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All Blacks Struggle To Get Past England

11/11/2014

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All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw put up a splendid man of the match display as he helped his side overcome a fighting England team in a breathtaking match played at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon.

The English fans once again drowned the All Blacks Haka and that seemed to work in their advantage as Jonny May scored his first international try after an impressive outside break. Owen Farrell went wide with the resultant conversion.

May pushed for another try with his killer pace but he was timely brought down by the already bruised All Blacks defence. The All Blacks seemed rattled and England searched for their second try of the match when Eastmond sent a wonderful pass to Brown but the fullback dropped it.

Fly half Aeron Cruden silenced the Twickenham crowd on the 14 minute mark with a beautiful try. He, however, failed giving the visitors the lead when his conversion kick sailed off coast.

He was made to rue his miss when Farrell restored England’s lead 2 minutes later courtesy of a penalty goal.

England went 11-5 up in the 22nd minute after Farrell slotted a straight forward penalty. Dylan Hartley was penalised for a no arms tackle on Cruden, who slotted it from 40 meters to leave the score board reading 11-8.

Cruden levelled matters only for England to end the captivating half 14-11 thanks to Farrell’s penalty right at the stroke of the half.

New Zealand reaped the second half try chart open in the 46th minute following an easy run in for McCaw on the overlap after Read and Franks set it up. Cruden failed extending the 4 point lead.

The rains eventually started lashing down and Cole was yellow carded but the English failed to utilise. infact, replacement Barrett made no mistake squeezing his penalty kick in-between the sticks in the 66th minute.

With the World Cup not far off, the All Blacks ensured that they will return to England with a mission of proving they are the world’s greatest side, despite having lost to South Africa in October.

Final Score: England 21 New Zealand 24

Scorers

England:

Tries –  May

Penalty – Farrell (3)

Conversion – Farrell

Drop –

Cards –

New Zealand:

Tries – McCaw, Faumuina, Cruden

Penalty – Cruden (2), Barrett

Conversion –

Drop –

Cards –

Teams

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Bradd Barritt, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Jonny May, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Danny Care, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Dave Wilson, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler

New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Wyatt Crockett

By: Farai Diza
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