{"id":136744,"date":"2025-11-15T18:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/136744\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:24:06","slug":"all-blacks-v-england-grand-hopes-slammed-shut-as-england-earn-famous-win-at-twickenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/136744\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks v England: Grand hopes slammed shut as England earn famous win at Twickenham"},"content":{"rendered":"

After late great escapes against Ireland in Chicago and Scotland at Murrayfield where individual brilliance saved the All Blacks,<\/a> Scott Robertson\u2019s men ran out of puff and get out of jail cards.<\/p>\n

This time, their inconsistencies bit hard.<\/p>\n

The quest for a first Grand Slam in 15 years was within the All Blacks\u2019 grasp as they compiled a 12-0 lead inside the opening 20 minutes but, from then on, they were second best to concede 25 unanswered points and again leave themselves chasing the game.<\/p>\n

At Twickenham, of all venues, where the vast majority of the vocal 81,953 crowd are baying for blood, that\u2019s an incredibly difficult task.<\/p>\n

By the finish, as the English savoured their 10th straight win, swing low was in full voice.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s second-largest win and second-most points against the All Blacks gave the locals every reason to rejoice.<\/p>\n

While the All Blacks\u2019 lineout pressured England, they increasingly struggled to apply pressure elsewhere – and eventually lost all shape. Their static attack in particular seemed bereft of of ideas. <\/p>\n

In the closing stages, with starting halves Beauden Barrett and Cam Roigard departing early in the second half, the All Blacks unravelled.<\/p>\n

They will rue their lack of accuracy, with handling errors at crucial times, missing touch from penalties in the first half and Codie Taylor\u2019s harsh yellow card compounding frustrations.<\/p>\n

History repeated for the All Blacks with a second successive poor start to the second half.<\/p>\n

They have struggled with third-quarter fades this year.<\/p>\n

Just like last week at Murrayfield, where they conceded three yellow cards to collapse in that period against Scotland, another costly card, this time to Taylor for a cynical hand in the ruck, gifted England the platform to gain the lead for the first time.<\/p>\n

From there, England largely kept their foot on the All Blacks\u2019 throat.<\/p>\n

Even Ben Earl\u2019s yellow card didn\u2019t thwart England\u2019s charge.<\/p>\n

Riding their one-man advantage early in the second spell England had a try ruled out for an offside at the lineout, but soon after Sam Underhill could not be denied. When Fraser Dingwall waltzed through not long after, England were in complete control.<\/p>\n

\"FraserFraser Dingwall scores against the All Blacks. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t solely a Grand Slam on the line for the All Blacks at Twickenham.<\/p>\n

A third loss from 12 tests colours the complexion of Robertson\u2019s second season at the helm. <\/p>\n

The Bledisloe Cup is the only notable trophy in the cabinet after failing to win Rugby Championship, suffering the heaviest defeat in history to the Springboks in Wellington and their first loss in Argentina.<\/p>\n

Defeat, and the nature of it, ramps up pressure on underwhelming Robertson\u2019s reign. <\/p>\n

From the coaching staff to accuracy and tactics, vast improvements are clearly required. <\/p>\n

The All Blacks, already missing starters Jordie Barrett, Tupou Vaa\u2019i, Tyrel Lomax, Caleb Clarke and the experienced Patrick Tuipulotu through injury, were dealt a blow before kickoff after losing a third lock, Fabian Holland, due to illness. Josh Lord started in Holland\u2019s absence, with Sam Darry coming onto the bench.<\/p>\n

The opening quarter was a lesson in finishing. The All Blacks seized their chances, England squandered theirs.<\/p>\n

England signalled their intent by meeting the haka with a V-shaped formation \u2013 similar to their last win over the All Blacks at the 2019 World Cup semifinal.<\/p>\n

The hosts rode that emotion to savour all the early momentum but a botched Underhill offload, two wasteful kicks inside the red zone and scrambling All Blacks defence left England unable to convert pressure into points.<\/p>\n

After weathering England\u2019s initial onslaught, the All Blacks counterpunched. Ardie Savea nabbed a breakdown penalty and Scott Barrett pinched one of three first-half steals from England\u2019s lineout to lay the platform for Leicester Fainga\u02bbanuku to celebrate his first appearance at Twickenham with the opening try.<\/p>\n

Roigard\u2019s kicking from the base proved a lifeline at times for the All Blacks. His 50-22 put them in position for Beauden Barrett to send Will Jordan on the outside break from a well-executed scrum set move. When they swung back to the opposite corner, Taylor pushed the All Blacks out to lead 12-0. <\/p>\n

Issues under the high ball continued for the All Blacks, though, allowing England to consistently edge their way downfield. The All Blacks held up England lock Alex Coles but Leroy Carter couldn\u2019t stop Ollie Lawrence.<\/p>\n

Compounding unforced errors proved costly for the All Blacks with Beauden Barrett and Roigard missing touch from penalties.<\/p>\n

When the All Blacks could have pulled further ahead, those mistakes instead paved the way for George Ford to slot two drop goals and leave the contest there for the taking.<\/p>\n

While Barrett struggled Ford and England grabbed game by the scruff in the second half to hand the All Blacks a humbling reality check.<\/p>\n

With Wales to finish their year in Cardiff next week, the All Blacks have plenty to ponder.<\/p>\n

All Blacks 19 (Leicester Fainga\u02bbanuku, Codie Taylor, Will Jordan tries; Beauden Barrett con, Damian McKenzie con)<\/p>\n

England 33 (Ollie Lawrence, Sam Underhill, Fraser Dingwall, Tom Roebuck tries; George Ford 2 cons, pen, 2 drop goals) <\/p>\n

HT: 12-11<\/p>\n

Liam Napier<\/a> is a Senior Sports Journalist and Rugby Correspondent for the New Zealand Herald. He is a co-host of the Rugby Direct podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After late great escapes against Ireland in Chicago and Scotland at Murrayfield where individual brilliance saved the All…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5263,806,1975,8136,7491,1634,1444,10813,42,3012,43,6753,41401,40,38,41,39,40960,6027],"class_list":["post-136744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-all","tag-as","tag-at","tag-blacks","tag-earn","tag-england","tag-famous","tag-grand","tag-headlines","tag-hopes","tag-news","tag-shut","tag-slammed","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-twickenham","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}