Why is captain replaced so early?

JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

So the All Blacks keep their home record of wins at Dunedin by just one point against an England side who will be wondering what might have been. There have been a few ‘if only we had’ in the press and on social media pointing to Marcus Smith’s off day from the kicking tee however Damian McKenzie wasn’t on his best kicking form for New Zealand either, and was actually timed out for one kick and missed a few other opportunities.
In some ways it would have been better had England lost by a bigger margin making it easier for coach Steve Borthwick to i...

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