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Bad times are good for facing All Blacks

OVER the decades, playing New Zealand has provided the ultimate Test with teams needing to be in top shape mentally and physically to stand any chance.
Or so you would think. Surprisingly, of the five home wins England have claimed against the All Blacks, four have come off the back of dispiriting losses.
Bernard Gadney’s 1936 team won in glorious style but in their previous game had slipped to a 10-7 defeat against Scotland at Murrayfield while in 1983, when England won 15-9, the had lost 25-15 to Ireland in the final Five Nations game the season before.
The memory of a calamitous 17...

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