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England
v New Zealand⁠

20–41

Full time

England v New Zealand finished 20–41.

New Zealand
Aaron Mauger 22', Josevata Rokocoko 39', Carl Hayman 41', Daniel Carter 55'
Date
Sunday 5 November 2006 · England in 2006
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 On in the 75'
  • No. 17, Stuart Turner (not used)
  • No. 18, Chris Jones (not used)
  • No. 19, Magnus Lund On in the 60'
  • No. 20, Peter Richards On in the 66'
  • No. 21, Andy Goode (not used)
  • No. 22, Mark van Gisbergen (not used)

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tony Woodcock Prop Off in the 72'
  • No. 2, Keven Mealamu Hooker Off in the 75'
  • No. 3, Carl Hayman Prop Off in the 75'
  • No. 4, Chris Jack Lock
  • No. 5, Keith Robinson Lock
  • No. 6, Reuben Thorne Flanker Off in the 72'
  • No. 7, Richie McCaw (c) Flanker
  • No. 8, Chris Masoe Number 8 Yellow card 65'
  • No. 9, Byron Kelleher Scrum Half Off in the 68'
  • No. 10, Daniel Carter Fly Half
  • No. 11, Josevata Rokocoko Wing
  • No. 12, Aaron Mauger Centre
  • No. 13, Ma'a Nonu Centre
  • No. 14, Rico Gear Wing Off in the 70'
  • No. 15, Mils Muliaina Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andrew Hore On in the 75'
  • No. 17, John Afoa On in the 75'
  • No. 18, Clarke Dermody On in the 72'
  • No. 19, Rodney So'oialo On in the 72'
  • No. 20, Andy Ellis On in the 68'
  • No. 21, Leon MacDonald (not used)
  • No. 22, Sitiveni Sivivatu On in the 70'

Referee: Joel Jutge. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2002 – 2005

02 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

03 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

05 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

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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