History of rugby union matches between England and New Zealand

Illustration by Frank Gillett showing the first England vs New Zealand game at Crystal Palace attended by a then-record crowd of at least 50,000. It was also the game which earned New Zealand the nickname "All Blacks".

The National Rugby Union teams of England and New Zealand have been playing each other in test rugby since 1905, with the first meeting between the two nations being on 2 December 1905, when the All Blacks were in England as part of their European and North America Tour. The All Blacks won 15-0 with their points coming from five tries, of which four were scored by winger Duncan McGregor. ^[1] Their next meeting was on the All Blacks Invincibles tour of 1924-25. The match was most notable for the sending off of All Black lock Cyril Brownlie, who became the first player to ever be sent off in a test match. ^[2] In 1936 England defeated the All Blacks for the first time when England winger Prince Alexander Obolensky scored two tries during a 13–0 victory at Twickenham Stadium. The All Blacks have never lost more than two consecutive matches to England (once, on losses in November 2002 and then June 2003), and have dominated the rivalry between the teams. Of the 46 matches between them, New Zealand have won 36 and England 8, with two draws.

In 2008, the Hillary Shield was introduced as the trophy to be contested in matches between the two teams.

Hillary Shield

Main article: Hillary Shield

The Hillary Shield has been awarded to the winner of England – New Zealand test matches since 2008. The shield is only contested in non-World Cup matches, and is named in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary — the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It was also conceived to recognise the links between New Zealand and England. When the shield was unveiled in 2008 by New Zealand's Prime Minister at the time, Helen Clark, and Hillary's widow, Lady June Hillary, Clark said of Hillary "He was part of a British expedition when he conquered Mt Everest shortly after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II". ^[3]

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by England	Won by New Zealand	Drawn	England points	New Zealand points
In England	27	5	20	2	383	535
In New Zealand	17	2	15	0	242	494
Neutral venue	2	1	1	0	48	52
Overall	46	8	36	2	673	1081

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Record	England	New Zealand
Longest winning streak	2 (9 Nov 2002 – 12 Jun 2004)	9 (12 Jun 2004 – 1 Dec 2012)
Largest points for
Home	38 (1 Dec 2012)	64 (20 Jun 1998)
Away	27 (14 Jun 2014)	45 (18 Jun 1995)
Largest winning margin
Home	17 (1 Dec 2012)	42 (20 Jun 1998)
Away	12 (26 Oct 2019)	26 (29 Nov 2008)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	2 December 1905	Crystal Palace, London	0 – 15	New Zealand	1905–06 New Zealand tour
2	3 January 1925	Twickenham, London	11 – 17	New Zealand	1924–25 New Zealand tour
3	4 January 1936	Twickenham, London	13 – 0	England	1935–36 New Zealand tour
4	30 January 1954	Twickenham, London	0 – 5	New Zealand	1953–54 New Zealand tour
5	25 May 1963	Eden Park, Auckland	21 – 11	New Zealand	1963 England tour
6	1 June 1963	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	9 – 6	New Zealand
7	4 January 1964	Twickenham, London	0 – 14	New Zealand	1963–64 New Zealand tour
8	4 November 1967	Twickenham, London	11 – 23	New Zealand	1967 New Zealand tour
9	6 January 1973	Twickenham, London	0 – 9	New Zealand	1972–73 New Zealand tour
10	15 September 1973	Eden Park, Auckland	10 – 16	England	1973 England tour
11	25 November 1978	Twickenham, London	6 – 16	New Zealand	1978 New Zealand tour
12	24 November 1979	Twickenham, London	9 – 10	New Zealand	1979 New Zealand tour
13	19 November 1983	Twickenham, London	15 – 9	England	1983 New Zealand tour
14	1 June 1985	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	18 – 13	New Zealand	1985 England tour
15	8 June 1985	Athletic Park, Wellington	42 – 15	New Zealand
16	3 October 1991	Twickenham, London	12 – 18	New Zealand	1991 Rugby World Cup Pool Stage
17	27 November 1993	Twickenham, London	15 – 9	England	1993 New Zealand tour
18	18 June 1995	Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa	45 – 29	New Zealand	1995 Rugby World Cup Semi-final
19	22 November 1997	Old Trafford, Manchester	8 – 25	New Zealand	1997 New Zealand tour
20	6 December 1997	Twickenham, London	26 – 26	draw
21	20 June 1998	Carisbrook, Dunedin	64 – 22	New Zealand	1998 England tour
22	27 June 1998	Eden Park, Auckland	40 – 10	New Zealand
23	9 October 1999	Twickenham, London	16 – 30	New Zealand	1999 Rugby World Cup Pool Stage
24	9 November 2002	Twickenham, London	31 – 28	England	2002 Autumn International
25	14 June 2003	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	13 – 15	England	2003 England tour
26	12 June 2004	Carisbrook, Dunedin	36 – 3	New Zealand	2004 England tour
27	19 June 2004	Eden Park, Auckland	36 – 12	New Zealand
28	19 November 2005	Twickenham, London	19 – 23	New Zealand	2005 Autumn International
29	5 November 2006	Twickenham, London	20 – 41	New Zealand	2006 Autumn International
30	14 June 2008	Eden Park, Auckland	37 – 20	New Zealand	2008 England tour
31	21 June 2008	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	44 – 12	New Zealand
32	29 November 2008	Twickenham, London	6 – 32	New Zealand	2008 Autumn International
33	21 November 2009	Twickenham, London	6 – 19	New Zealand	2009 Autumn International
34	6 November 2010	Twickenham, London	16 – 26	New Zealand	2010 Autumn International
35	1 December 2012	Twickenham, London	38 – 21	England	2012 Autumn International
36	16 November 2013	Twickenham, London	22 – 30	New Zealand	2013 Autumn International
37	7 June 2014	Eden Park, Auckland	20 – 15	New Zealand	2014 England tour
38	14 June 2014	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	28 – 27	New Zealand
39	21 June 2014	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	36 – 13	New Zealand
40	8 November 2014	Twickenham, London	21 – 24	New Zealand	2014 Autumn International
41	10 November 2018	Twickenham, London	15 – 16	New Zealand	2018 Autumn International
42	26 October 2019	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	19 – 7	England	2019 Rugby World Cup Semi-final
43	19 November 2022	Twickenham, London	25 – 25	draw	2022 Autumn International
44	6 July 2024	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	16 – 15	New Zealand	2024 England tour
45	13 July 2024	Eden Park, Auckland	24 – 17	New Zealand	2024 England tour
46	2 November 2024	Twickenham, London	22 – 24	New Zealand	2024 Autumn International
47	15 November 2025	Twickenham, London	TBD	TBD	2025 Autumn International

List of series

Played	Won by England	Won by New Zealand	Drawn
8	0	8	0

Year	England	New Zealand	Series winner	Hillary Shield
1963	0	2	New Zealand	N/A
1985	0	2	New Zealand
1997	0	1	New Zealand
1998	0	2	New Zealand
2004	0	2	New Zealand
2008	0	2	New Zealand
2014	0	3	New Zealand
2024	0	2	New Zealand

References

1. "THE 1905/06 'ORIGINALS'". rugbymuseum.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
2. Cyril Brownlie at the All Blacks (archived)
3. Trevett, Claire (23 October 2008). "All Blacks vs England game to commemorate Sir Edmund Hillary". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

• "New Zealand v England Head to Head". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
• "Pick and Go Test match results database". lassen.co.nz. Retrieved 2008-06-17.