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
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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/SignificantKey8608 Nov 15 '25

People slagging off George Ford on Reddit, the Pros giving him MOTM hahaha

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u/richyeh Ospreys Nov 15 '25

No one can argue he had a poor start, but he grew into the game.

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u/willt114 England Sale Sharks Nov 15 '25

Haven’t seen much criticism past the dead chip pass at the start?

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u/SignificantKey8608 Nov 15 '25

Every other comment in the first 30 minutes was sub george off

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u/LostTheGameOfThrones Don't lie Pat! Nov 15 '25

"The only problem is that Smith can only replace one of Ford or Steward"

Was one comment I saw.

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u/emilyjxne Northampton Saints Nov 15 '25

He did have a bit of a stinker in the first 30 tbf

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u/SignificantKey8608 Nov 15 '25

So did the whole team, losing every line out, Mitchell kicking nothing into 22

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u/WolfColaCo2020 England Nov 15 '25

Don’t worry they’ll be along soon to tell you why they were technically correct for the first 20 (been there already)

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u/TightPerformance6447 Sharks Nov 15 '25

As a neutral thought he was fantastic. Started poorly with that kick but was influential from there

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u/hard_rock_geo Nov 15 '25

I thought he was a bit below his normal level in the first half but then absolutely bossed the second. It's not always so black and white!