‘Congratulations England’: reading between the lines of New Zealand’s reaction

England’s equalling of the All Blacks’ record has been met with magnanimity, but many in the country think some win records are more equal than othersA little less than three years ago, the New Zealand second-row Brodie Retallick was asked how many England players about to take on the All Blacks he could name. “A couple,” was his reply – and when pressed for a name, he offered: “Michael Lawes.” Suffice to say Retallick would now be wise to brush up on Courtney Lawes, and not least because the England lock is in the form of his life. Related: Jonathan Joseph’s turnaround matches England’s chang…