6 August 2011 Twickenham, London T he big problem with wearing black is the comparisons it encourages. Had New Zealand led Wales at home by 13 points early in the second half, as a black-shirted England team did on Saturday, they would have buried them, warm-up international or not. Inviting opponents back into the game in the final quarter is as alien to the Kiwi psyche as the sight of Englishmen doing the haka. Martin Johnson, having represented New Zealand's Under-2is in his youth, knows this better than most. His squad may still be in pre-season mode but so too are Warren Gatland's Wales. Factor in the uncertainty of injuries to Lewis Moody and Alex Corbisiero, both of whom limped off prematurely, and England's first dress rehearsal was not quite the feelgood, thumbs-up Twickenham send-off it had seemed. The return fixture in Cardiff on Saturday suddenly has a genuine edge about it. In some ways this is a welcome situation for Johnson. If you are about to head up the A...