England, beaten World Cup finalists four years ago, get their 2023 campaign underway against Argentina on Saturday, but will go into the match hoping to break a poor run of results that has seen Los Pumas installed as marginal favourites.
Opinion - First things first - this would be a very different column if the All Blacks had simply ground out a 25-6 win over England on Sunday morning.
Comment: For a while there, it looked as though the All Blacks well and truly were back. Then, every issue that has dogged this team in 2022 came back to bite them, writes Jamie Wall.
The All Blacks are leading 22-6 against England with 20 minutes to go in their final Test of the year this morning. Follow all the action with RNZ's live blog.