Sorry, "inability to produce" sounded like you felt it was a perennial problem, rather than a "Kruis went to Japan, Launchbury's club went bust, and Attwood never recovered from..."

I'd say Attwood was more ruined by Lancaster telling him to lose weight and work on mobility ahead of RWC15, and then ditching him for losing a little power when he did so.

As for the A-squad, I'm assuming/hoping that's the additions to the first's squad, rather than the match-squad to be culled down to 23.