At the end there were countless reasons not to get carried away by England’s first unbeaten autumn since life returned to normal after the pandemic.
Chief amongst those was that a week after outclassing New Zealand in a win they will remember a long time, Maro Itoje’s side came uncomfortably close to undoing all that good work by losing to Argentina.
A reputation built across victories over Australia, Fiji and the All Blacks for finishing stronger than their opponents was damaged as a 17-0 lead came and went with Los Pumas winning the battle of the bench.
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