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ENGLAND'S clash with New Zealand in the main event of the autumn series. Here DUNCAN BECH examines a few talking points

- By DUNCAN BECH

England head coach Steve Borthwick has installed the All Blacks as favourites but bookmakers disagree. For the first time since 2002 when Sir Clive Woodward's world champions-in-waiting ran out 31-28 winners, anything other than victory over the sport's historical superpower would be viewed as a disappointment. It is a sign of the confidence that is building amid a nine-Test winning run, but also of New Zealand's

current vulnerability as underlined by their record 43-10 defeat by South Africa in September.

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