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New Zealand
v England⁠

13–15

Full time

New Zealand v England finished 13–15.

England
None
New Zealand
Doug Howlett 62'
Date
Saturday 14 June 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Dave Hewett Prop
  • No. 2, Anton Oliver Hooker Off in the 56'
  • No. 3, Greg Somerville Prop
  • No. 4, Chris Jack Lock
  • No. 5, Ali Williams Lock
  • No. 6, Reuben Thorne (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Richie McCaw Flanker
  • No. 8, Rodney So'oialo Number 8 Off in the 73'
  • No. 9, Justin Marshall Scrum Half Off in the 46'
  • No. 10, Carlos Spencer Fly Half
  • No. 11, Caleb Ralph Wing
  • No. 12, Faalogo Tana Umaga Centre
  • No. 13, Ma'a Nonu Centre
  • No. 14, Josevata Rokocoko Wing Off in the 72'
  • No. 15, Doug Howlett Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Keven Mealamu On in the 56'
  • No. 17, Carl Hoeft (not used)
  • No. 18, Brad Thorn (not used)
  • No. 19, Jerry Collins On in the 73'
  • No. 20, Steve Devine On in the 46'
  • No. 21, Daniel Carter (not used)
  • No. 22, Mils Muliaina On in the 72'

Referee: Stuart Dickinson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2002

01 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

02 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

03 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

04 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

05 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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