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<blockquote data-quote="Crapspray" data-source="post: 667322" data-attributes="member: 58918"><p>Makes sense. Re-watching the summer tests recently (to try and gauge where England are relative to SA/Aus), by the end of the first half of the second test England were blowing out of both ends. At least the forwards were. It's no surprise that the All Blacks won the game in the first twenty minutes of the second half. As mentioned in the Torygraph article, the really obvious match was against France in the Six Nations.</p><p></p><p>If Lancaster does want to expand the game, it's natural that premiership players are going to have to adjust physically to more fluid play at the England level. Selection of the bench needs to be much better too: i.e. no 21. Dickson 22. Barritt 23. Goode again.</p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>Mentioning SA/Aus, while it's a little early in the Rugby Championship to be able to say definitively, where does everyone else think England stand? For me, Aus look a mess and haven't dramatically improved since they lost at Twickenham last year; the Boks seem to have stagnated - if not gone back a little. Given this autumn will be the last set of games versus the southern hemisphere prior to the world cup, how many wins are possible? For me, to be able to say England are still improving and have any chance next year, 2 of 3 should be the target, losing to either SA or NZ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crapspray, post: 667322, member: 58918"] Makes sense. Re-watching the summer tests recently (to try and gauge where England are relative to SA/Aus), by the end of the first half of the second test England were blowing out of both ends. At least the forwards were. It's no surprise that the All Blacks won the game in the first twenty minutes of the second half. As mentioned in the Torygraph article, the really obvious match was against France in the Six Nations. If Lancaster does want to expand the game, it's natural that premiership players are going to have to adjust physically to more fluid play at the England level. Selection of the bench needs to be much better too: i.e. no 21. Dickson 22. Barritt 23. Goode again. --- Mentioning SA/Aus, while it's a little early in the Rugby Championship to be able to say definitively, where does everyone else think England stand? For me, Aus look a mess and haven't dramatically improved since they lost at Twickenham last year; the Boks seem to have stagnated - if not gone back a little. Given this autumn will be the last set of games versus the southern hemisphere prior to the world cup, how many wins are possible? For me, to be able to say England are still improving and have any chance next year, 2 of 3 should be the target, losing to either SA or NZ. [/QUOTE]
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