The Fort Worth Press - Tele'a elated by 'massive' New Zealand win in Twickenham thriller

USD -
AED 3.67301
AFN 67.735624
ALL 93.676927
AMD 389.366092
ANG 1.79184
AOA 912.999767
ARS 1004.2644
AUD 1.537716
AWG 1.8025
AZN 1.698816
BAM 1.866649
BBD 2.007368
BDT 118.805833
BGN 1.86519
BHD 0.376881
BIF 2936.769267
BMD 1
BND 1.340014
BOB 6.908201
BRL 5.788556
BSD 0.994226
BTN 84.384759
BWP 13.582568
BYN 3.25367
BYR 19600
BZD 2.004028
CAD 1.39721
CDF 2871.000251
CHF 0.89023
CLF 0.035245
CLP 972.511859
CNY 7.247004
CNH 7.247775
COP 4389.75
CRC 506.418516
CUC 1
CUP 26.5
CVE 105.825615
CZK 24.144979
DJF 177.047741
DKK 7.11428
DOP 59.918874
DZD 133.978042
EGP 49.606897
ERN 15
ETB 121.711477
EUR 0.953875
FJD 2.273298
FKP 0.789317
GBP 0.79573
GEL 2.739828
GGP 0.789317
GHS 15.795384
GIP 0.789317
GMD 71.000264
GNF 8569.792412
GTQ 7.717261
GYD 209.15591
HKD 7.78065
HNL 25.124314
HRK 7.133259
HTG 130.508232
HUF 391.270342
IDR 15867.7
ILS 3.67335
IMP 0.789317
INR 84.28615
IQD 1302.422357
IRR 42074.999919
ISK 138.219991
JEP 0.789317
JMD 158.38702
JOD 0.709297
JPY 154.504005
KES 129.249442
KGS 86.789401
KHR 4002.863278
KMF 472.497487
KPW 899.999621
KRW 1402.629477
KWD 0.30781
KYD 0.828545
KZT 496.420868
LAK 21838.433199
LBP 89031.629985
LKR 289.365682
LRD 180.450118
LSL 17.940997
LTL 2.95274
LVL 0.60489
LYD 4.855212
MAD 10.057392
MDL 18.13427
MGA 4640.464237
MKD 58.714344
MMK 3247.960992
MNT 3397.999946
MOP 7.971348
MRU 39.559055
MUR 46.829705
MVR 15.459824
MWK 1723.996411
MXN 20.36164
MYR 4.452002
MZN 63.909817
NAD 17.940997
NGN 1682.389973
NIO 36.583154
NOK 11.06721
NPR 134.268671
NZD 1.71082
OMR 0.385003
PAB 0.99976
PEN 3.769947
PGK 4.002863
PHP 59.019016
PKR 276.089812
PLN 4.12535
PYG 7761.46754
QAR 3.646048
RON 4.747299
RSD 111.608999
RUB 104.015417
RWF 1357.193987
SAR 3.754629
SBD 8.383555
SCR 15.037077
SDG 601.499594
SEK 10.987405
SGD 1.34732
SHP 0.789317
SLE 22.729727
SLL 20969.504736
SOS 568.169888
SRD 35.494016
STD 20697.981008
SVC 8.699677
SYP 2512.529858
SZL 17.934793
THB 34.603018
TJS 10.647152
TMT 3.5
TND 3.17616
TOP 2.342103
TRY 34.590225
TTD 6.752501
TWD 32.470987
TZS 2649.999926
UAH 41.131388
UGX 3694.035222
UYU 42.516436
UZS 12754.82935
VES 47.132583
VND 25420
VUV 118.722009
WST 2.791591
XAF 626.062515
XAG 0.03248
XAU 0.000372
XCD 2.70255
XDR 0.756295
XOF 626.062515
XPF 113.823776
YER 249.925
ZAR 18.067798
ZMK 9001.200923
ZMW 27.464829
ZWL 321.999592
  • CMSC

    0.0320

    24.672

    +0.13%

  • RBGPF

    59.2400

    59.24

    +100%

  • AZN

    1.3700

    65.63

    +2.09%

  • CMSD

    0.0150

    24.46

    +0.06%

  • BTI

    0.4000

    37.38

    +1.07%

  • SCS

    0.2300

    13.27

    +1.73%

  • NGG

    1.0296

    63.11

    +1.63%

  • BP

    0.2000

    29.72

    +0.67%

  • GSK

    0.2600

    33.96

    +0.77%

  • RIO

    -0.2200

    62.35

    -0.35%

  • RYCEF

    -0.0100

    6.79

    -0.15%

  • RELX

    0.9900

    46.75

    +2.12%

  • JRI

    -0.0200

    13.21

    -0.15%

  • VOD

    0.1323

    8.73

    +1.52%

  • BCC

    3.4200

    143.78

    +2.38%

  • BCE

    0.0900

    26.77

    +0.34%

Tele'a elated by 'massive' New Zealand win in Twickenham thriller
Tele'a elated by 'massive' New Zealand win in Twickenham thriller / Photo: © AFP

Tele'a elated by 'massive' New Zealand win in Twickenham thriller

New Zealand may only have edged out England 24-22 at Twickenham on Saturday but two-try star Mark Tele'a victory in their November international opener was "massive" for the All Blacks.

Text size:

England led 22-14 late on but replacement fly-half Damian McKenzie's penalty and wing Tele'a's second try of the match helped leave New Zealand two points ahead with three minutes left.

Eight points down, we're still trying to play and that's just our mindset that our coaches are driving off us and just to play some rugby, play that All Black rugby," Tele'a told reporters.

"So eight points down and to come back with a win is massive. So yeah, happy for that."

It was a point emphasised by New Zealand head coach Scott Robertson, who said: "We probably hit every emotion in the game, we showed a lot of character, with 15 minutes to go to come from eight points down was a special moment for us as a group."

New Zealand's Beauden Barrett impressed at fly-half, while up front flanker Wallace Sititi was a constant threat and produced an extravagant reverse pass to set-up Tele'a's opening score.

"Credit to all our forwards to be honest," said Tele'a. "They're really skillful boys and I know they can offload, so just staying on around him (Sititi) is good."

Victory gave the All Blacks their third narrow win over England this year following 16-15 and 24-17 successes in New Zealand in July.

But it came at a cost, with both Beauden Barrett and hooker Codie Taylor failing head injury assessments, leaving New Zealand with an anxious wait on their availability for a key game against Ireland in Dublin on Friday.

It might have been a different story, however, had not England replacement fly-half George Ford hit the post with a 79th-minute penalty before he was off-target with a last-ditch drop-goal, the final play of the game.

"I don't think George Ford's ever missed a drop-kick in his life," said Robertson.

This reverse in their November opener was yet another frustrating near-miss for England, with Steve Borthwick's men also going down by two points against France in this year's Six Nations finale.

Saturday's defeat was particularly tough on fly-half Marcus Smith, who kicked 17 points and made the interception that led to England's lone try through winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso.

"We were in a position to win the game and whenever you put yourself in a position like that and don't come away with the win, of course you're going to be disappointed," said England captain Jamie George.

"Unfortunately George didn't make the kick, but I tell you what he hasn't missed many in his career so we certainly can't blame him for that."

Ford's misses came after England coach Borthwick had taken off Smith in the 62nd minute with England eight points ahead, with scrum-half Ben Spencer also replaced.

"I think when you have players of the calibre of those guys, the guys that came off the bench, look at the threat that Harry Randall is and the experience George Ford brings, for large parts ultimately we were in a position to win that game," said Borthwick.

This was England's fifth defeat in nine Tests this year, with Australia next up for Borthwick's men a week on Saturday.

"New Zealand are a quality side who have played since we last played seven Test matches and been together for three months," said Borthwick.

"Credit to them and we'll be better next week."

jdg/dj

P.Navarro--TFWP