Let’s be honest, that performance at Twickenham told us everything we already feared. Two years into this regime, 26 tests deep, and the All Blacks don’t just look stalled. In too many key areas, they’ve gone backwards. Today, Marty lays it all out with a bluntness the moment demands.

He breaks down the muddled attack, the shaky leadership, the high-ball issues everyone in world rugby now targets, and the complete loss of direction once England wiped out that early 12-0 New Zealand lead. This wasn’t panic. This was clarity. If we’re halfway through a Rugby World Cup cycle and still look this unco, still repeating the same patterns, then something fundamental is off.

Razor is a great bloke, but that doesn’t matter right now. The only thing that matters is whether this team is improving. And on current evidence, it isn’t.

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