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The World Cup is all that matters, right? Everything else is 50 shades of beige. If England’s second-string success in Argentina during the summer had its virtues, it was ultimately an exercise in “so whattery”.

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The World Cup is all that matters, right? Everything else is 50 shades of beige. If England’s second-string success in Argentina during the summer had its virtues, it was ultimately an exercise in “so whattery”.
And while the full-strength outfit’s clean sweep through the autumn internationals was better than any alternative you might mention, it earned them the same kind of prestige as a “best surfer in Surrey” award.

Okay, fair cop: this is pure mischief-making. There again, many a true word is written in jest.
In the age of “delivery, delivery, delivery”, international head coaches are ...

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