Really tense atmosphere here at wembley. England's forwards building lots of pressure, but there's no real threat from the halves and three quarters. New Zealand look far more dangerous with ball in hand. Hard to see this going England's way at half time. Still, when graham comes back on for his second burst, there'll be opportunities down he middle again.

Should say that widdop is showing why he should have had more game time. Often he's ready to give good ball but the three quarters and second rows just aren't running off him effectively. O'loughlin has played well too. Roby looked sharp. And Watkins at least looks capable of giving charnley a decent pass at some point.

to be fair its not reflecting that way on tv to me it looks like New zealand are getting lucky from balls on the ground. and the english pack is putting the myth to bed that new zealand have the best pack.

Got to agree leroy isn't looking his usual self on that left edge, normally so solid for hudds, very much a confidence player so hope he can pick up

NZ got a bit of luck on that try. You can't pass to no-one and call it skill; the ball can bounce anywhere.

This !!!!

Really enjoying this. Widdop has impressed me and showing that he should have been picked from the first game.
Can't think of a good enough word to describe Sam Burgess' performance so far.

Good defence their by England. Cudjoe had to play for that

Cudjoe again. Opps.
Edit. To be fair, it was god work from NZ.

Bit of a soft start to the 2nd half. Poor kick from Burrow at acting half, then the knock on from the centre.

What the hell is Ryan Hall doing there.

It's a cliche of coaching that games are won in the forwards. Problem is that tries are usually scored in the backs. And New Zealand are stronger than us in the three quarters. We can't give them possession near the line. From the top tier you can really see the difference in the way they create gaps and we don't.

Started the second half flat.

Couple of oscars for diving for NZ