The scrum is one area of Moore's concerns
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Brian Moore, in his column for the Daily Telegraph, gives his musings on the World Cup just gone and lessons to be learnt ahead of 2015.
"The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be hailed as significant in years to come for many reasons, and some of the most important do not concern the quality of the rugby, even though, overall, it was the highest ever produced.
Playing standards among the lower-ranked teams were comfortably better than in any other tournament, even though there were only one or two shocks, like Tonga’s win over France.
Nearly every team produced at least one performance that was genuinely praiseworthy when their rank, resources and expectations were taken into account. Unfortunately, England were one of the few who did not do so and it is a sad and wholly unacceptable fact that their Rugby World Cup presence in New Zealand will not be noted for any rugby they played."
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