Tristan Lavalette applauds New Zealand for their sportsmanship and sincerity in defeat when everything else went against them

It’s often said you can find out more about athletes in adversity. One of those clichés in sport, which sometimes gets the eyes rolling. But it rings true after watching a luckless New Zealand act with so much class in the aftermath of agonisingly falling short in the World Cup final. New Zealand held the upper hand for much of England’s chase and appeared to have the title in the bag on several occasions. And it seemed like they had fallen u...