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England out of Rugby World Cup: What went wrong?

World cup verdict

The dream is over. England's disappointing loss to Australia on Saturday night means that they become the first host nation not to make the knockout stages of the Rugby World Cup.

The post-mortem on why England, the best resourced team in the world, have failed to deliver on home turf begins in earnest as England fans wake up to find last night was not just a nightmare.

Where do England go from here? Has Stuart Lancaster taken them as far as he could? 

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Tune in to Sky Sports 2 from 11am on Sunday to hear the analysis of Stuart Barnes, Will Greenwood, Neil Back and Dean Ryan as they put England's World Cup campaign under the spotlight.

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