Tuesday 27 November 2012 17:19, UK
New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter is surprised that England have not remained an elite international rugby force following their glorious year in 2003.
Defeat to the world champions at Twickenham on Saturday would complete a miserable autumn campaign for England, who have already lost to Australia and South Africa. Since the loss in 2003 New Zealand have won all nine of their meetings with England and are unbeaten in all contest since August last year, with an 18-18 draw with Australia in October their only blemish since. Carter added: "It's a very new squad so it doesn't feel like there's any less pressure playing for the All Blacks now that we've won a World Cup. "It's more the fact of proving a lot of people wrong in some way or another. History has shown that teams that win the World Cup have pretty average seasons the following year. "That's been a big focus for us this year. We want to be an even better and stronger side. "The success that we've had this year has been great. There's a lot of self-belief in this squad and that's shown in the way we play.
