• Sam Underhill’s late try ruled out at Twickenham
New Zealand do not lose many matches, even fewer when Brodie Retallick plays. The second-row has been on the beaten team in the black jersey only once since August 2015, against the Lions last year, and was hugely influential as the World Cup holders overcame an early 15-point deficit and torrential rain that hampered their running game to win another compelling Test here that was decided by a point.
England held on against the Springboks the previous weekend after a review decision went their way, the legitimacy of Owen Farrell’s challenge on André Esterhuizen, but the victory against the All Blacks – that would have been in their grasp had Sam Underhill’s try five minutes from time been allowed – was denied when the South African television match official, Marius Jonker, ruled that Courtney Lawes had been offside at a ruck before charging down TJ Perenara’s kick.
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