Summary

  • FT: New Zealand 16-14 England

  • Nightingale (2), Vatuvei for Kiwis

  • Hall (2) and Charnley for England

  • England relying on other results to make final

  1. Get involvedpublished at 06:34 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2014

    Call this an early start? Last weekend was an early start. After England met Australia at an eye-watering time of 05:00 GMT on Sunday, we're able to have a relative lie-in today.

    But most of you will still be lying under the duvet or flaked out on the sofa. Some of you may even be lucky enough to be down in Dunedin. Wherever you are, we want to know. So tell us where you are watching the game, by sending in your photos and selfies using the #rlbreakfast.

    We may even show some of these on the BBC Sport television coverage, which is under way right now on BBC Two, during the half-time interval. If you cannot get yourself in front of the TV, there is also coverage on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra from 06:55 GMT.

  2. Postpublished at 06:34 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2014

    Now Steve McNamara's men have an opportunity for retribution. Victory by 10 points or more will secure England's place in the Four Nations final where they could face the Kiwis again. Or Australia. Or Samoa. Anything can happen over the next 160 minutes of rugby league. Expect the unexpected.

  3. Postpublished at 06:32 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2014

    Yep, it really is 350 days since that heartbreaking semi-final defeat at Wembley. With less than a minute until the hooter, England had one foot in a World Cup final on home soil. Then that standing leg was swiped from underneath them in a moment of Kiwi magic.

    With his side trailing 18-14, half-back Shaun Johnson shimmied and danced through the tiring England defence to level, before keeping his cool in front of a baying home crowd to slot over the conversion. Silence inside the national stadium. England's World Cup dream was over - ripped into tatters and strewn all over the Wembley pitch.

  4. Postpublished at 06:16 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2014

    England v New ZealandImage source, Getty Images

    Revenge is a dish best served cold, so says that popular old expression. Today England will take revenge freezing cold, boiling hot, or even slightly lukewarm. However it arrives, they want it.

    Because if they beat New Zealand - those dastardly, World Cup final-robbing, old foes - then a place in the Four Nations showpiece could be guaranteed.