You are quite correct that had slipped my mind. The more I think about it the worse it gets as I'm not sure any of the backs covered themselves in glory.

Makinson ran well most of the match but bombed a sitter at the start of the game, William and Welsby were both a step back from their previous form.

If one of the back line has a better game, then we win. For them all to be off at the same time was maddening.

getting knocked out by samoa and not even playing another tier 1 team in the comp is essentially the same as getting mullered.

Leeming's defence is probably the reason why. That, and his lacklustre form at the end of the season, which saw him displaced from a starting position by Jarrod O'Connor after Leeming returned from an injury. He's still a contender for next time though.

Again, I ask, when did England get mullered?

I didnt say they got mullered, you did.

See here