The National Rugby Union teams of England and New Zealand have been playing each other in test 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. 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. 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 47 matches between them, New Zealand have won 36 and England 9, with two draws.

In 2008, the Hillary Shield was introduced as the trophy to be contested in matches between the two teams.

Hillary Shield

The Hillary Shield has been awarded to the winner of England – New Zealand test matches since 2008. The shield is only contested in non-World Cup matches, and is named in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary — the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It was also conceived to recognise the links between New Zealand and England. When the shield was unveiled in 2008 by New Zealand's Prime Minister at the time, Helen Clark, and Hillary's widow, Lady June Hillary, Clark said of Hillary "He was part of a British expedition when he conquered Mt Everest shortly after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II".

Summary Overall Details Played Won byEngland Won byNew Zealand Drawn England points New Zealand points In England 28 6 20 2 416 554 In New Zealand 17 2 15 0 242 494 Neutral venue 2 1 1 0 48 52 Overall 47 9 36 2 706 1,110

Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set. RecordEnglandNew ZealandLongest winning streak2 (9 Nov 2002 – 12 Jun 2004)9 (12 Jun 2004 – 1 Dec 2012)Largest points forHome38 (1 Dec 2012)64 (20 Jun 1998)Away27 (14 Jun 2014)45 (18 Jun 1995)Largest winning marginHome17 (1 Dec 2012)42 (20 Jun 1998)Away12 (26 Oct 2019)26 (29 Nov 2008)

Results No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 2 December 1905 Crystal Palace, London 0 – 15 1905–06 New Zealand tour 2 3 January 1925 Twickenham, London 11 – 17 1924–25 New Zealand tour 3 4 January 1936 Twickenham, London 13 – 0 1935–36 New Zealand tour 4 30 January 1954 Twickenham, London 0 – 5 1953–54 New Zealand tour 5 25 May 1963 Eden Park, Auckland 21 – 11 1963 England tour 6 1 June 1963 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 9 – 6 7 4 January 1964 Twickenham, London 0 – 14 1963–64 New Zealand tour 8 4 November 1967 Twickenham, London 11 – 23 1967 New Zealand tour 9 6 January 1973 Twickenham, London 0 – 9 1972–73 New Zealand tour 10 15 September 1973 Eden Park, Auckland 10 – 16 1973 England tour 11 25 November 1978 Twickenham, London 6 – 16 1978 New Zealand tour 12 24 November 1979 Twickenham, London 9 – 10 1979 New Zealand tour 13 19 November 1983 Twickenham, London 15 – 9 1983 New Zealand tour 14 1 June 1985 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 18 – 13 1985 England tour 15 8 June 1985 Athletic Park, Wellington 42 – 15 16 3 October 1991 Twickenham, London 12 – 18 1991 Rugby World Cup Pool Stage 17 27 November 1993 Twickenham, London 15 – 9 1993 New Zealand tour 18 18 June 1995 Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa 45 – 29 1995 Rugby World Cup Semi-final 19 22 November 1997 Old Trafford, Manchester 8 – 25 1997 New Zealand tour 20 6 December 1997 Twickenham, London 26 – 26 draw 21 20 June 1998 Carisbrook, Dunedin 64 – 22 1998 England tour 22 27 June 1998 Eden Park, Auckland 40 – 10 23 9 October 1999 Twickenham, London 16 – 30 1999 Rugby World Cup Pool Stage 24 9 November 2002 Twickenham, London 31 – 28 2002 end-of-year rugby union internationals 25 14 June 2003 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 13 – 15 2003 England tour 26 12 June 2004 Carisbrook, Dunedin 36 – 3 2004 England tour 27 19 June 2004 Eden Park, Auckland 36 – 12 28 19 November 2005 Twickenham, London 19 – 23 2005 end-of-year rugby union internationals 29 5 November 2006 Twickenham, London 20 – 41 2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals 30 14 June 2008 Eden Park, Auckland 37 – 20 2008 England tour 31 21 June 2008 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 44 – 12 32 29 November 2008 Twickenham, London 6 – 32 2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals 33 21 November 2009 Twickenham, London 6 – 19 2009 end-of-year rugby union internationals 34 6 November 2010 Twickenham, London 16 – 26 2010 end-of-year rugby union internationals 35 1 December 2012 Twickenham, London 38 – 21 2012 end-of-year rugby union internationals 36 16 November 2013 Twickenham, London 22 – 30 2013 end-of-year rugby union internationals 37 7 June 2014 Eden Park, Auckland 20 – 15 2014 England tour 38 14 June 2014 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 28 – 27 39 21 June 2014 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 36 – 13 40 8 November 2014 Twickenham, London 21 – 24 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals 41 10 November 2018 Twickenham, London 15 – 16 2018 end-of-year rugby union internationals 42 26 October 2019 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 19 – 7 2019 Rugby World Cup Semi-final 43 19 November 2022 Twickenham, London 25 – 25 draw 2022 end-of-year rugby union internationals 44 6 July 2024 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 16 – 15 2024 England tour 45 13 July 2024 Eden Park, Auckland 24 – 17 46 2 November 2024 Twickenham, London 22 – 24 2024 end-of-year rugby union internationals 47 15 November 2025 Twickenham, London 33 – 19 2025 end-of-year rugby union internationals 48 21 November 2026 Twickenham, London TBD TBD 2026 Nations Championship

List of series Played Won byEngland Won byNew Zealand Drawn 8 0 8 0

Year England New Zealand Series winner Hillary Shield 1963 0 2 N/A 1985 0 2 1997 0 1 1998 0 2 2004 0 2 2008 0 2 2014 0 3 2024 0 2

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