England Beat New Zealand with an Impressive Finish

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For the very first time, England rugby team stormed a victory against New Zealand rugby team with scores 38-21. Chris Ashton thawed everyone with his unique tries, Brad Barritt too showed up his excellent skills and it was Manu Tuilagi who made the difference to the match with his turn from the center and New Zealand was let with not her option other than to bit the dust. In turn, England could successfully maintain the winning streak against the All Blacks’ 20-game.

The match quickly became predictable after the performance that the England rugby team began to deliver. The team sped up to a 32-14 lead by an hour after the three tries in ten minutes that were delivered by Ashton, Barritt and Tuilagi. New Zealand team was left with no time to recover and they had to succumb to the might of the British.

New Zealand had good reasons as to why they lost the game. It was mainly because of a valuable penalty that the world class fly-half Dan Carter of New Zealand missed badly. England totally used this chance and went on to lead the game early enough. Then there flowed in with ease the highest points against the All Blacks, the highest ever.

The win was the first for England in the QBE Autumn Internationals, after losing out to Australia and South Africa, the pressurized England rugby team has gained back some confidence after winning against New-Zealand with such a big score difference. England’s captain, back row Chris Robshaw, told the BBC that the win was “a great way to finish off the autumn series.”

It is New Zealand’s second loss after last year where they lost against Australia in a Tri-Nation on 27th August 2011. Previously they had had wins of 20 games in their bag.

Foden Sidelined with Injury

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Ben Foden, the full back for the England Rugby Team faces up to several weeks on the sidelines after sustaining an injury that will see him miss out on important preparations ahead of a tough schedule of Tests for the England team. According to the reports, Foden has damaged his ankle ligaments severely and although he is yet to consult a specialist on the matter, it is being believed that the star for the Northampton Saints faces a lengthy layoff from the game.

The Aviva Premiership Rugby Union released a statement on their official website regarding the injury sustained by Foden, but there were no elaborate reports on the extent of the injury. According to the statement released by The Saints, their star man severely damaged ankle ligaments during their Aviva Premiership encounter against Bath Rugby and will consult a specialist in a short while. And that comes as extremely negative news for the England Rugby Team which has seen its preparations already hampered by a number of injuries to key members of the squad.

The statement further read that it is being assumed that the player will be out of action for a significant number of weeks, but nothing can be said for sure before the players sees a specialist. And the injury to Foden comes as a shock for the Northampton Saints as well, who have enjoyed the best possible start to the new season of the Premiership with back to back wins against Gloucester Rugby, Exeter Chiefs and Bath Rugby.

The England Rugby Team faces the Fiji national team at Twickenham on the 10th of November before clashing against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and the injury to Foden couldn’t come a worst time for the England team and their manager Stuart Lancaster as well as for The Saints.