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England
v New Zealand⁠

16–30

Full time

England v New Zealand finished 16–30.

New Zealand
Jeff Wilson 18', Jonah Lomu 58', Byron Kelleher 70'
Date
Saturday 9 October 1999 · England in 1999
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Carl Hoeft Prop
  • No. 2, Anton Oliver Hooker
  • No. 3, Craig Dowd Prop Off in the 30'
  • No. 4, Norm Maxwell Lock
  • No. 5, Robin Brooke Lock Off in the 66'
  • No. 6, Reuben Thorne Flanker
  • No. 7, Josh Kronfeld Flanker
  • No. 8, Taine Randell (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Justin Marshall Scrum Half Off in the 64'
  • No. 10, Andrew Mehrtens Fly Half Off in the 82'
  • No. 11, Jonah Lomu Wing
  • No. 12, Alama Ieremia Centre Off in the 68'
  • No. 13, Christian Cullen Centre
  • No. 14, Faalogo Tana Umaga Wing
  • No. 15, Jeff Wilson Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Daryl Gibson On in the 68'
  • No. 17, Tony Brown On in the 82'
  • No. 18, Byron Kelleher On in the 64'
  • No. 19, Andrew Blowers (not used)
  • No. 20, Royce Willis On in the 66'
  • No. 21, Greg Feek On in the 30'
  • No. 22, Mark Hammett (not used)

Referee: Peter Marshall. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1995 – 1998

01 27 Jun 1998
Test matches · Second Test Eden Park, Auckland

New Zealand 40–10 England England lost

England tries: Matt Dawson 27'

New Zealand tries: Jeff Wilson 5', Mark Mayerhofler 17', Jeff Wilson 57', Joeli Vidiri 57', Isitolo Maka 71', Taine Randell 78'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 27 June 1998

02 20 Jun 1998
Test matches · First Test Carisbrook, Dunedin

New Zealand 64–22 England England lost

England tries: Richard Cockerill 39', Matt Dawson 72', Tom Beim 76'

New Zealand tries: Taine Randell 5', Christian Cullen 31', Jonah Lomu 34', Christian Cullen 36', Jeff Wilson 49', Jeff Wilson 52', Josh Kronfeld 56', Taine Randell 62', Mark Mayerhofler 80'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 20 June 1998

03 6 Dec 1997
Test matches · Second Test Twickenham, London

England 26–26 New Zealand England drew

England tries: David Rees, Richard Hill, Lawrence Dallaglio

New Zealand tries: Walter Little, Andrew Mehrtens

Match page: England v New Zealand, 6 December 1997

05 18 Jun 1995
Rugby World Cup Newlands, Cape Town

New Zealand 45–29 England England lost

England tries: Rory Underwood 58', Will Carling 67', Will Carling 72', Rory Underwood 79'

New Zealand tries: Jonah Lomu 3', Josh Kronfeld 5', Jonah Lomu 25', Jonah Lomu 42', Graeme Bachop 51', Jonah Lomu 69'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 18 June 1995

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

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso

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

New Zealand · Fixture leader

8

Jonah Lomu

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

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