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Why are people putting Australia below England/Wales, when a combined England/Wales/Ireland/Scotland struggled for the most part, and Wales lost to them so many times in a row?
Also, why are people putting England above Wales? Wales have a superior player in nearly every position.
I think now that Ireland have a competent coach, they may well go ahead of England too.
Of course it is all perception but;
England has beaten the All Blacks recently and have had some good showings including a series of demolisions of Arg in Arg (both B teams TBF) and a draw in SA last year (Boks rebuilding at that stage but still) and England has a good scrum whereas Aus has been shown up in that department with the new scrum set-up. Wales I'd put ahead of Aus for the scrum reason as well as the B&I Lions series win (essentially a Welsh side that beat the Aussies in Aus). I'd personally say England over Wales is the right call despite results between the two merely because England have been better against other nations over a longer period; more consistent whereas Wales had a terrible run prior to the 6N.