On this day eight years ago, December 1, Stuart Lancaster’s England recorded a sensational 38-21 victory over New Zealand at Twickenham. Undefeated in 20 Tests, the reigning world champions All Blacks were in bristling form in 2012 – they had already beaten Scotland 51-22, Italy 42-10 and Wales 33-10. There was just England left on their autumn tour – an England side who had already lost to Australia and South Africa.With their 2011 Rugby World Cup triumph still fresh in the memory, New Zealand were the hottest of favourites, but they were swept aside by an England side that produced arguably the greatest-ever Twickenham performance. England started fast and dominated the early possession, while there were early signs of New Zealand frailty both in the scrum and from Dan Carter’s boot – as the fly-half missed a couple of very kickable penalties.There was no such fallibility from a young Owen Farrell as he knocked over three nerveless first-half penalties, all of them earned by England’s power at the scrum and in the contact area, and a ‘free-shot’ drop goal with another penalty coming.After the All Blacks had been kept scoreless in the first half for the first time since 1998,…