Knives come out after England leave the party early

England's Chris Robshaw looks dejected at Twickenham Stadium, London, England at the Rugby World Cup, October 3, 2015. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - The mourning for England's early departure from their own World Cup had barely got underway on Sunday before the focus switched to inevitable apportioning of blame for a campaign that ended in a limp 33-13 defeat by Australia.

England's abiding unpopularity in the rest of the rugby world ensured a tsunami of jokes swamped social media and landed in the in-boxes of grieving Englishmen, most playing on the theme of an inability to get out of a pool.