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England
v New Zealand⁠: England rugby union, 8 November 2014

21–24

Full time

England v New Zealand finished 21–24.

England
Jonny May 4', Penalty try 80'
New Zealand
Aaron Cruden 14', Richie McCaw 46', Charlie Faumuina 72'
Date
Saturday 8 November 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Wyatt Crockett Prop Off in the 60'
  • No. 2, Dane Coles Hooker Yellow card 57' Off in the 67'
  • No. 3, Owen Franks Prop Off in the 47'
  • No. 4, Brodie Retallick Lock Off in the 40'
  • No. 5, Samuel Whitelock Lock
  • No. 6, Jerome Kaino Flanker Off in the 61'
  • No. 7, Richie McCaw (c) Flanker
  • No. 8, Kieran Read Number 8
  • No. 9, Aaron Smith Scrum Half Off in the 67'
  • No. 10, Aaron Cruden Fly Half Off in the 60'
  • No. 11, Julian Savea Wing
  • No. 12, Sonny Bill Williams Centre
  • No. 13, Conrad Smith Centre Off in the 47'
  • No. 14, Ben Smith Wing
  • No. 15, Israel Dagg Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Keven Mealamu On in the 61'
  • No. 17, Ben Franks On in the 60'
  • No. 18, Charlie Faumuina On in the 47'
  • No. 19, Patrick Tuipulotu On in the 40'
  • No. 20, Liam Messam On in the 67'
  • No. 21, TJ Perenara On in the 67'
  • No. 22, Beauden Barrett On in the 60'
  • No. 23, Ryan Crotty On in the 47'

Referee: Nigel Owens. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2012 – 2014

01 21 Jun 2014
Test matches · Third Test Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

New Zealand 36–13 England England lost

England tries: Marland Yarde 43'

New Zealand tries: Julian Savea 4', Julian Savea 8', Aaron Smith 27', Aaron Smith 34', Julian Savea 82'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 21 June 2014

02 14 Jun 2014
Test matches · Second Test Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

New Zealand 28–27 England England lost

England tries: Marland Yarde 7', Mike Brown 71', Chris Ashton 81'

New Zealand tries: Ben Smith 43', Julian Savea 49', Ma'a Nonu 64'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 14 June 2014

04 16 Nov 2013
Test matches · Test match Twickenham, London

England 22–30 New Zealand England lost

England tries: Joe Launchbury 24'

New Zealand tries: Julian Savea 2', Kieran Read 17', Julian Savea 64'

Match page: England v New Zealand, 16 November 2013

05 1 Dec 2012
Test matches · Test match Twickenham, London

England 38–21 New Zealand England won

England tries: Brad Barritt 54', Chris Ashton 58', Manu Tuilagi 62'

New Zealand tries: Julian Savea 48', Kieran Read 51', Julian Savea 75'

Match page: England v New Zealand, 1 December 2012

Official meetings since 1889

England v New Zealand stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings48In our results database
England wins10England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
New Zealand wins36New Zealand victories

England have scored 700 points to New Zealand's 1096 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Chris Ashton

3 tries against New Zealand in matches we hold scorer data for.

New Zealand · Fixture leader

8

Julian Savea

New Zealand's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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