The last England side to travel to the Antipodes for a major sporting event were thoroughly prepared, impeccably behaved and executed well-laid plans to perfection to bring home the Ashes.
The difference between the cricket side expertly cajoled by Andy Flower and the car-crash that was Martin Johnson's bumbling Rugby World Cup squad could not be more stark.
There can be no excuses on the quantity of preparation time allowed to Johnson and his coaches. But it would seem that they didn't use it well: with inconsistency in selection, regular indiscretions off the field and a seeming lack of belief amongst the squad leading to the inevitable early exit - against a disunited France of all teams.
On a weekend when England's football side stumbled over the qualification line for next year's European Championships and its star player showed a level of indiscipline that beggared belief, it made Englishmen all over the world say thank God for Andrew Strauss and his merry men.
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