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England
v New Zealand⁠

15–9

Full time

England v New Zealand finished 15–9.

Date
Saturday 27 November 1993 · England in 1993
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Ian Hunter (not used)
  • No. 17, Stuart Barnes (not used)
  • No. 18, Matt Dawson (not used)
  • No. 19, Graham Rowntree (not used)
  • No. 20, Graham Dawe (not used)
  • No. 21, John Hall (not used)

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Olo Brown Prop
  • No. 2, Sean Fitzpatrick (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Craig Dowd Prop
  • No. 4, Ian Jones Lock
  • No. 5, Steve Gordon Lock
  • No. 6, Jamie Joseph Flanker
  • No. 7, Zinzan Brooke Flanker
  • No. 8, Arran Pene Number 8
  • No. 9, Stu Forster Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Marc Ellis Fly Half
  • No. 11, Va'aiga Tuigamala Wing
  • No. 12, Frank Bunce Centre
  • No. 13, Eroni Clarke Centre
  • No. 14, Jeff Wilson Wing
  • No. 15, John Timu Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 17, Jon Preston (not used)
  • No. 18, Blair Larsen (not used)
  • No. 19, Paul Henderson (not used)
  • No. 20, Mark Allen (not used)
  • No. 21, Norm Hewitt (not used)

Referee: Freek Burger. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1979 – 1991

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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