England v New Zealand

Date:

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Attendance: 81,367

England v New Zealand Match Reports

England produced a grandstand finish to come from behind and earn a 25-25 draw with the All Blacks at Twickenham. New Zealand raced into an early lead with tries from Dalton Papali'i and Codie Taylor inside the first 10 minutes. England eventually built some momentum, but could only claim three points from a first half that ended 17-3 in the visitors' favour. Having had a try disallowed in the first-half, Rieko Ioane raced down the touchline to score in the 50th minute. Beauden Barrett scored a drop-goal to extend the All Black's lead to 19-points as the game entered the final 10 minutes. In a remarkable finish, England scored three tries – including two from Will Stuart and one from Freddie Steward – to close the gap and tie the contest. A selection of match reports is listed below:

England v New Zealand - Match Highlights

England v New Zealand - Match Stats

England (3) 25
Try: Stuart (72', 79'), Steward (74')
Conversion: Smith (75', 80')
Penalty: Farrell (25'), Smith (42')

New Zealand (17) 25
Try: Papali'i (4'), Taylor (9'), Ioane (50')
Conversion: J Barrett (5', 10')
Penalty: J Barrett (42')
Drop-goal: B Barrett (70')

Man of the match: Richie Mo'unga (New Zealand)


England v New Zealand - Team Line-ups

England Team

Forwards

  • 1 Ellis Genge
  • 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
  • 3 Kyle Sinckler
  • 4 Maro Itoje
  • 5 Jonny Hill
  • 6 Sam Simmonds
  • 7 Tom Curry
  • 8 Billy Vunipola

Backs

  • 9 Jack van Poortvliet
  • 10 Marcus Smith
  • 11 Jonny May
  • 12 Owen Farrell (Captain)
  • 13 Manu Tuilagi
  • 14 Jack Nowell
  • 15 Freddie Steward 

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Mako Vunipola
  • 18 Will Stuart
  • 19 David Ribbans
  • 20 Jack Willis
  • 21 Ben Youngs
  • 22 Guy Porter
  • 23 Henry Slade

New Zealand Team

Forwards

  • 1 Ethan de Groot
  • 2 Codie Taylor
  • 3 Tyrel Lomax
  • 4 Brodie Retallick
  • 5 Samuel Whitelock (Captain)
  • 6 Scott Barrett
  • 7 Dalton Papali'i
  • 8 Ardie Savea

Backs

  • 9 Aaron Smith
  • 10 Richie Mo'unga
  • 11 Caleb Clarke
  • 12 Jordie Barrett
  • 13 Rieko Ioane
  • 14 Mark Telea
  • 15 Beauden Barrett

Replacements

  • 16 Samisoni Taukei'aho
  • 17 George Bower
  • 18 Nepo Laulala
  • 19 Shannon Frizell
  • 20 Hoskins Sotutu
  • 21 TJ Perenara
  • 22 David Havili
  • 23 Anton Lienert-Brown