Off the coast of my South African hometown in the beautiful Nelson Mandela Bay, there's a geological oddity which reminds me of England when I think of this weekend's rugby and the 42-6 scoreline at Twickenham.

This marine artesian aquifer was used by Portuguese sailors back in 1450 and is ancient, impressive and a God-sent life force.

Martin Johnson need not worry too much about England after the record loss to the Springboks because his team is something like this aquifer to me.

England have such depth in rugby that they'll be back stronger and better - and like a great artesian well, hope springs eternal from the mighty Roses.

You'd think South Africans would be all 'gits and shiggles' about the huge victory but oddly they weren't and aren't.

I watched the game in a pub whose patrons could only be described as shell-shocked. And they were South African Springbok supporters!

I personally picked England to take the Boks by three points and found an old school friend wearing an England jersey (the turncoat). What has the world come to?

I'm happy for the victory nonetheless and for the first time England almost get a 'nod-crack' for once in their lives doing something noble and decent by showing that Scotland are climbing higher and higher up the ranks.

For England, a four-year rebuild is standard operating procedure in rugby union. They'll be challenging for the 2011 World Cup like its 1944!