History of rugby union matches between England and New Zealand information
Illustration by Frank Gillett showing the first England vs New Zealand game at Crystal Palace attended by a then-record crowd of at least 50,000. It was also the game which earned New Zealand the nickname "All Blacks".
The National Rugby Union teams of England and New Zealand have been playing each other in Test Match Rugby since 1905, with the first meeting between the two nations being on 2 December 1905, when the All Blacks were in England as part of their European and North America Tour. The All Blacks won 15-0 with their points coming from five tries, of which four were scored by winger Duncan McGregor.[1] Their next meeting was on the All Blacks Invincibles tour of 1924-25. The match was most notable for the sending off of All Black lock Cyril Brownlie, who became the first player to ever be sent off in a test match.[2] In 1936 England defeated the All Blacks for the first time when England winger Prince Alexander Obolensky scored two tries during a 13–0 victory at Twickenham Stadium. The All Blacks have never lost more than two consecutive matches to England (once, on losses in November 2002 and then June 2003), and have dominated the rivalry between the teams. Of the 43 matches between them, New Zealand have won 33 and England 8, with two draws.
In 2008, the Hillary Shield was introduced as the trophy to be contested in matches between the two teams.
^"THE 1905/06 'ORIGINALS'". rugbymuseum.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^Cyril Brownlie at AllBlacks.com
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