The Irish found success with a horribly limited gameplan but once other teams sussed them out they were just left horribly limited.
Despite England’s good performance let’s not forget the ABs put Australia away 36-0 in their Bledisloe rematch. There were enough chinks in England’s defence to give NZ plenty of food for thought.
The ABs forwards will not be as easy to out muscle. They were punishing on the gain line. Retallick’s return is timely for them too. Their backs will surely exploit Daly’s ineffective defending and Tuilagi’s poor reads.
Still, roll on next week.