England 16 New Zealand 26
Jack and I travelled to Twickenham on Saturday in hope but privately expecting a 20 to 30 points thrashing; so we came away pleased but knowing we do not have the players or the tactics to beat them. Not yet anyway.
Here's where they are better:
** offside at rucks
** only committing 3-4 forwards to mauls and rucks which allows the others to act as battering rams elsewhere (boring though that is)
** tactical kicking
** throwing the ball in at the lineout
** having backs that can move the ball at speed from first phase compared to our carthorses
** it always looked as though they might score from anywhere on the park
** lineouts
Likely changes for Australia on Saturday:
** wing (Cueto is passed his sell by date)
** hooker (Hartley)
** centre (Tindall)