England 15 New Zealand 16 So close. So gut-wrenching. Yet also promising and uplifting even if England came up short. Eddie Jones implored his men to be directors of the movie, not bit-part extras. The England head coach got what he wanted. It was the movie that Twickenham wanted, too, a thriller that could have been scripted by Alfred Hitchcock and even if it left them bereft when a hair-line call by TMO Marius Jonker denied them what looked to be a legitimate, match-winning score from Sam Underhill, they had great value for money. The call went against Courtney Lawes for offside as he blocked a kick by TJ Perenara on the ten metre line. It looked a tight decision, too tight for the circumstances and England had every right to feel aggrieved. That England won the haka with the rain-drenched England fans warming their cockles with cascading renditions of ‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’ set the tone for a display of defiance and conviction. Who were these guys in white? A wholly different outfit, that’s for sure, from the first-half operators against South Africa, pumped-up, on-message and smart, playing as one. It was a huge pick-me-up from seven days ago, that…