Ben Youngs has admitted that England's poor start "killed" them as they slipped to series defeat by losing the second Test against South Africa 36-27.
England trailed 28-10 but showed great spirit to fight back in the second half, with Youngs scoring twice.
The Leicester scrum-half told Sky Sports News: "The first 20 minutes killed us unfortunately and we were always playing catch-up. Great spirit by the boys but at the end it didn't count for much.
"Now we've lost the series but we've got one more big effort next week. It was a great effort and great heart from the boys but we can't give them the first 20 minutes like that and be playing catch-up in a game like this."
England will be playing for pride when they face the Springboks in the third Test on June 23.
