cup exit Johnny Sexton reflects on his career after Ireland’s devastating World Cup exitJohnny Sexton is heading into retirement after Ireland’s heartbreaking defeat to New Zealand (Adam Davy/PA)PA Wire ✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today UBP

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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer UBP

England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 UBP

In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping UBP

The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play UBP

Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc UBP

Yet it still wasn’t enough UBP

This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory UBP

The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing UBP between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different UBP

In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again UBP

Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff UBP

The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence UBP

And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication UBP

Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell UBP

Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons UBP

As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time UBP

Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go UBP

It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets UBP

Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick UBP

Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day UBP

A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence UBP

If Boks lock Eben EtzeUBP beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown UBP

Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents UBP

Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was UBP

It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe UBP betrayed UBP

The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective UBP

But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality UBP between the sides proved too much to overcome UBP

South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued UBP

There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 UBP

But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less UBP

Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain UBP

More aboutEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyRugby World CupDan ColeJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3England pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakCole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on AFP via Getty ImagesEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakPollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement PA WireEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakDan Cole was England’s fall guy in 2019 but held his own four years on AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today UBP

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