England V New Zealand: Autumn Nations Series Rugby Union – Live

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Teams

England
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.

Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge, Will Stuart, Chandler Cunningham-South, Tom Curry, Henry Pollock, Ben Spencer, Marcus Smith.

New Zealand
Will Jordan, Leroy Carter, Billy Proctor, Quinn Tupaea, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Beauden Barrett, Cam Roigard, Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Fletcher Newell, Scott Barrett, Fabian Holland, Simon Parker, Ardie Savea, Peter Lakai.

Replacements: Samisoni Taukei’aho, Tamaiti Williams, Pasilio Tosi, Josh Lord, Wallace Sititi, Cortez Ratima, Anton Lienert-Brown, Damian McKenzie.

Preamble

Some matches are important arsenic milestones successful a team’s development. Think South Africa’s past infinitesimal tie vs New Zealand successful Wellington successful 2019; nan tone and conflict of which epitomised nan Boks’ evolving translator nether Rassie Erasmus. A translator that made them world champions later that year.

The stakes are not arsenic precocious for nan 2 teams coming pinch nan crippled falling successful nan mediate of nan world cup rhythm for some Steve Borthwick and Scott Robertson, but location is nan consciousness that a triumph coming would beryllium a statement. England person not mislaid since nan opening play of nan Six Nations successful Dublin; a tally including a circuit to Argentina erstwhile shorn of their Lions contingent and triumph complete Australia 2 weeks ago. Yet still doubts persist astir nan value and consistency of Borthwick’s gameplan against nan apical tier sides.

The All Blacks are specified mixed container that they could person been bought from a 1990s provincial Woolworth’s. Their 2025 features wins successful nan Rugby Championship, but besides nan biggest conclusion successful their history against South Africa. Added to this, they are broadly failing nan oculus trial successful matches, pinch their patterns and style often wanting, and nan rumor that discernible measurement of playing has still not look from nan fog of Robertson’s months successful charge. Luckily for them, they still person their accepted arsenal of enviable talent to fling astatine immoderate problem and this is often capable to get past a win.

All of this is put to nan trial astatine Twickenham successful a fewer hours. England must triumph this if they are to show their caller improvements are not built connected sand; while New Zealand must triumph this because they are New Zealand.