It's six years since a 20-year-old Danny Cipriani took the England No 10 spot from Jonny Wilkinson and won the man of the match award on his debut against Ireland.

The All Blacks - NZ rugby, in fact - owes a fair bit to the power of adrenaline. Incredible stuff, it more than played its part in the recent clean sweep of England.

Usually it is hard to sympathise with the England rugby side. They have playing resources and finances well beyond the imagination of their All Black counterparts.

Sadly this was just a game too far for England. Mentally, emotionally and psychologically they were off the pace and you simply cannot afford that against New Zealand.

Stuart Lancaster described Julian Savea as a "phenomenal player" but will be more than happy to see the back of him after the ABs' left wing continued his try-scoring exploits against England.

There is, as England will testify, a gap between them and the All Blacks. They will be tempted to believe it's not that big and more tempted, again, to believe that in 15 months at the World Cup, it won't be there at all.

When England pieced together their side for tonight's final test, they changed up their backline.

All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw is keen to beat England and take the series 3-0 in Hamilton, knowing England backs coach Andy Farrell is backing his team to overcome the narrow losses and avoid the whitewash.

The great conundrum of English rugby remains unsolved. The national coach has dropped both of his Six Nations centres for this weekend's last hurrah against the All Blacks.

The All Blacks haven't been perfect in their first two tests, but they have won and the spoils of victory include the right to ask questions about England's likely state of mind leading into the final clash.

There is a lack of outright venom on the field, writes Chris Rattue. England have been strong yet failed to hammer home their advantages and been excruciatingly polite about it all.

England have an unusual situation whereby their tour captain, halfback Callum Braley, has not been able to command a regular starting gig.

From Blues reject to All Black starter in less than a year, Malakai Fekitoa has been charged with showing similar speed and perseverance in the final test of the June series.

The driving maul is one facet of play England have used extremely effectively in this June series.

England finally have some rugby reward in New Zealand. After two narrow test defeats, on a night when they also shed injured five-eighths Owen Farrell from the tour, the midweek men pumped the Crusaders in Christchurch.

If 2014 is to be as successful for the All Blacks as 2013, it will be the tight five who take them there.

Ben Smith can sit on the fence as much as he likes in regard to his positional fate in Hamilton, but the All Black selectors won't.

Whether by accident or design, 48 minutes of action were stolen at Eden Park in the first test of the year and the All Blacks are anxious that such a crime won't be allowed to take place in Dunedin.

Those who feel the errors were first-test blues found comfort in coach Steve Hansen's assessment that his staff had overloaded the group with too many ideas.

England forwards coach Graham Rowntree believes the under pressure All Blacks will improve 30% and his pack has to match the intensity in a true test of running rugby.

All England's chariots are facing the right direction, none of the wheels have lost a cotter pin and the gladiators are reading from the same team opus.

Head coach Stuart Lancaster knows with the roof over Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium it will provide perfect conditions for both teams making for a great match.

England lock Joe Launchbury addresses media accusations of deliberate time wasting before set pieces (scrums/lineouts) in the first test against the All Blacks.

Rugby scribes join NZ Herald's Wynne Gray, Robert Kitson (The Guardian) and Chris Hewett (The Independent) discuss the upcoming test match in Dunedin. Does England have what it takes to win the second test match?

England prop Joe Marler knows the second test against the All Blacks will be much tougher, but believes if they fine tune a few things they got wrong at Eden Park they could push the All Blacks a lot closer.

Rugby players and altruism rarely shape as partners but England hooker Dylan Hartley is doing his best to foster that impression.

England are considering whether to move Manu Tuilagi to the wing to boost their resources for the all-important second test against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday.