New Zealand, England Clash of Titans

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The England team for their Saturday (8.30 p.m. kickoff) match against New Zealand has been announced by Eddie Jones. At inside center, captain Owen Farrell will make his 100th England appearance. Only the third England men's player to reach 100 caps, Farrell made his debut against Scotland in February 2012.


For his 100th All Blacks Test, Brodie Retallick has been selected to start by Ian Foster, Joe Schmidt, and Jason Ryan against England this weekend.

Along with captain Samuel Whitelock, the 31-year-old will join an elite company of only two other lock forwards in becoming the 12th All Black to accomplish the milestone.


England Rugby team to play New Zealand at Twickenham 

Starting:

15. Freddie Steward 

14. Jack Nowell (VC)

13. Manu Tuilagi

12. Owen Farrell (C) *100th Cap

11. Jonny May

10. Marcus Smith

9. Jack van Poortvliet


1. Ellis Genge (VC)

2. Luke Cowan-Dickie

3. Kyle Sinckler

4. Maro Itoje

5. Jonny Hill

6. Sam Simmonds

7. Tom Curry

8. Billy Vunipola


Replacements:

16. Jamie George

17. Mako Vunipola

18. Will Stuart

19. David Ribbans

20. Jack Willis

21. Ben Youngs

22. Guy Porter

23. Henry Slade


All Blacks match day 23 (Test caps in brackets):

1. Ethan de Groot 

2. Codie Taylor

3. Tyrel Lomax

4. Brodie Retallick  *100th Cap

5. Samuel Whitelock (Captain)

6. Scott Barrett 

7. Dalton Papali’i 

8. Ardie Savea 


9. Aaron Smith 

10. Richie Mo’unga 

11. Caleb Clarke 

12. Jordie Barrett

13. Rieko Ioane 

14. Mark Telea 

15. Beauden Barrett 


Replacements:

16. Samisoni Taukei’aho 

17. George Bower

18. Nepo Laulala 

19. Shannon Frizell

20. Hoskins Sotutu

21. TJ Perenara 

22. David Havili 

23. Anton Lienert-Brown


Here is the Head to Head in their last 10 meetings:

14th June 2008( Eden Park)

New Zealand 37, England 20.

21st June 2008 ( Christchurch)

New Zealand 44, England 12.

29th November 2008 ( Twickenham)

New Zealand 32, England 6

21st November 2009 ( Twickenham)

New Zealand 19, England 6

6th November 2010 (Twickenham)

New Zealand 26, England 16

1st December 2012 (Twickenham)

New Zealand 21, England 38

16th November 2013 (Twickenham)

New Zealand 30, England 22

7th June 2014 (Eden Park)

New Zealand 20, England 15.

14th June 2014 (Forsyth Barr)

New Zealand 28, England 27.

21st June 2014 (Waikato Stadium)

New Zealand 36, England 13.

8th November 2014( Twickenham)

New Zealand 24, England 21

10th November 2018 (Twickenham)

New Zealand 16, England 15.

26th October 2019( Nissan Stadium, Yokohama)

New Zealand 7, England 26.

19th November 2022( Twickenham)

New Zealand vs England

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