Summary

Live Reporting

Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    England are showing they can transition from defence into attack quicker than any other side.

  2. England 19-12 New Zealand

    Oh my, this match is relentless! New Zealand's Ayesha Leti-I'iga shoves off a defender to burst into England's 22, the Allianz Stadium opening up in front of her.

    She flings the ball left to Maia Joseph but it's later lost on the floor, Jess Breach clearing out Hannah King.

    Opportunity missed for the visitors.

  3. Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    It's almost as though England needed that try there to remember "oh, we can play!"

  4. England 19-12 New Zealand

    England's tails are well and truly up! Quick hands once again to find Ellie Kildunne and Jess Breach on the right, but the latter is forced into touch.

  5. Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    They're so fantastic at what they do! That to me looked just like a training move.

  6. Ruby Tui
    New Zealand World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    It isn't a scrum, mate - it's a bulldozer!

  7. try

    Try - England 19-12 New Zealand

    Jess Breach (con missed)

    RAW POWER!

    England's scrum charges forward at pace, gaining several metres before Lucy Packer flicks the pass out to Jess Breach on the right wing. Her 58th try in an England shirt.

    Zoe Harrison drags her conversion wide.

  8. Ruby Tui
    New Zealand World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    This game from a set-piece point of view has only just begun.

  9. England 14-12 New Zealand

    England's replacements are immediately into the action. A line-out will be followed by a scrum.

    Lucy Packer has the ball under her arm. Hannah Botterman's time to shine!

  10. Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    Right call there definitely.

  11. Sin-bin - Mahutariki-Fakalelu (NZ)

    England 14-12 New Zealand

    Head-on-head contact. It's a yellow card for the New Zealand prop. Marlie Packer is helped from the field, replaced by Abi Burton.

    England also take the opportunity to switch out their front row - Hannah Botterman, May Campbell, and Maud Muir come on for Mackenzie Carson, Bryony Field, and Sarah Bern.

  12. England 14-12 New Zealand

    Veisinia Mahutariki-Fakalelu with the head contact on Marlie Packer.

    Packer was limp in Elinor-Plum King's arms in the aftermath.

  13. England 14-12 New Zealand

    Marlie Packer is receiving treatment. The referee and TMO are having a look at this.

  14. England 14-12 New Zealand

    Marlie Packer rides a high tackle around halfway. England have advantage.

  15. Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    You can tell how heated it is out there. The rivalry is real!

  16. England 14-12 New Zealand

    Oop, a little bit of argy-bargy as New Zealand are pinged for not releasing. Meg Jones and Kaipo Olsen-Baker exchange a few shoves.

    England line-out deep in New Zealand's half.

  17. Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    If there is one area of the game that the Black Ferns won't be as happy with it's that retention of the ball today.

  18. England 14-12 New Zealand

    How will New Zealand respond to that?

    Well, Hannah King is sticking with the inventive approach, punting a short kick high into the sky around halfway. A New Zealand body emerges with the ball after a little melee.

    But another trip into England's 22 comes to nought. Handling error again.

  19. England 14-12 New Zealand

    Katy Daley-McLean
    England's 2014 World Cup winning captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

    We sometimes expect everything to be perfect with England but it can't always be that way. A bit of magic from Ellie Kildunne and they are ahead.

  20. Kat Merchant
    2014 England World Cup winner on BBC iPlayer

    Kildunne knows how to score in those impossible moments when the team just really need her to.