{"id":292044,"date":"2023-10-26T06:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292044"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:09:17","slug":"england-world-cup-team-savaged-by-ex-new-zealand-star-devine-in-dogs-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/rugby-league\/england-world-cup-team-savaged-by-ex-new-zealand-star-devine-in-dogs-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"England World Cup team savaged by ex-New Zealand star Devine in ‘dogs***’ remark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former New Zealand scrum-half Steve Devine has claimed that he would rather \u201cpick up s***\u201d at his local dog park than watch England play at the Rugby World Cup. Despite reaching the final four, Steve Borthwick failed to win over all of his critics as his team look to end their tournament on a high in their third-place play-off with Argentina on Friday.<\/p>\n

England have been criticised for their style of play under Borthwick, something that the team have noted throughout their campaign in France. They cruised through the pool stage and their quarter-final with Fiji, before exiting at the hands of the Springbok to spark backlash once again.<\/p>\n

One sceptic who has continued his criticism of England is Devine, who savaged Borthwick\u2019s side ahead of their bronze medal match and made it clear that he will not be watching another of their games anytime soon.<\/p>\n

The former All Black told radio station SENZ: “I hate England. I honestly would rather gone down to my local dog park and picked up s***. That’s how exciting I found that. If that wasn’t a World Cup semi-final that would have been the worst game of rugby ever played.”<\/p>\n

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The presenter agreed: “You’re right, if it wasn’t a World Cup semi-final, what would the interest level be?”\u00a0“There wouldn’t be any,” Devine replied. “I feel horribly disappointed at people who paid really good money for those seats.”<\/p>\n

This level of critique has been nothing new for the England team, as in the build-up to their quarter-final with media darlings Fiji, Billy Vunipola shot down that neutral fans were rooting against them due to their affection for the Fijians – as he felt it was due to their disdain for the English.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would not say Fiji is their second favourite, I would say England is their first least-favourite team,\u201d Vunipola said earlier this month. \u201cIn terms of being public enemy number one, we are happy to take that mantle.\u201d<\/p>\n