England’s Grand Slam, Clean Sweep Down Under and Unbeaten Autumn.

In their own Back Yard, the Aussies lost it on and off the field. Searching Eddie’s bags on arrival at the Airport for clues wasn’t going to help. Australia played most of the rugby but couldn’t close it out – reminded me of the Springboks versus the Lions in 1997. Look in the book, England said – and then repeated it for good measure in a carbon copy effort at Twickenham in their undefeated Old Mutual Wealth Series. What a year against the Wallabies – a Kangaroo well and truly tied down. And all that after a Twickenham humiliation only months earlier.