England surge stalemates All Blacks

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England fought back from a 19-point deficit with 10 minutes left to draw with New Zealand in a thrilling clash at Twickenham on Saturday night.

Replacement prop Will Stuart scored two late tries as the Roses came from behind to snatch a dramatic 25-25 result against the All Blacks.

The Kiwis twice led by 14 points, having caught England cold with two converted tries in the opening eight minutes through flanker Dalton Papali’i and hooker Codie Taylor.

Outside centre Rieko Ioane’s superb try early in the second half made it 22-6 to the visitors before Stuart twice powered over late on, with flyhalf Marcus Smith adding the conversion that levelled the scores.

It was just the second draw in 43 meetings between the two sides following a 26-26 all encounter at Twickenham in 1997.

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