Patrick Collins, writing in the Mail on Sunday, claims England have little hope of lifting the World Cup in New Zealand and suggests their defeat in Dublin was born out of complacency.
"It was the seventh Irish success in the past eight meetings between the countries, and it was possibly the most overwhelming.
From first to last, Ireland dictated; their strategy smarter, their finishing more precise, their speed at the breakdown quite breathtaking. And while the Irish excelled, England never offered the ghost of a challenge, never seemed remotely capable of competing.
The notion that this team might have a World Cup win in their locker was not being loudly canvassed in the Irish capital last night after such a beating.
So now will begin a search for explanations, and some of them will involve the bruising of egos. There have been hints these past few weeks that this English side were becoming a little too pleased with themselves."
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