If anyone thought England's performance against Wales in any sense prepared them for a Rugby World Cup, they must be living in cloud cuckoo land.

It's time to put the niggly, negative bits in the bin and concentrate on having a good World Cup.

Mils Muliaina is not, as yet, demonstrating the verve or danger that hallmarked his game last season, writes Peter Bills.

Expect to see a very different Springboks side when these two teams meet in Port Elizabeth in three weeks.

The simple point about this year is that the Tri-Nations was always going to be a preparatory event to the big show.