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35 mins.<\/strong> There are plenty of fundamentally unforgivable mistakes from both teams so far. England can\u2019t win a lineout and NZ have missed touch TWICE when tying to kick a penalty out of play. Disgraceful stuff.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33 mins.<\/strong> New Zealand work into the 22 from the scrum om first phase, where they look to be full of impending danger before a massive England counter-ruck wins the ball back on the 5m line. Excellent, muscular scrambling from the home team.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 mins.<\/strong> England overwork the ball on the NZ 22 and from the turnover the ball is fired right by the All Blacks to Carter. The winger sets off and gasses Roebuck to chip and gather his own kick before Smith stops him dead on the 22. The resulting breakdown is messy and the Ref spots an England knock-on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.49 EST<\/p>\n 28 mins.<\/strong> Possession from a scrum has Ford kick-passing wide to Roebuck who does well to stay in when tackled by Fainga\u2019anuku.<\/p>\n Freddie Steward has failed an HIA after being flagged by his smart gumshield, Marcus Smith permanently replaces him<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 7 – 12 New Zealand (Olly Lawrence)<\/p>\n 24 mins.<\/strong> A late pop pass from Ford finds Lawrence who clatters Carter to the ground, breaking free to run in from 10 metres. A very strong bust from the England centre, but Carter will not want to watch that back.<\/p>\n Ford slides the conversion wide.<\/p>\n Ollie Lawrence gets the first scores on the board for England. Photograph: Kin Cheung\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.49 EST<\/p>\n 23 mins.<\/strong> England’s lineout is a total shambles, the latest being the third they have lost so far. However, from NZ\u2019s clearance kick, Mitchell gets them moving by finding Underhill to run and pass to Feyi-Waboso who races forty metres up the left touchline. He looks for the offload but his support was unable to keep up with him so he has to take a tackle metres short of the line.<\/p>\n Coles picks and drives from the ruck to muscle over the line, but a combination of Roigard and Proctor get underneath him to hold the ball up! A breathless few minutes of play.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21 mins.<\/strong> Alex Coles trucks the ball up in midfield to put England back on the front foot and attacking. There are a couple of probing runs before the ball is angled towards the touchline from Ford\u2019s boot. Roebuck was chasing but Jordan shepherd\u2019s it to touch with little fuss.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the difference between a very good team and a world class one – when New Zealand get into the 22, they get points, when England get into the 22, they don\u2019t.\u201d posits Joshua Keeling, \u201cEngland need to be more precise. You can\u2019t get away with kicking the ball straight out from a kick off against New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 0 – 12 New Zealand (Codie Taylor)<\/p>\n 17 mins.<\/strong> From the scrum in the middle of the park Roigard boots a beautiful 50:22 before the lineout possession feeds Jordan to run into space. He can\u2019t carry it to the line, but no matter as Tupaea floats a long pass to Taylor prowling the left touchline who steps inside the covering tackle and scores.<\/p>\n Conversion added.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s Codie Taylor slips the tackle from England’s Alex Mitchell \u2026 Photograph: Hannah McKay\/ReutersAnd then dives over the line for the All Black\u2019s second try. Photograph: Hannah McKay\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.41 EST<\/p>\n 16 mins.<\/strong> It\u2019s a worry for England that NZ\u2019s first real attack led to a try, and even more concerning is that Ford has just launched his restart out on the full.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 0 – 5 New Zealand (Leicester Fainga\u2019anuku)<\/p>\n 14 mins.<\/strong> The first proper attacking platform for the All Blacks, who have a scrum on the right side of the England 22 zone. They target Ford with the the first before firing wide to the left channel where two phases later the big winger forces his way over.<\/p>\n Barrett misses the conversion.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s Leicester Fainga’anuku scores their first try. Photograph: Hannah McKay\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.34 EST<\/p>\n 11 mins.<\/strong> All Black possession just inside the England half has them crash-balling into the England tackle line. The home defence are committing very few people to the ruck and instead fanning out, which so far is enough to stymie pretty much everything NZ are doing. Mainly because they are not doing much at all.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.25 EST<\/p>\n 8 mins.<\/strong> Feyi-Waboso has his first intervention of the game with a run on the left after Ford finds him with a looping pass. Barrett hauls the winger down on the 22 for Savea to tenaciously win a ruck turnover to relieve the pressure.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6 mins<\/strong>. England are back on the ball after another towering kick, this time from Ford, is mangled by Barrett in his 22. The home side move it quickly once more with Underhill through a gap, but his pass is just behind Lawrence who had a free run to the line. Missed opportunity, but this is a very good start from England.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 mins.<\/strong> I move that surprises no-one given how poor NZ have been under the high ball this Autumn, Steward sends big bomb up that he chased and wins back. This springs the England attack into life, with Roebuck to the fore with a run before Ford overcooks a cross-kick and loses possession.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 mins.<\/strong> Mitchell fields the deep kick-off and booms it into touch to ensure the quotient of mucking about is kept low this early in the game. From their first lineout possession, NZ make hardly any metres with their carries as the home side\u2019s defence is ferocious. Eventually they fling it left to Fainga\u2019anuku who spills the ball in the tackle.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s Leroy Carter is tackled by England’s Joe Heyes and Guy Pepper. Photograph: Gareth Fuller\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.22 EST<\/p>\n Kick Off!<\/p>\n Beauden Barrett sends the ball into England territory and we\u2019re underway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ve had the anthems and now it\u2019s Haka time. England let slip that they have a very special response planned\u2026<\/p>\n I\u2019ll be honest, I wouldn\u2019t give \u2018standing in a semi-circle to face it\u2019 that particular description, but that is what they\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n New Zealand players perform a Haka. Photograph: Adam Davy\/PAThe England players look nonchalant. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.20 EST<\/p>\n Following on her visit to England\u2019s Bagshot training base<\/a> earlier in the week, Emma Raducanu is in the stands to watch the match. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Jeremy Boyce is on tenterhooks..<\/p>\n \u201cLooking forward to a stonking match this afternoon. And a great week to come. There are big moments in sport, some much bigger than others. The opening salvos of an England v All Blacks rugby match or England v Australia in cricket\u2019s Ashes are just that, with expectation and anticipation levels cranked up to 11. Who\u2019s kicking off ? Who\u2019s first catcher? Who\u2019s bowling? Who\u2019s opening? Game on!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCouldn\u2019t most worries about the game (injuries, space, player size) be alleviated by making these athletes play the 80 mins?\u201d asks Tim Kirkus. \u201cThis might result in smaller, fitter players and allow more nuance in the game. So subs for injury only, mediated by independent doctors? Just a thought.\u201d<\/p>\n This has come up a number of times in the past, Tim. Even if it was a good idea – and there\u2019s plenty to debate in that \u2013 I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s workable given it puts medics in a tricky position of having to a call a player a liar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Officials for the match<\/p>\n Referee:<\/strong> Andrea Piardi (FIR)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Assistants:<\/strong> Luc Ramos (FFR), Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n TMO:<\/strong> Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Have a read while you wait<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Much to ponder and look forward to in the match, why not share all your thoughts with me on the email<\/a> in this regard, both now and throughout.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Teams<\/p>\n England<\/strong> Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge, Will Stuart, Chandler Cunningham-South, Tom Curry, Henry Pollock, Ben Spencer, Marcus Smith.<\/p>\n England head coach Steve Borthwick barks out instructions to his charges during the warm up. Photograph: Hannah McKay\/Reuters<\/p>\n New Zealand<\/strong> Replacements: Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, Tamaiti Williams, Pasilio Tosi, Josh Lord, Wallace Sititi, Cortez Ratima, Anton Lienert-Brown, Damian McKenzie.<\/p>\n\n
Freddie Steward; Tom Roebuck, Ollie Lawrence, Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso; George Ford, Alex Mitchell; Fin Baxter, Jamie George, Joe Heyes, Maro Itoje, Alex Coles, Guy Pepper, Sam Underhill, Ben Earl.<\/p>\n
Will Jordan, Leroy Carter, Billy Proctor, Quinn Tupaea, Leicester Fainga\u2019anuku, Beauden Barrett, Cam Roigard, Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Fletcher Newell, Scott Barrett, Fabian Holland, Simon Parker, Ardie Savea, Peter Lakai.<\/p>\n