The All Blacks will be like a grizzly bear harbouring a grudge for the next four years, but the pain of defeat alone isn’t a guarantee they’ll be successful at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
The nature of the loss to England, rather than the loss itself, will prompt all manner of hard questions for everyone involved in the game.
The conclusions they reach will inform future selection decisions and might draw them towards the sort of athletes that New Zealand has typically unleashed on the world: explosive powerful backs and power forwards with a bit of edge about them.
With that in mind, Stuff has taken a look into the crystal ball to come up with this match-day squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.