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England
v New Zealand⁠

31–28

Full time

England v New Zealand finished 31–28.

New Zealand
Doug Howlett, Jonah Lomu, Jonah Lomu, Danny Lee
Date
Saturday 9 November 2002 · England in 2002
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, Joe McDonnell Prop
  • No. 2, Andrew Hore Hooker
  • No. 3, Kees Meeuws Prop
  • No. 4, Ali Williams Lock
  • No. 5, Keith Robinson Lock
  • No. 6, Taine Randell (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Marty Holah Flanker
  • No. 8, Sam Broomhall Number 8
  • No. 9, Steve Devine Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Carlos Spencer Fly Half Off in the 40'
  • No. 11, Jonah Lomu Wing
  • No. 12, Keith Lowen Centre
  • No. 13, Faalogo Tana Umaga Centre
  • No. 14, Doug Howlett Wing
  • No. 15, Ben Blair Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Keven Mealamu (not used)
  • No. 17, Carl Hayman (not used)
  • No. 18, Brad Mika (not used)
  • No. 19, Rodney So'oialo (not used)
  • No. 20, Danny Lee (not used)
  • No. 21, Andrew Mehrtens On in the 40'
  • No. 22, Mark Robinson (not used)

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 1999

01 9 Oct 1999
Rugby World Cup Twickenham, London

England 16–30 New Zealand England lost

England tries: Phil De Glanville 49'

New Zealand tries: Jeff Wilson 18', Jonah Lomu 58', Byron Kelleher 70'

Match page: England v New Zealand, 9 October 1999

02 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

03 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

04 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

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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