Dallaglio's faith in wounded warriors

"No one takes any prisoners over here and we know that England are not very popular and accept that. What I find very unpopular is us not playing to a level that I believe you should every time you pull on an England jersey."

England have made six changes for the second Test which means seven members of Dallaglio's Double-winning Wasps team are in the 22-man match squad for Saturday's clash. Those players posed for a special picture in Auckland today to mark the occasion and now Dallaglio expects to see the whole England team produce the kind of inspired rugby that brought Wasps Heineken Cup and English Premiership glory.

Dallaglio is adamant England "haven't become a bad team overnight" but there is increasing evidence that the process has started and victory - or at least fire and brimstone in a narrow defeat - is the only way to arrest the slide.

England had to train without wing Ben Cohen today, who is struggling with a buttock muscle strain, while scrum-half Matt Dawson and flanker Chris Jones, both dropped after last Saturday's defeat, are struggling with a groin problem and hip injury respectively.

What is being drilled into England at their team meetings is that the All Blacks have yet to be tested by England thanks to the lack of control from the World Champions in Dunedin.

England didn't win the contact situations, line-outs or onetoone collisions and these have been highlighted in a series of video nasties. Phil Larder, the defensive coach, has played out every single missed tackle while providing what centre Mike Tindall described as a "brutal" commentary.

Having dragged England down, the management must now build the new-look team back up into a dangerous force.

Dallaglio said: "I am certain the right levels of commitment and passion will be on show for the second Test.

"There are areas of the game where we are traditionally strong that didn't function and we have addressed that in team meetings. I accept that we are a team that's struggling at the moment and this is a test of our character.

"I want to be able to leave New Zealand knowing that we have won some respect, which is not something we can say now."

While England have gone back to the drawing board, the All Blacks have been happy to let things tick over.

Flanker Jono Gibbes was a good example of just how composed they feel at the moment as he spent yesterday at home mowing his lawn before returning to the team hotel for dinner.

However, this should not be mistaken for complacency, as Graham Henry, the All Black coach, was quick to point out.

"If we are not right we will get second," said the former Wales and Lions coach.

"Attitude will be huge this week because England will play out of their skin. Unless we are right upstairs we will be in trouble."