England vs New Zealand LIVE: Rugby result and reaction as England complete incredible comeback to snatch draw

England 25-25 New Zealand: Will Stuart scored two tries as England produced an incredible comeback from 25-6 down with nine minutes to go

Eddie Jones happy with England settling for draw

England burgled an outrageous 25-25 draw from New Zealand after being out of the running for most of the match, a late brace from Will Stuart helping them to a result which will nonetheless do little to quieten coach Eddie Jones’s critics.

Flanker Dalton Papali’i opened the scoring for New Zealand after just four minutes, appearing to read an English strike play off the tail of their lineout and intercepting Jack van Poortvliet’s pass to run 45 metres untouched. They added a second minutes later, Codie Taylor bundling over from a lineout after England were penalised at the scrum, and the hosts were in bad shape at 0-14 down inside ten minutes.

With England’s attack misfiring all day while New Zealand were for the most part clinical, adding a third through Rieko Ioane, it took until the final 10 minutes for some encouragement for the fractious home fans.

With seemingly nothing to lose, England exploded out of nowhere, Marcus Smith skipping through a gap to set up a close-range Stuart try and Freddie Steward rounding off a free-flowing attack to add another. The Twickenham crowd were delirious when Stuart went over again in the final minute, with Smith converting to complete a remarkable comeback.

Relive all from the autumn international between England and the All Blacks below:

England vs New Zealand

• FULL-TIME! England 25-25 New Zealand
• England complete remarkable comeback from 25-6 down with nine minutes to go to snatch a draw
• 79’ - TRY! Stuart barrels over again to incredibly tie it up (ENG 25-25 NZL)
• 74’ - TRY! Steward finishes off brilliant move including Ribbans exquisite offload (ENG 18-25 NZL)
• 72’ - TRY! Stuart awarded try after long review to give England hope (ENG 11-25 NZL)
• 50’ - TRY! Ioane scores scintillating, long-range try (ENG 6-22 NZL)
• 9’ - TRY! Taylor burrows overs to extend All Blacks lead (ENG 0-14 NZL)
• 4’ - TRY! Papali’i canters in for interception try (ENG 0-7 NZL)

[19 November 2022 13:42 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Scotland vs Argentina

Scotland are taking on Argentina at Murrayfield as Gregor Townsend’s men look to bounce back from agonising defeat by the All Blacks with a victory over the Pumas this afternoon.

The Scots came agonisingly close to a first-ever win over New Zealand, only to see the game slip away at the death as they fell to a 31-23 defeat in Edinburgh. It came after a similarly frustrating 16-15 loss to Australia, albeit with a win over Fiji in between the two results.

Argentina edged a thrilling three-match series between these two countries in South America earlier this year as Michael Cheika’s men clinched the decided in Santiago del Estero 34-31, but the Scots will fancy their chances of making amends here on home turf.