Breakdown key battle areapublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 6 July
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Paul Grayson Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live
A massive area is going to be the breakdown because the Kiwis come at you hard. They want quick ball but when you have it they are second to none in terms of getting over the ball, jackalling and regaining possession.
The man in chargepublished at 07:59 British Summer Time 6 July
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Georgia's Nika Amashukeli referees New Zealand v England for the first time. He was an assistant referee when the sides drew 25-25 at Twickenham in November 2022.
Chris Jones BBC rugby union correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live
I am looking for white England shirts and I can't see many. There's one to my left but we might be looking at under 100 England fans and the rest are New Zealand fans, and they're all wearing black!
Line-upspublished at 07:55 British Summer Time 6 July
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Here's a look at the line-ups in full:
England: G Furbank; I Feyi-Waboso, H Slade, O Lawrence, T Freeman; M Smith, A Mitchell; J Marler, J George (capt), W Stuart; M Itoje, G Martin; C Cunningham-South, S Underhill, B Earl.
Replacements: T Dan, F Baxter, D Cole, A Coles, T Curry, B Spencer, F Smith, O Sleightholme.
New Zealand: S Perofeta; S Reece, R Ioane, J Barrett, M Tele'a; D McKenzie, T Perenara; E de Groot, C Taylor, T Lomax, S Barrett (capt), P Tuipulotu, S Finau, D Papali’i, A Savea.
Replacements: A Aumua, O Tu’ungafasi, F Newell, T Vaa'i, L Jacobson, F Christie, A Lienert-Brown, B Barrett.
New faces but plenty of experiencepublished at 07:54 British Summer Time 6 July
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Scott Barrett captains the All Blacks for the first time and there are recalls for the experienced TJ Perenara at scrum-half, winger Sevu Reece, flanker Samipeni Finau and full-back Stephen Perofeta, who starts ahead of Beauden Barrett.
There might be a few new faces around but the squad still contains plenty of experience with the likes of Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane and Damien McKenzie.
Perenara and Reece are back in the starting line-up after long injury breaks.
Perenara is set to play his first Test in nearly two years after rupturing his Achilles during the All Blacks 25-25 draw with England in London in 2022 - the last time the sides met - while Reece has missed most of last season with a knee injury.
The All Blacks have not played England in New Zealand since 2014 when the home side won the series 3-0. Perenara, Patrick Tuipulotu and Beauden Barrett are the only players in the current squad who played back then.
Two changes for Englandpublished at 07:53 British Summer Time 6 July
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England have made two changes to the team that started the win over Japan.
Both come in the front row where Joe Marler,
who is set to win his 95th cap, and Bath’s Will Stuart come in at
prop in place of Dan Cole, who is named among the replacements and Bevan Rodd,
who drops out of the squad.
Harlequins prop Fin Baxter and Northampton winger
Ollie Sleightholme, the Premiership’s top try-scorer last season, are set to
make their international debuts from the bench. Alex Coles and Ben Spencer also
come into the squad.
Cole will earn his 114th cap if he comes off the bench, equalling Jason Leonard’s total. The backline is unchanged from Tokyo with
Marcus Smith keeping the fly-half shirt and Saints Premiership title winner Fin
Smith among the substitutes.
'We have got to play like New Zealand' - Whitelockpublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 6 July
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The retired Sam Whitelock has urged Scott Robertson to be true to
New Zealand’s identity as the former Crusaders coach starts a new era of All
Blacks rugby.
“As long as, whatever happens, we back our strength. That has always
been our way of playing, our style, our flair,” Whitelock told the Rugby Union
Weekly podcast.
“Whatever happens we’ve got to back what we are really good at.
There is no point us trying to play like England, or South Africa or Australia.
"We have got to play like New Zealand, and play the way we know how to.”