England set a decent benchmark in the narrow loss against France in the last round of the Six Nations, and took the champions right to the last play of the match.
However, it seemed that the energy had disappeared between that performance and the heavy defeat by South Africa at Ellis Park in last weekend’s opening round of the Nations Championship.
I was surprised by the lack of energy and intent in England’s starting line-up against the Springboks in Johannesburg.
If your players can’t bring energy all over the field then get rid of them, because on Saturday in Santiago del Estero, Argent...