Martin Samuel of the Daily Mail is dismayed by the latest sordid scandal to rock Martin Johnson's squad.
"England might as well try to win this Rugby World Cup, because they certainly will not be winning anything else in New Zealand: friends, plaudits, hearts and minds, awards for sophisticated behaviour around women.
"Another day, another crisis, but this one cuts to the heart of changing attitudes in a changing game.
"Nobody expects rugby players to move through life with the elegance of Cary Grant, but to end up talking to an inexperienced female member of the hotel staff through her lawyers is a pretty low point.
"The players may dispute the precise nature of what is alleged to have taken place at the Southern Cross hotel, Queenstown, but the reaction of manager Martin Johnson suggests it fell vastly short of the standards required."
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