"They pride themselves on atmosphere" - All Blacks centre Billy Proctor ready for famous Twickenham roar

Lakai and Proctor had to watch on from the famous green seats, as George Ford narrowly missed a last-ditch drop goal that would eventually hand New Zealand the two-point triumph. Having gone all the way to 'HQ' but missed out on running out on the grass, Proctor expressed how he can't wait to be centre stage and try to silence the incoming roar of the partisan England supporters.

"They're [England] up there with the best, and Twickenham is a place where they pride themselves on an atmosphere where the crowd gets behind them. We understand the task at hand this week. We're starting to build into it, and we're looking forward to it."

"If you look at the Chicago game [vs Ireland], the back end of that, you can see the damage we can do when we execute the options that are there for us." Proctor added. "It's our ability to do that more consistently or more often. But we're creating opportunities. It's the ability to see them and execute them which the boys have been getting right in parts of our game."

Proctor has been given the nod to start in the 13 jersey this Saturday, with the centre set to play his part in an expected aerial contest at the Allianz. England head coach Steve Borthwick showed his hand early as he named his England squad on Tuesday. High-ball operators Freddie Steward and Tommy Freeman both start in the back line, with Proctor under no illusions of how important the air-born battle will be.

"They back themselves in the air." Proctor said. "They're a team that likes to bring a lot of line speed and put our skills under pressure, and they have a lot of athletes on their team who can work magic with the ball. We're well aware of the threat that they bring.

"As the week goes by, we are going find our areas where we're going to attack them and areas where they think they're going to be good and where we can contain them and put them under pressure as well."

Back row Lakai started last week's Test against Scotland, while Proctor came off the bench as the All Blacks stormed home in the final quarter. Lakai shared some positives came out of their performance in Edinburgh, but also revealed some work-ons for the All Blacks, with the focus being to get better every day and build from the Scotland Test.

"We know how good England are, especially their backrow which has been the heartbeat of their team. We're focusing on us and looking to get better every day."

All Blacks coach Scott Robertson also expressed how he invisions another tough contest at the stadium known as 'HQ'. "If you look at the recent history of our English Test matches, they've always come down to small margins at the end of games, and that was the case against Scotland.

"There were big momentum swings and we fought our way back. I was pleased with the calmness of the leaders and the ability to take moments and execute."

"It's a 36 [man squad] to get yourself ready for the week, the whole squad, and then it's the 23 on the game day. Who's starting, who's finishing is just as important."