New Zealand come from behind to beat England 15-16
England 15-16 New Zealand, Twickenham Stadium
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New Zealand made a terrific comeback after being 15-0 down to beat England 15-16 during their November internationals face-off at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.
The game though had a controversial finish when Sam Underhill's late try was denied for an off side as the World Champions continued to dominate the head to head record over England after winning their 33rd match in 41 encounters between the two sides.
The two teams also met for the first time since they last played in 2014 and it was England, who got off to a promising start when Ben Youngs moved wide to feed Chris Ashton for the opening try in the second minute.
Owen Farrell missed out on the conversion but kicked a 10th minute drop goal to take the home side to a 8-0 lead in front of the Twickenham crowd.
As Steve Hansen's men were slowly getting into the groove, England further stepped up the gear with skipper Dylan Hartley dotting down in the 24th minute and Farrell's conversion made it 15-0.
However, New Zealand clawed their way back and had the momentum heading into the break when Beauden Barrett set up Damian McKenzie over the line in the 39th minute before the fly-half also kicked a conversion and a penalty to reduce the gap to just five points at the end of the first half.
The All Blacks extended their momentum after the break with Barrett kicking a 46th minute drop goal to bring the trail down to two points and England's set-piece began to lose grip after Jamie George's introduction with the New Zealand fly-half kicking his second penalty in the 60th minute to take Hansen's men into a one-point lead.
England thought they won the game when TJ Perenara's kick was charged by Courtney Lawes, who fed Underhill but the celebration was short-lived as the referee controversially ruled out the try for an offside call as New Zealand went on to win the game with a 15-16 margin.
