England fell to a current tier two nation for the first time in their 152-year history.
Even the Pool D fixtures against Japan and Samoa are fraught with danger given the depth of England’s current malaise and Ford insists that only by confronting hard truths will disaster be averted in Marseille.
“We’re going to stick together and sort ourselves out in terms of making our preparation as good as it can be for Argentina. I’m comfortable we’ll be in a good place. “Look it square in the face because you can’t ignore those things – if you do then they will come back to haunt you later on.”
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