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A young England side produced a “scintillating”, “epic” and “stunning” performance at Twickenham.
The English papers were effusive in their praise, offering up such compliments as “A statement of intent about the way this emerging side want to play, it was quite breathtaking, in conception and execution” and “a performance that confirms them as genuine contenders for the next World Cup”.
Participants in rugby forums across England violated all of their bandwidth limits in a week long frenzy of self-aggrandisement.
The young England team had arrived and their odds of winning the upcoming Rugby World Cup had been slashed after thrashing one of rugby’s southern hemisphere heavyweights.
But this was not England’s 38-21 win over the All Blacks last week. It was England’s similarly compelling 35-18 win over the Wallabies in 2010.
Given the way 2011 turned out, is this apparent England renaissance really any different from the numerous false dawns since the last time England actually delivered on their vast player resource and fat financial riches?
Or did they just catch a knackered SANZAR team on an off day? If England couldn’t hold together their form from 2010 to 2011, then do they have any hope of carrying 2012 form all the way to 2015?
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