For their first test match of the autumn tour, England and New Zealand clash this Saturday (4:10pm) at Twickenham. Against the backdrop of Joe Marler’s controversial “haka”.
Scott Barrett’s fine defense (55′)
The Blacks, and Scott Barrett in particular, defend the English maul well on their own 22 and make the ball unplayable. As a result, they regain possession.
Marcus Smith’s 50-22 (54′)
The English opener continues his recital with an excellent 50-22 from the center of the field after the Blacks had lost another touch.
Barrett and the Blacks surrender ammunition (52′)
Approaching England’s 22-metre line, Barrett tries a low kick through the English defence, but it’s blocked and the Blacks lose possession.
Barrett’s footwork too long (48′)
Barrett kicks over the Blacks’ inability to break through, but it’s too long and the ball ends up as a dead ball. We’re back to a scrum for England on the halfway line.
TRYIIIIII FOR ANGLETERREEEE !!!! (44′, 19-14)
FEYI-WABOSO TRY – Marcus Smith intercepts a pass from Ratima on the English 22. The 25-year-old opener accelerated, keeping the ball perfectly and very intelligently until he offloaded to Furbank, who slipped the ball to Waboso. All the winger had to do was use his legs to flatten the ball close to the posts. Smith converts
England chase down the New Zealand 3/4 (43′)
Great pressure from the English, who attack Barrett, Jordan and Telea. The Blacks opener clears as best he can and finds a small touch.
Here we go again! (41′, 12-14)
The English kick off and, after two exchanges of footwork, Beauden Barret commits an infringement in the air. Scrum for England in the opposition half to follow.
Players back on the pitch
The start of the second half is imminent.
Blacks lead at half-time!
In a first half that lived up to expectations, with crazy intensity, it was New Zealand who were ahead for the time being thanks to two tries from Telea and Jordan. But England took advantage of their opponents’ indiscretion to stay in the game, with Marcus Smith scoring four penalties. A little rest and back in action in 15 minutes.
Missed drop by Marcus Smith, it’s the break! (40, 12-14)
The English are not making any headway, so the opener opts to try a drop-goal which goes wide. The referee whistles for the end of the first half.
Blacks close to a third try (38′)
Countered by England, Barrett provides cover and the ball comes back into the hands of Sititi, who accelerates 30 metres through the middle of the English defence. He tries to find Vaa’i on his left, but his long pass is difficult and not well caught by the second row. England scrum to follow
England come back to within two points (37′, 12-14)
Marcus Smith continues his flawless performance with another penalty. Already 12 points for him tonight.
English scrum dominates (35′)
Lomax, the right-hander, is this time penalized on the scrum and gives Marcus Smith another penalty just over 40 metres from the perch.
The first video test :
Watch Telea’s first try of the match below:
Marcus Smith scores from 40 meters (31′, 9-14)
Penalized again, the Blacks allow the English opener to score three more points and bring his side within 4 points.
NEW ZEALAND’S SECOND TRY!!! (29, 6-14)
WILL JORDAN’S TRY – In the center of the field, all the Blacks move to the left but Beauden Barrett makes the opposite run. Ratima feints to the left and serves his opener. WIll Jordan crosses into the gap and accelerates to flatten the ball in goal. Barrett converts
Barrett’s send off (26′)
The All Blacks kick again from their own 22-metre line and Barrett again makes the difference, advancing to the middle of the field, but Ratimi’s footwork is not secure and he gives the ball back to the English.
Waboso relaunches (24′)
The match never stops, with both teams relenting after each kick. This time it was the English winger who stood out, taking out three opponents. He was caught on the halfway line before Spencer hit another candle.
Itoje crosses again and serves Spencer (22′)
At the ruck, Itoje starts and accelerates 10 meters before slipping the ball to his scrum-half. Spencer also kicks twice, but misses and sends the ball into touch.
Beauden Barrett’s number (20′)
The Blacks opener plays a kick over the defence for himself. He gets the ball back and continues to kick, but Smith covers and even wins a penalty in the ruck. The Blacks have scratched illegally.
New Zealand scrum punished, Smith fails to find the touchline (18′)
Tamaiti Williams is penalized at the scrum but the English are not rewarded: Marcus Smith fails to find the touchline and gives an attacking ball to Jordan.
The Blacks’ beautiful launch (17′, 6-7)
Behind a scrum in the center of the pitch, the Blacks get the ball rolling with Telea and Ioana combining, but the latter commits an in-avant on contact. It was a good idea.
The Blacks don’t cross the line (15′)
The New Zealanders hold possession but can’t find the gap against a good English defence.
Marcus Smith brings England back to within a point (13′, 6-7)
Still no problems for the Quins opener, who scores his penalty in the 22.
Back to a penalty for England (11′)
Ratima finds a straightforward touch to give England dangerous possession. Marcus Smith and Co take advantage of another foul by their opponents to win a penalty, which the opener tries.
THE ALL BLACKS TRYIII!!!! (9′, 3-7)
TRY BY MARK TELEA – From the touchline, New Zealand go wide on Telea’s wing. Wallace Sititi fixes two players and plays after contact on Telea with a chistera. The winger accelerates twice to drop the English defense and flatten the ball in the corner. The try is converted.
English flagged offside (8′)
First penalty against the Rose XV for a defensive line flagged offside. The Blacks find the touch on the opponents’ 22.
Jordan imperial in the air (7′, 3-0)
The English set up another candle in the middle of the field, but the Blacks’ back-rower imposed himself with authority, allowing his team to get the game underway.
Marcus Smith opens the scoring (5′, 3-0)
The English opener takes advantage of the Blacks’ foul to score his first penalty from 22 meters in front of the posts.
Itoje crosses (4′)
The English second row breaks a first tackle and drives into the Blacks’ 22m. Advantage in progress
The English put on the pressure (3′)
The English are pressing in defence and push the Blakcs back into their own 22. Ratima takes the ball out of defence and finds the touchline 40 metres out.
Marcus Smith already at work! (1′)
From the kick-off, Marcus Smith is served and sends a foot pass to his winger in his own 22. The pass was successful, but Freeman was pushed into touch.
Here we go! Enjoy the game
The Blacks kick off the match.
The English are moving forward!
The English players come to position themselves on the halfway line to challenge the Blacks. The Blacks also come close to the English to take the intensity up a notch. The match is already underway
Time for the Haka
After the anthems of the two teams, it’s time for the haka, criticized by Joe Marler and whistled by the Twickhenam stadium, which sings along with him.
It’s anthem time!
The two teams have just taken to the pitch at Twickhenam, and the New Zealand anthem sounds before the England anthem.
England look to repeat 2019 success
Since the 2019 World Cup, England and New Zealand have met three times, with England losing twice and drawing once. The XV de la Rose’s last victory came in 2019 in their home World Cup semi-final. After two defeats on the summer tour, England are keen to get back to winning ways.
Marler heats up the Blacks on the haka
During the week, the England prop publicly criticized the haka and has already launched this match with a huge controversy. Although he has since apologized, Marler offended the New Zealanders, who reacted strongly.
Rugby: “The haka is ridiculous, it should be scrapped”, England prop Joe Marler draws fire on X
The Barrett’s on the field
Often lined up at the back during the Rugby Championship, Beauden Barrett will start at openside, while his brother Jordie will line up at center.
England’s line-up
The line-up Furbank – Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Lawrence, Freeman – Smith (o), Spencer (m) – Earl, Curry, Cunningham – Martin, Itoje – Stuart, George (cap), Genge.
The All-Blacks line-up
The line-up Jordan – Tele’a, Ioane, J. Barrett, Clarke – B. Barrett (o), Ratima (m) – Cane, Aie Savea, Sititi – Vaa’i, Barrett (cap) – Lomax, Taylor, Williams
Hello everyone and welcome to this live
Hello everyone and welcome to this live stream of the friendly match between England and New Zealand. Kick-off at 4.10pm
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