Rugby Union: Stuart Lancaster wants England to strike almighty blow
ENGLAND have been urged to send out a World Cup warning this weekend by beating the mighty All Blacks.
Head coach Stuart Lancaster is already looking ahead to the 2015
tournament on home soil as his side prepare to face New Zealand at
Twickenham on Saturday.
And he believes a win against the current
undisputed world No.1 team will start to make others truly fear England.
"New Zealand are a team apart, but if we want to be genuine World Cup
contenders, we've got to have the belief we can win these games," said
Lancaster.
"There is the pressure and expectation of delivering against the best side in the world.
"To back ourselves to win a World Cup in England we have to have confidence to play sides like New Zealand.
"They have gone to Johannesburg, Sydney and France and won. They are used to it.
"But we have won our last six games at home - we're a young side with a growing confidence within it."
England
will be without prop Mako Vunipola after he failed to recover from the
knee injury which kept him out of last weekend's win over Argentina, so
Alex Corbisiero will start against the All Blacks.
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