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England
v New Zealand⁠

19–23

Full time

England v New Zealand finished 19–23.

New Zealand
Faalogo Tana Umaga 17', Keven Mealamu 46'
Date
Saturday 19 November 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lee Mears (not used)
  • No. 17, Matt Stevens On in the 80'
  • No. 18, Louis Deacon (not used)
  • No. 19, Chris Jones (not used)
  • No. 20, Harry Ellis (not used)
  • No. 21, Olly Barkley (not used)
  • No. 22, Mark van Gisbergen (not used)

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tony Woodcock Prop Yellow card 59'
  • No. 2, Keven Mealamu Hooker
  • No. 3, Carl Hayman Prop
  • No. 4, Ali Williams Lock Off in the 68'
  • No. 5, Chris Jack Lock
  • No. 6, Jerry Collins Flanker
  • No. 7, Chris Masoe Flanker Yellow card 84' Off in the 61'
  • No. 8, Rodney So'oialo Number 8 Off in the 83'
  • No. 9, Byron Kelleher Scrum Half Off in the 78'
  • No. 10, Daniel Carter Fly Half
  • No. 11, Sitiveni Sivivatu Wing Off in the 80'
  • No. 12, Aaron Mauger Centre Off in the 85'
  • No. 13, Faalogo Tana Umaga (c) Centre
  • No. 14, Doug Howlett Wing
  • No. 15, Mils Muliaina Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andrew Hore (not used)
  • No. 17, Neemia Tialata Yellow card 69' On in the 61' Off in the 69'
  • No. 18, Jason Eaton On in the 68' Off in the 72'
  • No. 19, Mose Tuiali'i On in the 83'
  • No. 20, Piri Weepu On in the 78'
  • No. 21, Josevata Rokocoko On in the 80'
  • No. 22, Leon MacDonald On in the 85'

Referee: Alan Lewis. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2004

01 19 Jun 2004
Test matches · Second Test Eden Park, Auckland

New Zealand 36–12 England England lost

England tries: None

New Zealand tries: Daniel Carter 33', Josevata Rokocoko 47', Josevata Rokocoko 53', Josevata Rokocoko 65', Carlos Spencer 73'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 19 June 2004

02 12 Jun 2004
Test matches · First Test Carisbrook, Dunedin

New Zealand 36–3 England England lost

England tries: None

New Zealand tries: Carlos Spencer 12', Josevata Rokocoko 25', Doug Howlett 30'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 12 June 2004

04 9 Nov 2002
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 31–28 New Zealand England won

England tries: Ben Cohen, Jonny Wilkinson, Lewis Moody 40'

New Zealand tries: Doug Howlett, Jonah Lomu, Jonah Lomu, Danny Lee

Match page: England v New Zealand, 9 November 2002

05 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

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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