England will think of South Africa, and the nightmare memory of their 2019 World Cup final loss to the Springboks, to sharpen their act ahead of an attempted series sweep over Argentina.<\/b><\/p>\n
Jamie George, George Ford and Sam Underhill are survivors of the team which stunned New Zealand in the semi-finals in Japan six years ago, only to be demolished by the Boks a week later.<\/p>\n
They will use the lessons learned from that seven-day turnaround to try to guard against any repeat in San Juan on Saturday, where the Pumas are bent on revenge after their 35-12 first Test beating.<\/p>\n
Learnings from 2019<\/p>\n
Co-captain George<\/a> said: \u201cGoing again is not easy. It\u2019s something I\u2019ve found difficult throughout my career.<\/p>\n \u201cI learned a huge amount about exactly that from the week between semi-final and final in 2019 because I stayed high throughout and was trying to convince myself I was completely fine.\u201d<\/p>\n Many reasons have been put forward for the discrepancy between England\u2019s<\/a> two performances, ranging from arriving late at the final after getting stuck in traffic to inclement weather proving a leveller and, of course, the painfully early loss of prop Kyle Sinckler.<\/p>\n George\u2019s testimony suggests the seven days before was every bit as influential and he is determined that this week the preparation is spot on.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cMy message before the game a week ago was that Argentina<\/a> pride themselves on their emotion but you can\u2019t tell me playing for their country is more important to them than playing for England is to us.<\/p>\n \u201cWe showed that in La Plata. Everything I asked of the team the boys went out and delivered. But that takes its toll, both physically and mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n