A year ago, it was agony for England against New Zealand. This time, it was ecstasy.
Victories against the All Blacks are hard to come by - and Steve Borthwick’s side know that better than anyone.
Three times last year they lost tight games to them, none tighter than the one, here, at Twickenham.
On that occasion, George Ford missed two late kicks as the All Blacks won by two points. This time around, England cantered home 33-19.
Ford was fittingly at the heart of it, too. He was the coolest man in south west London and ensured England kept their heads, even when they found themselves 12 points down after 18 minutes.
Borthwick’s men did not deserve that and, even if the All Blacks were uncharacteristically sloppy, England roared back in real style to claim their 10th win on the spin.
It was also just England’s ninth ever win against New Zealand and their first at Twickenham in 13 years, so no wonder the celebrations at full-time were wild.
Long before that, England had started like a train, with Sam Underhill setting the tone. There is something about facing New Zealand that brings out the best in the flanker and he was everywhere in the opening stages, scything down anyone in his sight.
Freddie Steward was bright, too, causing problems with his ability under the high ball. England’s tails were up.
In ruthless fashion, however, the All Blacks scored twice in the space of four minutes to put themselves 12-0 up.
Leicester Faingaʻanuku crashed over in the corner and then Cody Taylor did the same after the visitors had moved England’s defence from left to right, and back again.
Steward going off after failing a head injury assessment rounded off a frustrating opening 22 minutes for England - but they kept their cool.
Their play deserved more and it felt like a try was coming. Alex Coles was held up after a nice break from Marcus Smith, who was on for Steward. Moments later, Ollie Lawrence was not to be denied.
England attacked the blindside from a scrum and Lawrence boshed All Blacks wing Leroy Carter to the floor to score.
It was the foothold in the game that England needed and composure from Ford ensured they went in only one point down.
The fly-half slotted two drop-goals in the dying minutes of the first half, much to the delight of the home fans - who had feared the worst after being 12-0 down.
The momentum was shifting England’s way before the break, and it truly swung right at the start of the second half.
New Zealand hooker Taylor was sent to the bin for playing the ball on the floor - and England turn the screw.
Underhill crashed over and they had another try ruled out for Ford because of an infringement at the line-out.
No matter, moments later, England did have their fourth try as a slick play off a line-out led to Fraser Dingwall scoring.
At that point, Borthwick’s side were in dreamland. Leading 25-12, there was no need for any heroics from the ‘Pom Squad’ off the bench.
New Zealand, however, hit back. Buoyed by Ben Earl getting a yellow card and putting England a man down with 15 minutes to go, Tom Jordan went over to reduce the deficit to six.
After previous encounters, you could feel the nerves around Twickenham. If anyone could fight back, it was the All Blacks.
England saw it out, though. Ford slotted a penalty and then Tom Roebuck rounded off the perfect afternoon by going over in the corner.
