New Zealand team to play England: 2022 Autumn Nations Series

Returning to the New Zealand team to play England following suspension, second-row Brodie Retallick will become the 12th All Black to reach three figures.

He and Sam Whitelock will also set a new world record for the number of Tests started together – with Saturday set to be their 64th.

Our final 23 for the year 🔥

Guzzler to bring up 100 Test Matches 🤟 pic.twitter.com/QEWqSr497w

— All Blacks (@AllBlacks) November 17, 2022

Scott Barrett shifts to flanker to make space for Retallick, while the All Blacks restore many of the players that beat Wales a fortnight ago.

Rieko Ioane returns at outside centre in place of Anton Lienert-Brown, Aaron Smith and Richie Mo’unga return at half-back and Codie Taylor and Tyrel Lomax start in the front row.

Referee change:

World Rugby have confirmed in a statement that the referee for England’s clash with New Zealand has been changed.

A statement read: “World Rugby has confirmed changes to the match official appointments for England vs New Zealand and Romania vs Samoa on November 19 and France vs Japan on November 29.

“Mathieu Raynal (France) will now referee the England vs New Zealand match at Twickenham in the Autumn Nations Series on November 19.

” Raynal replaces Nic Berry (Australia), who has returned home for personal reasons.

“Two further amendments come as a result of this change. Christophe Ridley (England) will replace Raynal as referee for the Romania vs Samoa match in Bucharest on November 19, while Chris Busby (Ireland) replaces Ridley as assistant referee for the France vs Japan match in Toulouse in the Autumn Nations Series on November 20.

“There has also been a change of referee for the Bristol Bears vs South Africa A match in Bristol on November 17. Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) will now take charge of the match instead of Adam Jones (Wales).”

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England team to play New Zealand:

England: 15. Freddie Steward, 14. Jack Nowell, 13. Manu Tuilagi, 12. Owen Farrell, 11. Jonny May, 10. Marcus Smith, 9. Jack van Poortvliet, 1. Ellis Genge, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Kyle Sinckler , 4. Maro Itoje, 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Sam Simmonds, 7. Tom Curry, 8. Billy Vunipola

Replacements: 16. Jamie George, 17. Mako Vunipola, 18. Will Stuart, 19. David Ribbans, 20. Jack Willis, 21. Ben Youngs, 22. Guy Porter, 23. Henry Slade

New Zealand team to play England:

New Zealand: 15. Beauden Barrett, 14. Mark Telea, 13. Rieko Ioane, 12. Jordie Barrett, 11. Caleb Clarke, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 9. Aaron Smith, 1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor,  3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Brodie Retallick, 5. Samuel Whitelock,  6. Scott Barrett, 7. Dalton Papali’i, 8. Ardie Savea

Replacements: 16. Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17. George Bower, 18. Nepo Laulala, 19. Shannon Frizell, 20. Hoskins Sotutu, 21. TJ Perenara, 22. David Havili, 23. Anton Lienert-Brown

Statisticians Have Ranked The 5 Greatest Rugby Players Of All-Time

The five greatest rugby players of all-time have been ranked based solely on statistics, with the likes of Jonny Wilkinson and Jonah Lomu missing out.

Putting personal bias aside, the original article was written and compiled by Ben Nurse for The Match Report using statistics from Wikipedia and ESPN.

FORMULA:

Every player was ranked on each individual statistic and this ranking will correspond to a value of points, e.g. 1st gets 10 points and and 10th gets 1 points. The statistics they were ranked on are: total international wins, international win percentage, tries scored, domestic trophies* and international Trophies**

#5. Martin Johnson (England)

A player who led by example and the kind of man you would always want alongside you in the trenches when the chips are down. Would never ask someone to do something he wouldn’t do himself.  As well as being an inspirational leader, the Leicester lock was also a formidable player in his own right. A rock like presence in the tight, whose rugby motto was if in doubt, go forward.

Did you know? Johnson briefly played American football for the Leicester Panthers as a tight end or defensive end

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