NZL
No.Name
7Richie McCaw, FL
1Tony Woodcock, P
6Jerome Kaino, FL
8Kieran Read, -
2Dane Coles, H
3Owen Franks, P
5Sam Whitelock, L
9Aaron Smith, SH
T
2
4Brodie Retallick, L
15Ben Smith, FB
14Cory Jane, W
13Malakai Fekitoa, C
12Ma'a Nonu, C
11Julian Savea, W
T
3
10Aaron Cruden, FH
3
Replacements
16Keven Mealamu, -
17Wyatt Crockett, -
18Charlie Faumuina, -
19Patrick Tuipulotu, -
20Liam Messam, -
21TJ Perenara, -
22Beauden Barrett, -
23Ryan Crotty, -

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: FMG (Waikato) Stadium
12:35 AM, June 21, 2014
Attendance: 25,800
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

100'England much better in the second half but you have to suspect that some of that was because of a half-time bollocking as well as New Zealand perhaps dropping a gear after their brilliant first-half. We have now seen - as if we didn't know - how good the All Blacks are and while England are up there with the best of the rest, New Zealand are the team to beat. They take the series 3-0
83'36-13 End of half
83'36-13 End of half
82'Beauden Barrett gets the kick and with it denies England the consolation of winning the second half
81'Scrappy hands but play goes on. New Zealand running the ball ...... and they get their reward as they break the line and Savea completes his hat-trick, Ben Smith rides several weak tackles, slips it inside and that's that. Not deserved on the balance of play this half but Savea, who has been superb all day, was worth it
81'+236-13 End of second half
81'+236-13 Conversion - Beauden Barrett , New Zealand
81'+134-13 Try - Julian Savea , New Zealand
80'Chris Ashton with a spirited counter, England on the attack as the hooter shrills. They get a penalty and run it but lose possession and rather than get the ball off, the All Blacks themselves counter
79'New Zealand kick a penalty into the corner. Is there on last try left in this series? Nope, we have one last knock-on from the All Blacks
78'The game ending, much as the first half did, in the middle of the pitch
77'Substitute on - Patrick Tuipulotu , New Zealand
77'Player substituted - Brodie Retallick , New Zealand
76'For the third time this half England knock-on when they have the All Blacks under pressure. Ben Morgan the offender
75'New Zealand's turn to put in some massive defensive tackles, Marlon Yarde stopped in his track there to loud cheers
75'Substitute on - Tony Woodcock , New Zealand
75'Player substituted - Jerome Kaino , New Zealand
75'Substitute on - TJ Perenara , New Zealand
75'Player substituted - Aaron Smith , New Zealand
73'Another sweet move for England, click passing but they ran out of room on the left-hand side and the ball ended in touch. But full marks for trying to be different
73'Yellow card - Wyatt Crockett , New Zealand
72'England again win a penalty inside the NZ 22 and that's once too often for Jerome Garces, who warned McCaw only a few minutes ago, and Wyatt Crockett gets the card after being on for less than ten minutes. New Zealand will finish the game a man down
72'Player substituted - Ben Youngs , England
72'Substitute on - Lee Dickson , England
70'Brilliant run for Marlon Yarde, carving a hold through the New Zealand midfield and he was eventually hauled down deep in the 22 by Savea after starting in his own half. Great break, superb tackle
69'MIke Brown again caught when he had the option of a pass into space and that puts England on the back foot
67'Good break, Cipriani almost punches a hole in the defence but again Burrell knocks-on when it matters, New Zealand counter and within seconds an England chance becomes a penalty inside their own half
66'England bundled into touch just short but they have the penalty inside the All Black 22. Jerome Garces gives Richie McCaw a lecture as well. Kick to the corner and England win the lineout
66'Player substituted - Joe Launchbury , England
66'Substitute on - Dave Attwood , England
66'Substitute on - Matt Mullan , England
66'Player substituted - Joe Marler , England
65'England working hard in the pack and prepared to run the ball. England dominating territorially in this half but only the one score to show for it
64'Substitute on - Wyatt Crockett , New Zealand
64'Player substituted - Tony Woodcock , New Zealand
64'Player substituted - Malakai Fekitoa , New Zealand
64'Substitute on - Ryan Crotty , New Zealand
62'A good and penetrating England attack comes to an end as Luther Burrell knock-on, but Marlon Yarde's pace started that
60'Crowd now resorting to a Mexican wave. The game deserves more than that even if it has had a quiet five or six minutes
60'England welcome half-time much as a pummelled boxer welcomes the end of the round. That was a lesson in rugby and quite brutal. And it is hard to see what England can do to stem the flow, such has been the gulf
60'Player substituted - Freddie Burns , England
60'Substitute on - Danny Cipriani , England
59'Freddie Burns fails to find touch from a penalty but New Zealand knock on as they run the return. A bit scrappy at the moment but understandable after the intensity of the first 50
59'Player substituted - Owen Franks , New Zealand
59'Substitute on - Charlie Faumuina , New Zealand
59'Substitute on - Rob Webber , England
59'Player substituted - Dylan Hartley , England
57'New Zealand almost found the gap but Ben Morgan with a good tackle which produces a forward pass and England have the scrum
57'Player substituted - Billy Vunipola , England
57'Substitute on - Ben Morgan , England
57'Player substituted - David Wilson , England
57'Substitute on - Kieran Brookes , England
56'Ben Morgan on for the below-par Billy Vunipola, Kieran Brookes on for David Wilson
55'Savea is human - he knocks-on the ball in the tackle and England have relief but Hartley gives an appalling forward pass to Ashton and the ball goes into touch on the try line. England had the advantage from the knock-on and blew it
53'And the answer is the defence is more organised, but nevertheless Jerome Garces gives a penalty to the All Blacks in front of the post which they kick to touch rather than take the points. They want to turn the screw not take easy points
52'England under pressure, and again their tackling is less than comprehensive but they are at least holding the attacks
50'New Zealand now on the attack, this will test whether England have sorted out the dire defence we saw before the break
49'Ma'a Nonu with a marvellous kick which bobbles into touch three metres from the England line. They win the lineout and their scrum drives them outside the 22
48'This is England's best few minutes, they look far more threatening than at any stage in the first half. Beware the All Black counterattack
45'New Zealand scrum holds like a rock, turns and they win the next put-in
45'Player substituted - Aaron Cruden , New Zealand
45'Substitute on - Beauden Barrett , New Zealand
45'Substitute on - Keven Mealamu , New Zealand
45'Player substituted - Dane Coles , New Zealand
44'England again look to drive over, Manu Tuilagi to Marlon Yarde who is held up over the line, turned well by the tackler as he went over
44'29-13 Conversion - Freddie Burns , England
43'Freddie Burns kicks the conversion and a better start to the half. But one hell of a long way to go
43'29-11 Try - Marland Yarde , England
42'England attack with purpose for about the first time, Ben Youngs makes the break, switches to Manu Tuilagi who piles through to within a metre of the line and Marlon Yarde sees a gap and piles over
41'Substitute on - Luther Burrell , England
41'Player substituted - Kyle Eastmond , England
41'Substitute on - Liam Messam , New Zealand
41'Player substituted - Kieran Read , New Zealand
41'29-6 End of first half
40'29-6 Start of second half
39'The half ends with a series of scrums in the middle of the pitch
35'Aimless kick from Burns concedes possession and sums up that England have no Plan B. Every straw being clutched at
35'29-6 Conversion - Aaron Cruden , New Zealand
34'Aaron Cruden. Right in front. Salt in a gaping wound
34'27-6 Try - Aaron Smith , New Zealand
33'But it's not going to last and Aron Smith goes over for his second and New Zealand's fourth. Quick hands, Ben Smith sells the dummy to Yarde and flicks to Smith and that's that. England are being sliced and diced and seem to have no answer to this
32'England just hold on as the All Blacks pile forward,. They look able to hold out until New Zealand have width and then it all goes wrong
31'Here we go ..., rolling maul sucks England in, Kyle Eastmond intercepts but it's brought back as Jerome Garces was playing advantage
29'New Zealand in attack look slick and dangerous. England look lumbering and blunt
29'Substitute on - Joe Launchbury , England
29'Player substituted - Dave Attwood , England
28'Joe Launchbury back on, Dave Attwood makes way
28'22-6 Conversion - Aaron Cruden , New Zealand
27'Aaron Cruden makes no mistake from the touchline. Only one miss so far and that one hit the post ...
27'20-6 Try - Aaron Smith , New Zealand
26'Aaron Smith scrambles over the line as England are carved open on the right this time, gaping holes and missed tackles. Referred to the TMO by Jerome Garces for a forward pass but they seem to look at replays of an earlier knock on. England unhappy but they should be more worried about their tackling than the TMO
24'Ashton with a good interception sets England on a counter, Brown kicks, gets one back, runs back and is held up. And then New Zealand counter. Brown opted to run the ball with two All Blacks in front of him and no support. Bad decision making
23'England weather the pressure well and clear. They have been utterly outplayed in the first quarter
22'Player substituted - Joe Launchbury , England
22'Substitute on - Dave Attwood , England
21'New ZEaland almost go over on the left - yet again - but Chris Ashton saves the day, slightly unwittingly, buy getting in the way of the pass and hipping it into touch, Launchbury has limped off too, Attwood on
21'Yellow card - Billy Vunipola , England
20'Billy Vunipola gets a yellow card for a high tackle. That's a bit harsh. And not what England, already up against it, need
20'15-6 Penalty goal - Freddie Burns , England
19'A few tedious boos but nothing like last week as Burns makes it 2 from 3 for him
18'New Zealand penalised for going in from the side. In range -about 40m out - so Burns will have another pop
17'The kind of kick Cruden would get in his sleep. England are in complete disarray
17'15-3 Penalty goal - Aaron Cruden , New Zealand
16'England penalised 6m out for using their hands on the ground. It looked as if it would be a quick tap penalty but they pause and opt for the easy three points
15'Momentary roars from the crowd as a kick charged down but New Zealand were offside. Burns clears. The reprieve might be no more than brief
14'Savea again in space as England's defence repeats earlier errors but this time saved by a forward pass. Every time the All Blacks attack England fall apart
12'Joe Marler penalised for not binding properly, that just adds to their problems as the scrum has been a rock in the matches so far
11'Conditions making handling hard (albeit not for Savea) as there has been heavy rain here ahead of the match and it's pouring again
10'12-3 Conversion - Aaron Cruden , New Zealand
9'Aaron Cruden with an easy two points. England have to sort their defence out or this could be a crushing
9'10-3 Try - Julian Savea , New Zealand
8'Two tries inside five minutes from Julian Savea, again England very narrow as they are sucked infield to defend, Savea picks a ball up off his toes and cuts inside, England all wrongfooted by that change of direction
8'5-3 Penalty goal - Freddie Burns , England
7'Freddie Burns gets England on the scoreboard with a routine penalty from inside the 22 after New Zealand caught offside when England attacked from the kick-off
4'Cruden's kick hits the post and bounces clear. He was either confident or knew it was missing as he wasn't even looking by the time it hit the woodwork
4'5-0 Try - Julian Savea , New Zealand
3'Great start for the All Blacks, win the lineout and England always scrambling as they committed to tackles, Julian Savea brushes off Mike Brown's tackle - not many can do that - and dives over in the corner
2'Freddie Burns misses from 46m after less than a minute, always going left
1'Poor start as England's kick-off fails to go 10m. Scrum back but they hassle from that and immediately win a penalty which Freddie Burns will go for. 46m out
1'It's wet, it's windy and there's no roof this week. But it promises to be a cracking game and it's the fourth sell-out in four for England on this tour. Some asking if England are up for this. Chris Robshaw: ""Only two English teams have ever come here and won so we've still got an opportunity to do something special. We want to leave achieving something and we've got a chance to do that. A lot of us probably won't get the opportunity to come here again as a touring party. It's a long time away until England come here next. We've got nothing to lose." Anthems. haka and usual pre-match rituals out of the way and we are ready for the final Test. If it's half as good as the first two we are in for a cracker. Pride at stake for England and a record for the All Blacks
1'0-0 Start of first half