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England crush All Blacks’ Grand Slam dream

England ended the All Blacks’ Grand Slam hopes with a decisive 33-19 victory at Twickenham, overturning New Zealand’s strong start and halftime lead with a composed, controlled second-half performance.

While a harsh yellow card to Codie Taylor and the injury to Cam Roigard early in the second half disrupted the All Blacks’ momentum, England’s bench injected energy and helped deliver tries to Sam Underhill, Fraser Dingwall and Tom Roebuck, outpacing New Zealand despite Will Jordan’s reply.



The win — England’s first over the All Blacks since the 2019 World Cup semifinal and their first at Twickenham since 2012 — capped a well-executed English game plan that featured key drop goals from George Ford and standout play from young flanker Henry Pollock. New Zealand now head to Cardiff to face a struggling Wales in their final test of the season.

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