England go close but All Blacks have enough to take honours

By NICK CAIN

New Zealand.................... 16pts

Tries: Reece 16, Savea 25
Penalties: McKenzie 55, 66
England .............................. 15pts

Tries: Itoje 21, Feyi-Waboso 48
Conversion: Smith 22
Penalty: Smith 40+4

Try time: Ardie Savea gets the second try for New Zealand

England may have rattled and rolled New Zealand at times in Dunedin yesterday, but it was still a case of so near, yet so far, for Steve Borthwick’s new-model side in a pulsating opening Test in which both teams scored two tries and the lead changed hands five times.
Ultimately, however, it was New Zealand, w...

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