Brive did reduce the deficit on 65 minutes when flanker Vosloo barged over after a spell of pressure but the home side were punished for an error from the kick-off.
Stuart Broad had a series of catchers surrounding the off-side and he forced an error from Prince, who drove loosely but was dropped by a diving Alastair Cook in the gully.
In fact, most of the highly precautionary laws and regulations currently on the books include some form of risk assessment that error on the side of caution, building in a host of safety factors that substantially overestimate exposure to justify regulatory actions that may not be necessary.