The All Blacks will provide the acid test for north’s leading lights

The autumn Tests provide an indication of sides’ potential for next year’s World Cup in Japan“You want to be out there when the lights are on,” said Australia’s captain, Michael Hooper, during the build-up to the Test against New Zealand in Yokohama , explaining that the Wallabies’ slump since reaching the 2015 World Cup final was not down to a withering of competitiveness or desire.The lights will be on for four weekends next month as the domestic programme in Europe yields to the autumn internationals, but not at full wattage. The southern hemisphere nations will be in the final stretch of a…