Beneath all the mud and muck, you can just about make out the faded “England 2015” branding the RFU put up around Twickenham for the last World Cup. No doubt they have tried to scrub it out, along with almost everything else that happened in that tournament, but the shadows of the letters are still there along either side of the pitch, a stubborn reminder of how quickly things can fall apart when the heavy pressure comes down. The next tournament is exactly 300 days away. England have come on this autumn, but they look a way short of being ready for the next one just yet.
They have the makings, though. You can see where Eddie Jones wants them to go. He has built what must be one of the biggest, roughest, toughest squads England have ever had. No one is going to beat them in a scrap. Certainly not Australia, who were not outplayed so much as overpowered.
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