Morganmike,
I 'd take a far from perfect winning performance, no matter how scruffy, over a more technically perfect performance loss, any day
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." Baron Pierre de Coubertin. OK this was said by a Frenchman or maybe a Belge and they do even less "winning" than we do. BUt it is the spirit of the playing fields of Maro Itoje's old school.
As an Englishman who has lived half his life in Wales, and even joined a Welsh Male Voice Choir, I have the great joy of being able to swap team loyalties according to who is doing the better job. Mind you Yma o Hyd is a much better song that Swing Low!