England rallied from 12-0 down with 25 unanswered points to beat a ragged New Zealand 33-19 on Saturday and claim their first victory over them since 2012, make it 10 wins in a row and end the All Blacks’ dream of a Grand Slam.
Leicester Fainga’anuku and Codie Taylor punished disorganised England defence with tries for an early 12-0 lead but a barrelling Ollie Lawrence run and two George Ford drop goals cut the deficit to a point at halftime.
Tries by Sam Underhill and Fraser Dingwall early in the second half put England 25-12 ahead but Will Jordan struck back for New Zealand to make it 25-19 with 25 minutes remaining and ramp up the tension.
However, a Ford penalty took England two scores ahead and Tom Roebuck put the icing on the cake with a try three minutes from time after a crowd-pleasing dribble by Henry Pollock.
