Matt Dawson reassured fellow England fans that there was no need to panic after the lesson Ireland handed out to them last Sunday.
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Because, in Dawson's estimation, England were taking on a team who would have beaten the All-Blacks the way they played on Sunday.
The way Ireland played they would have beaten anybody in the world – and that includes the All Blacks.
In his short, punchy column, Dawson said Joe Schmidt produced a 'training masterclass' and said one would have thought, looking at the performance, that Schmidt had 'seen Lancaster's playbook'.
Ireland would have beaten the All-Blacks on last weekend's showing. Exciting talk in a World Cup year.
