The post-mortem of England's disastrous Six Nations campaign is well underway. Aiming for their third successive championship, England instead managed an unwanted three-in-a-row: three defeats on the trot to Scotland, France and Ireland.
Eddie Jones's side finished fifth in the table, 16 points behind Ireland's Grand Slam winners.
In his column for BBC Sport, Jeremy Guscott is the latest to play coroner, adding his voice to the many attempting to explain what went wrong for England and how it can be fixed.
"England don't have quality strength in depth," is his main diagnosis. He also believes that England are in the same phase of their development as Ireland were in 2015 after they had won consecutive titles. "The other teams had worked them out, and that's what's happening to England now."
Strangely - especially considering the contrasting opinions put forward by many others - Guscott says that Ireland do not have any world class players.
Exactly what is his criteria to be considered "world class", Guscott does not define. Though, it's possible he considers it be inclusion in a World XV. That definition does not leave much room for manoeuvre.
Ireland, arguably, do not have any world class players in their Grand Slam-winning squad. You could argue there are better scrum-halves and fly-halves than Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton who would get into a world XV. Tadhg Furlong is one you would argue less about. But what they do have are 23 players playing very well.
Allowing for a wider criteria than that allowed by Guscott, Ireland certainly have players who could be considered world class.
Though many would have said it before last summer, Conor Murray cemented his world class status on the Lions tour of New Zealand. Johnny Sexton's had been sealed long before.
Just two-and-a-half years into his international career and Tadhg Furlong is already by far the best tighthead prop Ireland has ever had. He is beginning to redefine what is expected of the position.
Even beyond the 23 which took to the pitch on Saturday, Ireland were missing another world class player: Sean O'Brien.
Considering the youth of this Ireland team, there are many more - Garry Ringrose, Iain Henderson, James Ryan are just three - who will surely reach world class level in the coming years.
Guscott did name Conor Murray as his Player of the Tournament, with Sexton a "close second".
He also named ten Irish players in his Team of the Tournament.
15. Rob Kearney
14. Elliot Daly
13. Huw Jones
12. Bundee Aki
11. Jacob Stockdale10. Johnny Sexton
9. Conor Murray8. CJ Stander
7. Hamish Watson
6. Aaron Shingler
5. Alun Wyn Jones
4. James Ryan
3. Tadhg Furlong
2. Rory Best
1. Cian Healy
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