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Series against New Zealand will be a litmus test to see if the leadership team’s failed approach has really changedThere’s a quote from Legacy, James Kerr’s book about the All Blacks, that I have always liked: “Our values decide our character, our character decides our value.” As England’s Test side sets about its great post-Ashes reset, I think it is applicable. Culture is a work in progress and always will be, and the positive that has emerged from their winter in Australia – when, on and...

Series against New Zealand will be a litmus test to see if the leadership team’s failed approach has really changed

There’s a quote from Legacy, James Kerr’s book about the All Blacks, that I have always liked: “Our values decide our character, our character decides our value.” As England’s Test side sets about its great post-Ashes reset, I think it is applicable.

Culture is a work in progress and always will be, and the positive that has emerged from their winter in Australia – when, on and off the field, their culture was found wanting – is that they now have an opportunity and an appetite to reset it.

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