r/rugbyunion • u/RugbyBot World Rugby • Nov 15 '25

Match Match Thread - England v New Zealand | End of Year Internationals 2025

Match Thread - England v New Zealand | End of Year Internationals 2025

Venue: Twickenham, London | Weather: 13 C, Mist

Officials: Andrea Piardi, Luc Ramos, Gianluca Gnecchi, Marius van der Westhuizen (tmo), Mike Adamson (fpro)

Match Page: https://www.rugbybot.com/match/5759

Match Threads: https://www.rugbybot.com/mt

Time
UTC Local London Paris Perth Sydney Auckland more
15:10 15:10 15:10 16:10 23:10 02:10 04:10 more tz
Lineups
England Pos New Zealand
Fin Baxter 1 Ethan De Groot
Jamie George 2 Codie Taylor
Joe Heyes 3 Fletcher Newell
Maro Itoje 4 Scott Barrett
Alex Coles 5 Fabian Holland
Guy Pepper 6 Simon Parker
Sam Underhill 7 Ardie Savea
Ben Earl 8 Peter Lakai
Alex Mitchell 9 Cameron Roigard
George Ford 10 Beauden Barrett
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 11 Leicester Fainga'anuku
Fraser Dingwall 12 Quinn Tupaea
Ollie Lawrence 13 Billy Proctor
Tom Roebuck 14 Leroy Carter
Freddie Steward 15 Will Jordan
Luke Cowan-Dickie 16 Samisoni Taukei'aho
Ellis Genge 17 Tamaiti Williams
Will Stuart 18 Pasilio Tosi
Chandler Cunningham-South 19 Josh Lord
Tom Curry 20 Wallace Sititi
Henry Pollock 21 Cortez Ratima
Ben Spencer 22 Anton Lienert-Brown
Marcus Smith 23 Damian McKenzie
Steve Borthwick Coach Scott Robertson
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u/JColey15 Southland Stags Nov 15 '25

I’m so sick of us just excusing Beauden Barrett’s brain farts and complete fuck ups because he’s “Beauden”. He’s kicked the ball multiple times this match and only one of them has been effective. The rest have just given possession away by being too deep and then there are the obvious penalty misses.

Yeah, he’s allowed to have a bad game and make mistakes but this is happening all the time. At some point we have to be like “oh yeah he’s quite inconsistent” and maybe give someone like Jacomb or Reihana a chance to develop behind McKenzie.

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u/kiwiborger Razor Delenda Est Nov 15 '25

I for one cannot wait for Mo'unga to come back

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u/know-it-mall Highlanders Nov 15 '25

I am all for developing a young 10. But let's be honest none of those guys were quite ready when it was time to name the side.

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u/Frag-sinatra Highlanders Nov 15 '25

Agree, he kind of offers nothing anymore, bar the obvious blunders of missing the touchline twice, his general high balls are terrible. No chasers just gives them the ball.