Published 17:43 IST, October 26th 2019

Jimmy Neesham upset over New Zealand loss to Eng in Rugby World Cup

Jimmy Neesham tweeted about New Zealand's loss and called it a 'painful loss.' Earlier, New Zealand had lost to England in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup final

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England crushed New Zealand's record of t losing a World Cup game in 12 years, as y beat All Blacks 19-7 to reach finals of Rugby World Cup 2019. New Zealand cricketer Jimmy Neesham tweeted about match that caused New Zealand's exit from World Cup and called it a 'painful loss.' Earlier this year, New Zealand h lost ICC Cricket World Cup final to England by a petty margin of boundaries as  match tied and went into super over, which was also tied subsequently. Neesham who was a part of New Zealand's World Cup squ h scored 19 runs and picked three wickets in final. 

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New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham also tweeted a screenshot on Saturday, October 26, post All Blacks' loss to England in Rugby semi-final. screenshot was of Twitter which showed that Neesham h muted words, 'England' and 'world cup final' and also '2019' to prevent him from coming across any tweet related to same. He captioned screenshot as 'I think that just about covers it' signifying traumatic loss in World Cup final against England was similar to All Blacks' loss to English team in Rugby World Cup semi-final. 

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Neesham's Tweets:

England Crush New Zealand 19-7

Despite having won 15 of last 16 games between two nations, New Zealand were stormed out of ir way to World Cup final by England in Yokohama today. Having won two World Cup titles alrey, ir bid for third one was put down by half time itself when England took a fierce le of 10-0. For England, Maro Itoje put up a class-apart performance which bagged him player of match award, however, Tom Curry and Sam Underhill also me significant contributions to England's triumph. England will face eir South Africa or Wales, who meet in or semi-final on Sunday, in finals. 

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