All Blacks vs England chat

Plenty of cross kicks going on. 1 from England and two from NZ so far.

3-0 Engla nd.

Morning Pakie! Pom 15 comes inside on a tackle that was already made….NZ score.

Cracking offload from Sititi sends Tele' a through.

Howzit Moz.7-3

Stupid stuff from AB16 with an off the ball hit. T hey really do have discipline issues. Kickable penalty England. 7-6

Eng asleep at the base of the ruck and ABs nab it. Can't turn it into much though.

All Blacks looking terrible out back, getting nothing going.

Smith's effort results in a penalty for England, they can clear out of their 22.

Itoje now with a break and pass, good ground gained for Eng.

ALB drops the attacking kick, Eng gets it. Itoje rumbles down the touchline. Bit of kicky ping pong until Eng calls the mark and clears.

ABs looking very tentative. Eng looking far more composed. Jordie with a break getting them some go forward, but they're penalized at the tackle. Not able to build any rhythm or momentum.

Pathetic England defense…Genge on Jordan in space.

Another AB pass falls in empty space.

Jordan slips through on the simple inside angle and the ABs manage to score. Eng will kick themselves for that.

14-6, it's been closer than that but the ABs will take it.

Cane penalized for taking the man without the ball. Penalty count AB 6-1 Eng. Should be 14-9 and is.

Unbelievable Genge and co get a scrum penalty.

Huge hit by Eng 6 on AB 5.

Smith’s trajectory just like Pollard

Second Eng scr um penalty isn't it?

So apart from 2 tries that were helped by poor defense, England has definitely looked the better side. ABs has plenty of ball but they're not doing all that much with it. 14-12 now.

Now Eng9's kick is charged which gives the ABs another soft opportunity.

And yet again they can't hold on to the ball. Sititi though picks up the scraps for a great run only for another pass to go to ground. Two knocks in two moves.

Interesting how the Pom tighthead going low is forcing Williams to extend and become vulnerable to losing his footing. Pretty even game so far.

14-12 to ABs at the half. Two softish tries to ABs, but scrum dominance, tackle dominance and penalties all to England. AB s very inaccurate in execution, lots of errors and knocks. Not much of a spectacle.

Magnificent play by Smith…great try England

Another AB backline move ends in tatters and this time England gets the try.

My feed stuttered right at the wrong time so I only saw the tail end of that try.

LOL, England clearing ABs ruck ball for them.

Whole new front row on for Eng.

England have been excellent. Marcus Smith has totally outplayed Beauden Barrett today.

I suspect the All Blacks outside backs are still going to make the difference today. One of Jordan, Telea or Clarke is still going to win this for the ABs.