25 Moments that stood out | NZ and England | Test 2

After 80min of entertaining rugby, New Zealand walked away with the win.

Two excellent cross kicks from Marcus Smith lead to England leading at half time but bad discipline from England in the second half opened the door for New Zealand to get back into the match.

NZ secures the series win

Here is 25 moments that stood out for us in the match.

First half

50 Seconds-Double hit from Finlay Christie and Jordie Barrett stops the England attack. NZ counter ruck that breakdown and exit
6min-Solid scrum from England and they exit out of there own 22. England relieve the pressure after NZ looked dangerous.
11min-Scrum to NZ and Savea with a strong carry. Tale'a finishes a great try and McKenzie converts from the touch line
13min-From a lineout, Cunningham-South crashes it up in the midfield. After a few phases, Marcus Smith with a great crosskick and Feyi-Waboso finishes. Smith converts

Cunningham-South was strong on attack

18min-Marcus Smith keeps NZ out with a try saving intercept as Teleá last pass to Perofeta is stopped. 
20min-Referee warns captain Jamie George and his England team after another penalty. McKenzie kicks the three.
22min-Patrick Tuipulota takes the lineout but pressure from Maro Itoje leads to a knock on from the Blues lock.
27min-Marcus Smith grubbers through inside New Zealands 22. Jordie Barrett slips as he gathers and the All Blacks is under pressure. Christie exits but only to their 22m
28min-Barrett jumps infront of Itoje and stops England's momentum at the lineout. Scrum to England.
31min-England scrum but Christie catches Earl at the back and NZ wins the turnover. 
37min-Henry Slade fumbles a kick from NZ inside his own 22 and does not get a great exit. From the NZ lineout,England is off there feet at the breakdown and McKenzie slots a penalty.
40min-Marcus Smith with a great cross kick and Freeman converts. England forwards making meters and retaning the ball.

Freeman with a great catch to score just before half time.

Second half

44min-Mark Tele'a rips the ball out of Jamie George's grip as England enters NZ's 22 and NZ can exit from the scrum.
47min- Papalií takes Slade out before he can clean at the breakdown and England is awarded a penalty. Smith converts the three.
49min-Dan Cole, most capped England forward comes onto the field.
52min-Reece with a great clearance but Teleá took it back into his own 22. England did not score from it but they keep NZ inside their own half
53min-Cortez Ratima comes on making his test debut.

Ratima on debut

56min-NZ with an easy exit as George Martin is penalized for not opening at the lineout 5m from NZ tryline.
58min-Savea steal England's lineout and England is pushed back to their own 5m
60min-Box kick from England does not go into touch, NZ build phases, Beauden Barrett finds a gap down the left and Teleá finishes.
65min-Beauden Barrett with an excellent pickup inside his own 22 and clears from his left boot. Relieves the pressure
69min-Itoje with a high tackle on Jordie Barrett from the restart. Easy exit for the All Blacks
72min-Big scrum from New Zealand and they win the penalty. McKenzie pushes England back into their own 22 and NZ is awarded a penalty at the lineout with Itoje playing the player in the air. McKenzie converts the penalty.
77min-Ollie Sleighholm burns Reece on the outside,take England into NZ's 22 and they win the penalty
80min-England with great maul setup but once the maul stopped, Lawrence and George broke away and was deemed to be obstruction.

Itoje and England with the last maul of the game

Hats off to NZ for getting back into the match. England will feel they had the match in the bag but conceding 11 penalties against an opposition like NZ will make it very difficult to get the result.