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• England beat New Zealand at Twickenham in December 2012 for the first time in 10 attempts - but have lost the subsequent four meetings.

• England's 38-21 victory in 2012 is their highest points tally and biggest margin of victory against New Zealand.

• The All Blacks have won 31 of the 39 meetings, losing seven and drawing 26-26 in 1997.

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And why is Martin (see below) suggesting Wales would be "so lucky, lucky, lucky" to beat Australia.

Well that would be because Australia have won nine in a row against the Welsh.

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England changed their pre-match routine before the Six Nations meeting with Ireland earlier this year,, external parking their team bus further away from the stadium than usual so that Chris Robshaw and his troops could walk through the West Car Park and soak up some of the support.

They won that day and the tactic has been given another go today.

Half an hour to kick-off.

Martin Howells:, external Talk about psychological boost - if Wales win this they'll feel better than waking up with Kylie! We'd be so lucky, lucky, lucky!

"Everything can change," says Australia coach Michael Cheika, and he would know better than anyone.

A month ago Ewen McKenzie was still in charge of the Wallabies but he resigned after a defeat by New Zealand following a run of poor results and off-field rows.

Former Leinster coach Cheika, the only coach to win both the Super Rugby and Heineken Cup titles, stepped up to add the Wallabies role to his one in charge of New South Wales Waratahs.

England Rugby tweets, external the all important news: Chris Robshaw won the toss against Richie McCaw; England will kick off #comeonengland ENGvNZ

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Jeremy Guscott
Former England centre

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"England should have noticed how much ground South Africa made off line-outs in their last game when they beat the All Blacks 27-25 in the Rugby Championship last month.

"On two occasions, the Boks won clean ball off the top of line-outs on halfway, got it into the scrum-half's hands and sharply out to the three-quarters.

"There were a couple of dummy runners, nothing amazing but enough to cause the New Zealand centres slight indecision, and each time it created the chance to allow full-back Willie Le Roux to get outside Conrad Smith."

Read more of Jeremy's thoughts ahead of kick-off.

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Where will the game be won and lost today?

You might expect a dashing centre like former England and British and Irish Lions star Jeremy Guscott to be drawn to the glamour boys out wide.

But, ever one with an eye for the unexpected, he has plumped for the line-out as the area that England can get at the All Blacks.

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BBC Radio 5 live reporter at the Millennium Stadium

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Kickers out, band playing, atmos building at the Millennium ahead of Wales v Australia. Closed roof and new pitch points to points.

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Former England fly-half Rob Andrew on BBC Radio 5 live: "It is really important going into a World Cup that the players have the victories under their belt and two three wins is what England they should be aiming for over the next few weeks."

After a sobering reminder of the risks the players take every time they step onto the pitch, we turn our attentions back to this afternoon's game.

With less than 12 months until they meet at the World Cup you'd have thought the game would have even more riding on it than normally, wouldn't you?

Not if you're new Wallabies boss Michael Cheika apparently: "There is no marker ahead of the World Cup; I have never seen a game of rugby that has had an influence on another match in 12 months.

"Everything can change."

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Louis Mascarenhas:, external Hate to say it but sonny bill and Savea might just have a field day.... #ENGvsNZL

Dominic Dyer:, external Can see England competing for 80 minutes but coming up short by 2 points. Farrell and Eastmond to shine for England

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England coach Stuart Lancaster speaking to BBC Radio 5 live: "Just having got off the bus and felt the atmosphere, it is rocking. And that is as it should be - England v New Zealand at Twickenham is one of the great sporting occasions.

"You don't get the results without the performance, what I want to see is the lessons from the training field and our previous two games applied today."

Chris Robshaw has just been saying all the right things to the television cameras as he prepares to trot out for a the last few drills.

"Fresh" and "raring to go" is how he feels apparently.

The man he will be packing down behind might not be able to say the same. Second row Dave Attwood had to leave camp earlier this week to help fiancee Bridget swell the number of England supporters for today's game.

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"Extremely excited for the game today. Got myself a special little fan for it as well!," he wrote on Twitter., external

Adam Payne:, external Good luck Wales today lets get a good win and good start to the autumn series #WALvAUS

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Australia's Quade Cooper has been to visit Wales and Cardiff Blues centre Owen Williams as he continues his recovery from a serious spinal injury.

The 23-year-old centre, who has won four Wales caps, was injured playing for Blues in Singapore during the summer.

His father spoke to BBC Wales' Scrum V programme in September about how Owen is doing.

Australia fly-half Cooper, who is on the bench for today's game, tweeted the picture above., external

"Great meeting @Owilliams91, external today! Such an inspiration with his strength of character! #StayStrongForOws" tweeted Cooper.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Twickenham

Classic British autumnal day at Twickenham pre England v All Blacks - mild, grey, never raining properly, never actually not raining

Things are already warming up at Twickenham.

Give it 357 days and they really will be jumping with the World Cup final just hours away.

The man who started the 2011 showpiece for New Zealand - Aaron Cruden - is in harness again today for the All Blacks as Dan Carter feels his way back from a serious leg injury.

This is how he compare with England's key man Owen Farrell.

Yes, much as he rattles across those keys, not even Mike could watch two games at once, so I'll be your guide to matters in Cardiff.

On 10 September next year Wales meet Australia in what looks set to be the decisive match in who qualifies from Pool A at the 2015 World Cup.

Our two combatants at the Millennium Stadium today, along with World Cup hosts England, are the teams likely to be fighting for the two knockout places from the pool.

And as we know, three into two just does not go. Can either team seize a psychological advantage today? Not long to wait to find out now.

Even the world speed-typing champion would struggle to keep across two games kicking off at the same time.

This live text is going to be a two-man show, with James Standley across all things Wales v Australia, while Mike Henson is your man for England v New Zealand.