New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are in action in Europe on Saturday for the start of a series of rugby tests almost certain to remind the northern hemisphere's top teams how far they have to catch up.
The strongest challenge to the southern teams again looks set to come from England, although it is far from clear how the World Cup runner-up will perform in its first home matches since a major overhaul of coaching and playing staff that started with the appointment of World Cup-winning captain Martin Johnson as manager.
The size of the task facing England, France, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Italy can be shown by the fact that since England lifted …
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