Steve Borthwick’s side went toe-to-toe with the World Cup finalists and led 15-10 early in the second half
New Zealand's Sevu Reece breaks the tackle of England's Tommy Freeman to score a try during the first Test at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Imagesa rare win in New Zealand by prevailing 16-15 in a Dunedin dogfight on Saturday to claim the first Test of the series and give new coach Scott Robertson victory in his first match in charge.
“Immensely proud,” said All Blacks captain Scott Barrett. “We talked about just wearing them down with our ball carry and breakdown.It’ll take an extraordinary performance for Ireland to win South Africa. Anything less won’t suffice“They stayed in the arm-wrestle. That last quarter we managed to put them in their corner and sort of won that territory battle.
“Credit to the All Blacks in terms of how they played. A one-point game makes it exciting for next week.” A false line drive saw England hit back five minutes later, though, with Maro Itoje bursting over from a metre out after flanker Chandler Cunningham-South drove the ball to the line.
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