Interesting that EJ (Eddie Jones) himself affirms (link below) that the England attack in T2 was 'almost non-existent'.
Of course it was. I don't think I've ever seen a Test team so overwhelmingly neutralise another for all of 80 as well as England did to Aus in T2.
And Larkham's homogeneous version of 'attack' enabled them to do so.
We are either repetitive and predictable, or chronically error-ridden under pressure. Or both in bursts. England masterfully exploit, they don't need to attack. 15 handling errors by Aus in T2, to England's 1.
Our failings are now emerging clearly as two-fold, and are interacting as in negative synergy, with awful results.
First, we have decade-long systemic failings in Aus rugby skill development, kicking from hand being the most obvious. Second, we have serious weaknesses in Chieka's coaching group that are ever more obviously exposed as the the calibre of opposition, and importantly opposition coaching, markedly improves.
No one seems as upset about it as they used to be in such cases, but 2 Tests and a Series lost to England at home is nothing short of a disaster for Australian rugby in code attention and code-share terms.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...d/news-story/738772698b1440f6ac841bd0cf5d9376