England v New Zealand - Match 3

:00:48. > :01:04.And suddenly a chance for Harris to run to the line and score. Hodgson

:01:05. > :01:14.claims a try. Here comes a chance. Splendid effort!

:01:15. > :01:21.He booted the ball in certain style and England have an early lead. It

:01:22. > :01:27.is all square. It is a reach by Kenny-Dowell. The first try of the

:01:28. > :01:38.afternoon. It will be a drop goal attempt and it has gone over. One

:01:39. > :01:45.test match apiece. With one to go. Welcome to the DW Stadium in Wigan

:01:46. > :01:50.on a cold, wet afternoon, for the decider in this test series between

:01:51. > :01:55.England and New Zealand. Lizzie Jones singing at the moment are to

:01:56. > :02:01.entertain the crowd. England winning the first game in Hull, New Zealand

:02:02. > :02:09.winning the second game in the Olympic Stadium. Kick-off is at one

:02:10. > :02:12.o'clock. Jamie Peacock is with me as both sides go for the Baskervilles

:02:13. > :02:18.shield. And they talk a lot about momentum, maybe without knowing what

:02:19. > :02:26.it is, but do New Zealand have it, if it exists? They come out of the

:02:27. > :02:31.second test with confidence. In the changing room, they have been really

:02:32. > :02:36.celebrating. An air of relief, because they underperformed in the

:02:37. > :02:40.first test. This is anyone's game. It is good that you're not singing

:02:41. > :02:45.this afternoon with that thought. There were positives for England

:02:46. > :02:48.last week, particularly defensively, but not all sensibly. Defensively,

:02:49. > :02:55.they work outstanding. The commitment was outstanding. -- but

:02:56. > :02:58.not offensively. In attack, they need to improve significantly if

:02:59. > :03:01.they are going to win today but I believe they will go on to win

:03:02. > :03:07.today. What makes you think that they will be better in attack this

:03:08. > :03:12.week? I think the introduction of Matt Smith into the halves. He is an

:03:13. > :03:17.excellent organiser and players like to prove a point. All week, it will

:03:18. > :03:20.have been spoken about, we need to improve our offensive game. People

:03:21. > :03:24.from inside and outside the camp, let's get that right. And I believe

:03:25. > :03:33.that they will get it right. It was not a great game last week. Where do

:03:34. > :03:36.New Zealand need to improve? I think the ball is in England's court. New

:03:37. > :03:39.Zealand knew that they would be very physical with them and that is what

:03:40. > :03:41.they have to do, they have the muscle up and make sure they stop

:03:42. > :03:47.England going forward. I think it is a dangerous game and Steve

:03:48. > :03:50.McNamara, Matt Smith, and Jermaine McGillvary, they are on the edge.

:03:51. > :03:55.You can tell exactly where they are going to go. Tactically, I think we

:03:56. > :03:59.will see a change from England. They will move the ball around but last

:04:00. > :04:04.week, they only had one man in the middle of the field. As Roby says,

:04:05. > :04:07.Jermaine McGillvary is in the side. We have been on the red button for

:04:08. > :04:11.the last half-hour and when we were on the red button, you were saying

:04:12. > :04:16.he is in your top two most difficult opponents to tackle. He is

:04:17. > :04:20.unbelievably strong. You will get yourself sets to put in a big hit

:04:21. > :04:23.and he ends up sending you backwards. He is very powerful and

:04:24. > :04:29.enthusiastic and I believe he will bring a real impetus to England's

:04:30. > :04:32.fields. When New Zealand kick, England will bring it back stronger.

:04:33. > :04:40.The teams are making their way out of the tunnel. England winning that

:04:41. > :04:44.first game. New Zealand heading back last Saturday in London. The series

:04:45. > :04:52.is at 1-1. It is a cold, wet afternoon. The rain is falling and

:04:53. > :04:57.they are expected -- it is expected to get heavier. Very shortly, the

:04:58. > :05:01.anthems for both sides and then we will join our commentary team. But

:05:02. > :05:06.first of all, here at the DW Stadium in Wigan, there will be a minutes

:05:07. > :05:12.silence once both teams have lined up and of course that silence will

:05:13. > :05:16.be to remember those killed, injured and affected by last night's

:05:17. > :05:23.appalling events in Paris. We are here to be entertained, but rugby

:05:24. > :05:26.league, it somehow doesn't matter after what we saw yesterday. After

:05:27. > :06:20.the dreadful events in Paris, please stand to observe a moment's silence.

:06:21. > :06:23.Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the national anthem of

:06:24. > :07:05.New Zealand. # E Ihow? Atua

:07:06. > :07:12.# O ng? iwi m?tou r? # ?ta whakarangona

:07:13. > :07:19.# Me aroha noa # Kia hua ko te pai

:07:20. > :07:23.# Kia tau t? atawhai # Manaakitia mai

:07:24. > :08:38.# Aotearoa # God save our gracious Queen.

:08:39. > :08:45.# Long live our noble Queen. # God save the Queen.

:08:46. > :08:54.# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious.

:08:55. > :09:08.# Long to reign over us. # God save the Queen.

:09:09. > :09:13.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. A fantastic reception not just for

:09:14. > :09:17.the anthem but for Lizzie Smith herself. The wife of the Welsh

:09:18. > :09:22.international who died tragically earlier this year. You might

:09:23. > :09:29.remember she did a fantastic emotional rendition of abide with me

:09:30. > :09:34.at the Challenge Cup final. And this week, as with last week, our

:09:35. > :09:38.thoughts here in the commentary box and all around the stadium very much

:09:39. > :09:42.with our good friend Gary Carter, who continues to battle hard,

:09:43. > :09:52.fighting for his light at the moment. England players warming up

:09:53. > :09:56.in shirts that said, keep battling, Gaz, and if you can hear us tonight,

:09:57. > :10:06.we are all with you. And now we will settle into the hacker led by the

:10:07. > :11:12.co-captain is, including Isaac Luke. -- Sio Siua Taukeiaho.

:11:13. > :11:19.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. A little nod on the head from James Graham as if

:11:20. > :11:27.to say, they have had the moment, now let's have ours. Land of Hope

:11:28. > :11:33.and Glory rings around the stadium. So much emotion in the stadium today

:11:34. > :11:37.for so many different reasons. Here is the England side with Jermaine

:11:38. > :11:40.McGillvary making his debut on the wing, replacing Joe Burgess. He has

:11:41. > :11:52.been fantastic for Huddersfield this year. And Matty Smith comes in, in

:11:53. > :11:56.place of George Williams. And it is exactly the same 17 for New Zealand

:11:57. > :12:01.today, as it was last week, the same 13 that start and the same four on

:12:02. > :12:05.the bench. Nikorima impressing enough to keep his place. He is a

:12:06. > :12:14.lively influence in the middle of the park. And the referee took

:12:15. > :12:19.charge of the first test. Important for England because England won that

:12:20. > :12:25.test. He is back in the middle. Jermaine McGillvary nervously

:12:26. > :12:32.waiting along as Zak Hardaker waits to get us underway. 18 minutes to

:12:33. > :12:37.decide the destination of the Baskervilles shield. Possible

:12:38. > :12:42.mistakes right from the start for New Zealand. What a start for

:12:43. > :12:47.England. They force the drop out underneath the sticks. Advantage to

:12:48. > :12:53.the team in white. You could not ask for a better kick from Zak Hardaker.

:12:54. > :13:00.Spiralling into the cloud. And we have great chase from the wall of

:13:01. > :13:07.white. The New Zealand forced to repeat it. What a start for England.

:13:08. > :13:10.A great start fantastic, and adjust what they would have wanted. Take

:13:11. > :13:16.the intensity out of the start. Now it is time to play football. We are

:13:17. > :13:22.looking for Klizan is from England this week. They have shown plenty of

:13:23. > :13:25.heart and hustle. But the experience from last week is that they need to

:13:26. > :13:30.score tries. New Zealand are looking for something similar to what they

:13:31. > :13:34.produced last week. 9-to the scoreline a week ago. They were the

:13:35. > :13:43.better team. But England in great position here. Graham, looking to

:13:44. > :13:52.rip them over. Still lots of tackles to go. Matty Smith, and here comes

:13:53. > :14:01.Farrell. A Wigan player on home turf. Held up just short. Another

:14:02. > :14:09.Wigan combination coming in. And another thumping shoulder coming in

:14:10. > :14:15.from New Zealand. Six tackles. It is not the best. He is lucky.

:14:16. > :14:19.Kenny-Dowell is just behind him. Already we have seen their intention

:14:20. > :14:23.to move the ball from side to side and had they gone out early in the

:14:24. > :14:34.first set of six, they might have got over the line but encouraging

:14:35. > :14:37.signs from the England team. So early in the game, to have the

:14:38. > :14:44.defenders on the home line, it gives you confidence. Steve McNamara and

:14:45. > :14:49.his coaching team on the gantry alongside us. McGillvary gets the

:14:50. > :15:00.catch. Look at that for a return straightaway. That is a tackle. And

:15:01. > :15:04.a penalty. John, you watch a lot of Super League, Jermaine McGillvary

:15:05. > :15:08.gets four penalties given his way, more than any other player in Super

:15:09. > :15:16.League and that is because he is difficult to tackle. Yes. Secondly,

:15:17. > :15:20.when you have made the tackle, he challenges you because it is so

:15:21. > :15:30.urgent, and he is working so hard to get the ball back into play, and a

:15:31. > :15:34.nod to the coach for selecting him. You would not say he was confident

:15:35. > :15:37.player, McGillvary, but the fact he has got that good start will fill

:15:38. > :15:54.him with confidence for the game out. It has been all England so far.

:15:55. > :15:58.We have an atmosphere here. The DW Stadium is full of noise and another

:15:59. > :16:05.penalty for England. The first big decision of the day. I would tap

:16:06. > :16:09.this. It is a definite two points. Let's keep them under the cosh,

:16:10. > :16:18.because they are in this opening five minutes. They are not listening

:16:19. > :16:25.to you, John. But I am excited. Let's be expansive. It may

:16:26. > :16:30.valuable, we won't know until the game pans out but I would have been

:16:31. > :16:37.tempted to play on a bit. It was an early penalty last week that gave

:16:38. > :16:43.England the lead after seven minutes. Today, it should be 2-0

:16:44. > :16:47.after four minutes. It gives you an indication of the mindset. If they

:16:48. > :16:50.had said to New Zealand, we're here to win this game, I think

:16:51. > :17:00.straightaway the confidence comes through the veins of the red and

:17:01. > :17:07.whites. With it, settling himself, one of the handful of players Donna

:17:08. > :17:13.and as expected, he finds the target. -- Gareth Widdop. An

:17:14. > :17:17.interesting point, the Australian referee was criticised last week for

:17:18. > :17:26.the amount of penalties he was giving. I also believe that he is

:17:27. > :17:30.imposing his authority on this game as well. He has said he does not

:17:31. > :17:35.want slow rucks, he once the game to be quick, and I admire him for that

:17:36. > :17:47.because I want him to take that game that way also. Hill with the return.

:17:48. > :17:54.Sending a forward with a great deal of muscular action. Again, the

:17:55. > :18:02.impact that the bench can have for England today with Roby, and Cooper

:18:03. > :18:06.to appear. All that extra experience that the Kiwis added to the bench

:18:07. > :18:14.last week, maintained in the form of Alex Glenn and Brown adjoining the

:18:15. > :18:20.numbers. They are certainly looking for the edges. Getting to the edge

:18:21. > :18:31.of New Zealand. And that is allowing a good kick to come from Hodgson.

:18:32. > :18:39.England look sharp, like they mean business. The carrying is good. A

:18:40. > :18:48.long ball. Quite Ted -- Whitehead gets a cracking kick from the

:18:49. > :18:54.sideline. It is the last game of the 2015 season, and what a way to go

:18:55. > :18:58.out if England could secure victory. I know a draw is rear but we could

:18:59. > :19:14.have had one last week. That would be enough for England today. -- a

:19:15. > :19:19.draw is rare. If it had finished 8-8, that would have been the series

:19:20. > :19:28.last week. We do this all the time. It wasn't.

:19:29. > :19:44.So New Zealand, ... And as they have been for the opening six minutes,

:19:45. > :19:54.finding themselves deep inside their own half, the Kiwis. Trying to make

:19:55. > :20:03.things move. Isaac Liu the next again. -- connects. England have it

:20:04. > :20:07.back. That is the danger of the flawed game. If you don't get it

:20:08. > :20:22.right, you are under pressure in your own half. Hodge and stands and

:20:23. > :20:28.waits. -- Hodgson. Splitting it away to Matty Smith on the left-hand

:20:29. > :20:36.side. Bateman is there. A second row, playing in the centres.

:20:37. > :20:46.One more tackles ago. -- one more tackle to go. Where is it going?

:20:47. > :20:53.From the boot? Matty Smith, Hardaker. Of aiding the first

:20:54. > :20:59.attempted tackle. Not the worst place to end up. -- evading the

:21:00. > :21:07.first attempted tackle. I thought New Zealand handed it well. They

:21:08. > :21:11.were good defensively. It is all about balance. The distraction for

:21:12. > :21:14.England, we need to kick the ball well and we need to be patient

:21:15. > :21:24.enough to finish with a kick to the corner. Have a look at them. That is

:21:25. > :21:32.the first penalty they have been given today. And repeat set the

:21:33. > :21:35.kick-off. They have had an off-load error, so they really have been

:21:36. > :21:37.under the cosh in the first eight minutes. They will just be happy to

:21:38. > :21:59.get inside the England half. Sam Moa, just inside the England

:22:00. > :22:05.half. His 41st test in charge of New Zealand. What a job he has done over

:22:06. > :22:14.the years. Kenny-Dowell trying to make it through. A man of iron in

:22:15. > :22:17.defence of New Zealand this series. Isaac Liu takes the dummy. And he

:22:18. > :22:22.goes over the top. Nightingale for the corner. McGillvary got back a

:22:23. > :22:27.long way to recover that but they are keeping it alive here. Keeping

:22:28. > :22:38.it alive through Hiku. He will be taken down just short. And Isaac

:22:39. > :22:47.Liu, who started this, waiting to get things going again. The England

:22:48. > :22:50.players scrambling all over. The last tackle in this set, no, it's

:22:51. > :22:56.not, because it is a penalty for New Zealand. Both teams have come out

:22:57. > :23:00.with a different mentality. We saw a break from Isaac Liu and the

:23:01. > :23:04.expansion from the team in black. England have to defend line-out.

:23:05. > :23:09.That is a good marker that they have put down. Also, the referee putting

:23:10. > :23:16.a marker down. He is going to have slow rucks today. He is going to

:23:17. > :23:24.mention that he once a quick game. Isaac Liu comes back. And England

:23:25. > :23:31.are ready as they were so often last week. Isaac Liu start again. A

:23:32. > :23:35.developing number to the left. Nightingale, what a pass. But he was

:23:36. > :23:40.out of play before he flicked it back. And England survivor. New

:23:41. > :23:45.Zealand frustrated. Both teams looking threatening. To all intents

:23:46. > :23:51.and purposes, we thought they were in shape. Nightingale is in. He

:23:52. > :23:56.clearly touched the sideline, but England were struggling. It might be

:23:57. > :24:00.a question, four teams showing expansion, who executes the

:24:01. > :24:04.opportunity? You have spoken about this as a game of inches,

:24:05. > :24:08.international rugby league. If that pass was executed better, they would

:24:09. > :24:10.have had half a chance. But McGillvary, you have to admire his

:24:11. > :24:27.efforts in covering back. Watkins, trying to bring that out.

:24:28. > :24:35.We have not seen the best of them, but boy, he can sparkle. It is

:24:36. > :24:52.already a better game than last week! Belatedly, well done on the

:24:53. > :25:07.European title! Thank you. It was a good experience. All the players

:25:08. > :25:18.were speaking Welsh! It has been taken by Tuivasa-Sheck. We have not

:25:19. > :25:28.seen the best of people like him. I think we are hoping that we could

:25:29. > :25:42.see more of Tuivasa-Sheck and the other two.

:25:43. > :26:04.They have reached tackle five. Not a good kick. Poor kick. Let England

:26:05. > :26:14.off the hook. Again, McGillvary challenging. Tuivasa-Sheck, getting

:26:15. > :26:31.up and shaking his head! Welcome to the world of McGillvary. The range

:26:32. > :26:46.is coming down! Hill is already in deep at New Zealand territory. Smith

:26:47. > :26:54.treatening... Quick ball up. Widdop chases, hammered! Nailed him! Give

:26:55. > :27:03.himself the opportunity, that is what England need to do, kick with

:27:04. > :27:24.purpose. The ability to not let New Zealand meet any meterage. I think,

:27:25. > :27:34.shady at the moment! Looks ok! Hodgson going high-ish. Very tight,

:27:35. > :27:44.New Zealand, making it easy to get in the tackle. Back then comes

:27:45. > :27:55.again. Not leaving any questions. At some stage, they will stop kicking

:27:56. > :28:11.to him! This boy can carry! Can and has! Kahu, got the new two year

:28:12. > :28:25.deal. Here they come! The past was perhaps not as slick as it could

:28:26. > :28:34.have been. Nailed them for numbers! O'Loughlin, should have taken that,

:28:35. > :28:37.no doubt about that. Watkins... You must reel those in. Those neat

:28:38. > :29:21.executing. -- need. Luke, going to the New Zealand

:29:22. > :29:37.Warriors. Made that decision a while back. Harris. Finds Smith. Cannot

:29:38. > :29:52.get the ball free. Blair offers it back. Tuivasa-Sheck threatening.

:29:53. > :30:11.Didn't know whether to stick or twist! Good kick! Convoys. --

:30:12. > :30:23.composed. Dabbed it over! Definitely difficult to reel in. Had to play

:30:24. > :30:30.his part, immensely well. New Zealand defence up quickly. Stay

:30:31. > :30:45.following English ambitions. That got to the edge of the defence. My

:30:46. > :30:57.word! Shoulder in! Smith had a look at him! But Isaac is hurt!

:30:58. > :31:18.Dislocated his thumb, or wrist? Dead arm that one. Tough hombre, Luke!

:31:19. > :31:38.A go for the line! Ball came forward? Referee is going to go to

:31:39. > :31:53.the video referee! Knocked on. We'll hear from the video ref. Checking

:31:54. > :32:12.for a knock on. OK... Here we go. Definitely touched. Picked up by

:32:13. > :32:22.Nightingale. Knock on against Hiku. Confirm the decision. That was the

:32:23. > :32:31.reasoning, and the decision. But that was close! It was. They have

:32:32. > :32:40.got on the outside, no doubt looking at that once again, a threat but

:32:41. > :33:01.compliments to the England defence, scrambling across.

:33:02. > :33:21.No lack of firepower! England have lost the ball... Perhaps, better

:33:22. > :33:31.advised to clean and percentages. -- play the. England drums banging. But

:33:32. > :33:42.New Zealand are asking the questions. Good tackle. Press from

:33:43. > :34:14.inside. Good shoulder hit. Englund's defence, hanging on. Engel

:34:15. > :34:22.and congratulating themselves as though they scored a try!

:34:23. > :34:30.Scrambling, England, Nikorima went in. It was a tremendous tackle. Both

:34:31. > :34:43.of the defences, on top, different to last week but it is exciting.

:34:44. > :34:54.That was the off-load. Nikorima, probing! Good pass. But what I good

:34:55. > :35:05.tackle, to force the error. -- a good. They have made a change,

:35:06. > :35:17.England, they have brought on Roby and Cooper.

:35:18. > :35:37.Fresh impetus! Penalty to boot! That proved to be a terrific set! Got

:35:38. > :35:45.away with one earlier, penalty England. I think both of the teams

:35:46. > :35:48.have been fantastic, moving the ball, challenging defences, we spoke

:35:49. > :35:55.about England doing that and they have done that to good effect, look

:35:56. > :36:13.out for the big men passing to other big men, getting opportunities. Four

:36:14. > :36:27.tackles in the bag... Watkins... Closed down by Kahu. Held! England

:36:28. > :36:45.have lost some ground. Still got loads of tackles. Hall dummies!

:36:46. > :36:55.Blair has a touch! Another set of six! It is going to be a penalty for

:36:56. > :37:05.England. All getting involved. Steady on, fellows! Only a game!

:37:06. > :37:14.Penalty for England. What do you do? Tap it. Keep the pressure on. You

:37:15. > :37:30.can see chinks" of the defences. No doubt whatsoever about the penalty,

:37:31. > :37:40.Matulino, another challenge after he had blown. That is what the

:37:41. > :37:43.exception was about. It is good that they take exception. Some

:37:44. > :38:02.confrontation, some passion, I think they will play on. Roby takes the

:38:03. > :38:18.tap. First drive. Dummy run. Smith now! Great tackle! Another set of

:38:19. > :38:29.six! Widdop, searching, stalking! England start again. Cooper! Back

:38:30. > :38:44.into it. Could not get the ball away. Engel and pressing. -- England

:38:45. > :38:53.pressing. Back inside! Given away! New Zealand's turn to survive after

:38:54. > :39:03.some desperate defending. That was some good points for Watkins,

:39:04. > :39:13.realising he has beaten the man. Get the ball to Watkins even more! You

:39:14. > :39:25.cannot take your eyes off the game! Kiwis out to the halfway line!

:39:26. > :39:36.Decent from themselves! Hall's turn to get back. What sort of an impact?

:39:37. > :39:45.Pretty good. The former England captain, with us today, good time to

:39:46. > :39:52.bring in Jamie Peacock. What have you made of this? It has been

:39:53. > :40:01.fantastic to see the Passion, do or die, blood and thunder. You can tell

:40:02. > :40:10.the crowd is excited. Louder than the last two! Best game, best

:40:11. > :40:48.atmosphere! Cooper with a step. Burgess has had a terrific series.

:40:49. > :41:04.Up to the line. Burgess... Lateish from Blair. It's all on! Whitehead

:41:05. > :41:14.scores! Whitehead with the try! England get the rewards! Some times

:41:15. > :41:20.you have got to be patient, built pressure, call from the last tackle

:41:21. > :41:28.play, and that is exactly what England have done. It was well

:41:29. > :41:39.finished. New Zealand, playing the ball, but on hand, Whitehead. He has

:41:40. > :41:46.done this for Catalan Dragons, over the whitewash, four points! That is

:41:47. > :41:54.just the rewards for the pressure England have been putting on. Talk

:41:55. > :42:00.about Matty Smith. It is an indication about what he brings to

:42:01. > :42:06.the team, slick, brings shape. We have wanted some quality, building

:42:07. > :42:22.pressure, making sure that the Kiwis have to work hard. The good luck he

:42:23. > :42:33.deserved. Widdop, here he goes... Over and between! John? We spoke of

:42:34. > :42:42.out Smith, before the game, the importance of building pressure,

:42:43. > :42:50.watch out for more of this. It is a proper game of rugby league! It has

:42:51. > :42:57.been exciting, from the kick off. But New Zealand, playing the part,

:42:58. > :43:00.playing more expansively as well. Despite the conditions it has been

:43:01. > :43:17.high quality. Entertaining, both of the teams giving their all.

:43:18. > :43:37.Taupau on the field as well. Leaving the West Tigers. Troubled West

:43:38. > :43:49.Tigers. Burgess! Head snapping back! Smith with another kick. Greasy

:43:50. > :43:56.ball. Good kick. Only one place that you can go. Meeting the decision

:43:57. > :44:12.easier. You can see, England dominating that. Letting New Zealand

:44:13. > :44:18.off with the penalty. The two people that have, on, influential. -- come

:44:19. > :44:40.on. Tomkins, still part of the squad,

:44:41. > :44:54.not playing with injury. But this is a good move. Hardaker across! Soon

:44:55. > :45:02.there. New Zealand enterprise not getting the reward, but the England

:45:03. > :45:09.defence stars. Any of day of the week, but sensing the danger, did

:45:10. > :45:17.not do anything except making the tackle at the end. Tremendous

:45:18. > :45:36.defensive full-back. That is a great defensive effort from Hardaker. Man

:45:37. > :46:04.of steel! 430 tackles last week, England made?

:46:05. > :46:10.A lot to talk about, if this is anything to go by. It has been

:46:11. > :46:42.tremendous. Wall of white! Great chasing. It was

:46:43. > :46:46.completely different. Forcing New Zealand to work hard. What a good

:46:47. > :47:00.chase. Especially from the middle unit, closing down that avenue for

:47:01. > :47:12.Tuivasa-Sheck. Engel and -- England knock on. I think that is the

:47:13. > :47:18.correct call. Roby. Trying to feel the ball like a wicket keeper! You

:47:19. > :47:30.can see the mindset. Trying to keep the ball alive. England aware of

:47:31. > :47:33.that situation. The intensity of this kind, must be something opening

:47:34. > :47:54.up in the last ten minutes. New Zealand have had some big

:47:55. > :48:17.wingers over the years! But England have got them today. All over him!

:48:18. > :48:20.Like a rash! Good harrying defence. Forcing the pressure. Forcing the

:48:21. > :49:07.knock-back. Ferres has had a tremendous

:49:08. > :49:14.try-scoring return. Burgess... Another set draws towards the

:49:15. > :49:32.conclusion. Intelligent kick. Making them do some extra work. You can see

:49:33. > :49:42.the influence that Smith has had, kick game far superior to last week.

:49:43. > :49:55.The last two tests! Kicked well near the line, sideline. Massive

:49:56. > :50:03.improvement. New Zealand, after five tackles. Keeps us going. But it

:50:04. > :50:17.comes. This is good from New Zealand. Nightingale has had to go

:50:18. > :50:28.over the top, spectacular. The referee wants to see it again! We

:50:29. > :50:46.wouldn't mind! He thinks it's a try! What does the video ref think? Nice

:50:47. > :50:59.and slow. Leaves the ground. Slow... Still on it. Freeze it. All infield.

:51:00. > :51:07.Confirm try. It is not unfamiliar. Nightingale finishing in spectacular

:51:08. > :51:23.fashion. Confirmation. Wonderful try from Nightingale. What a try!

:51:24. > :51:32.Running it. Going to Nikorima, five on three. Hardaker trying his best,

:51:33. > :51:39.but fantastic finish from Nightingale. The conditions, it is

:51:40. > :51:48.really raining, the ball over was sensational than just looked at that

:51:49. > :52:03.scale. -- skill. Fantastic try. When Nightingale got that ball, looked as

:52:04. > :52:07.though he was going to canter the corner! Hardaker made it difficult!

:52:08. > :52:17.You would expect that. Supporters have seen that all season. Curled

:52:18. > :52:30.that in. Over it goes. Tight and tense again! Test match. What a

:52:31. > :52:39.fantastic finish. You can see the commitment from Hardaker, but

:52:40. > :53:01.grounded it well, great wing play from Nightingale. Not a bad restart!

:53:02. > :53:13.Again, Hardaker has kicked off for Leeds all season. Difficult to

:53:14. > :53:29.claim! Going to left again. Dragged down. They still have tackles to go.

:53:30. > :53:40.Good set. Claiming the kick off. They won't be happy with that. And

:53:41. > :53:57.happy with how they have finished this half, New Zealand, getting back

:53:58. > :54:05.into the game. Given it away! New Zealand, with the chance to attack.

:54:06. > :54:13.Just over two minutes of the first half remaining.

:54:14. > :54:19.Luke going left. Taken in by Matulino. A lovely little flick back

:54:20. > :54:35.to Luke. A couple of tackles to go. England

:54:36. > :54:38.almost on their own line again. That almost disappeared between his

:54:39. > :54:43.hands! It's going backwards here. Backwards by a distance. That will

:54:44. > :54:52.make the last play very interesting indeed. Hardaker read the kick.

:54:53. > :54:59.Tuivasa-Sheck was challenging, but Hardaker came away with it. England

:55:00. > :55:04.need to look after the ball. That's made it better. Interference with

:55:05. > :55:11.the play-the-ball by Nightingale. Piggybacks England up the field. A

:55:12. > :55:15.proper contest between both full-backs. Tuivasa-Sheck and

:55:16. > :55:17.Hardaker and Hardaker came up trumps. Another push by Nightingale

:55:18. > :55:32.which results in the penalty. Potentially the last set here of

:55:33. > :55:37.this half for England. They will be asking questions right to the end

:55:38. > :55:47.the way this is shaping up. Plenty of tackles left. Four tackles to go,

:55:48. > :55:51.30 seconds of the half remaining. Matty Smith running into the solid

:55:52. > :56:02.figure of Tohu Harris. Three tackles to go. Picked up by Kallum Watkins.

:56:03. > :56:06.Watkins throws is inside to Ferris, a difficult pass and now the Kiwis

:56:07. > :56:11.can bring it back on the counter in the shape of Nightingale. Just

:56:12. > :56:19.enough time to get up and play-the-ball. Last play. It's gone

:56:20. > :56:25.through the hands! In the end, Proctor will drop on it to bring an

:56:26. > :56:36.exhilarating first half to its conclusion. Oh League 2 point Zenit,

:56:37. > :56:43.8-6. -- only two points in it, 8-6. Harris has pulled New Zealand right

:56:44. > :56:49.back into the contest. It's a terrific game. So much better than

:56:50. > :56:54.we've seen in the opening two Tests and Tom Burgess is with us now. Such

:56:55. > :56:59.a tight match, what will be the key in the second half? Control the ruck

:57:00. > :57:10.a bit more. Get a hand on the off-loads. They've been a bit too

:57:11. > :57:14.quick on us. But we got one try. Adam, how key for you to get that

:57:15. > :57:20.try at the end of the first half? Very important. We were on our line

:57:21. > :57:25.for the large part of the first half, but very happy to get the

:57:26. > :57:28.drive. How difficult are the conditions? Very difficult, but

:57:29. > :57:37.that's football, we have to play some football now.

:57:38. > :57:44.England just on top, with possession and territory. Made more tackles as

:57:45. > :57:50.well. Completed 96% of their tackles. As you would expect, New

:57:51. > :57:55.Zealand ahead on the off-loads. There are changes to the personnel,

:57:56. > :57:59.but this is, in essence, the same teams and the same sport we watched

:58:00. > :58:03.last week. You wouldn't think so! This is a cracking game of rugby

:58:04. > :58:07.league. It's got everything, good kicking, good off-loads, good

:58:08. > :58:15.decisions. Look at the conditions. What a pleasure. They have both come

:58:16. > :58:19.out this week and decided, you know what, we are going to play the game

:58:20. > :58:25.expansively. They are doing brilliantly in these conditions.

:58:26. > :58:29.Both teams are prepared to attack and they are not bothered about the

:58:30. > :58:35.weather or having to defend. That's what makes for an exciting game.

:58:36. > :58:38.Whoever wins will win the series. The conditions will make it even

:58:39. > :58:44.more thrilling for ask of the Spectator. Tom Burgess was panting

:58:45. > :58:48.as he came off. As the tiredness kicks in, that will also add to the

:58:49. > :58:51.excitement. It will make a difference. I have to give the

:58:52. > :58:55.ticking the box to Steve McNamara, the changes have been phenomenal.

:58:56. > :58:59.McGillvary has been putting them on the front foot and has looked

:59:00. > :59:04.dangerous. Particularly Matty Smith. It looks like a different

:59:05. > :59:08.team. The players are allowed to play anywhere they want because of

:59:09. > :59:13.what Matty Smith has brought to the team, and he's getting pretty well

:59:14. > :59:19.as well. England are playing in layers. They have options in front.

:59:20. > :59:23.They can hit the back. More often than not they are going to the

:59:24. > :59:27.player at the back. Steve McNamara talking to his half-backs. They've

:59:28. > :59:34.delivered this half, they've been exceptional. Next of those is John

:59:35. > :59:37.Bateman, he's been outstanding and looked dangerous every time he's

:59:38. > :59:42.carried the ball down the left. We'll come on to England in a

:59:43. > :59:48.minute, but let's take a look at the New Zealand try. We all stood up and

:59:49. > :59:54.went wow when Nightingale went over. This was at the back end of the

:59:55. > :00:02.half. Nikorima on the other side of the field, but this is the

:00:03. > :00:06.furnishing factor. -- finishing. He leaves the ground. He doesn't worry

:00:07. > :00:11.about taking out the corner flag and that's what gets the try. Jermaine

:00:12. > :00:15.McGillvary has slipped out of the line expecting the kick from New

:00:16. > :00:20.Zealand, which gives them the opportunity of 31. That's a

:00:21. > :00:24.world-class finish. You see that numerous times in Super League,

:00:25. > :00:28.bundling the winger into touch. You just have too applaud that, a

:00:29. > :00:34.world-class effort. Interestingly, all of the crowd here uploaded that

:00:35. > :00:39.effort. It went to the video ref and the whole of the stadium was

:00:40. > :00:46.applauding. He put his body on the line. All that energy comes down on

:00:47. > :00:50.his head. Let's take a look at the England try, which highlights the

:00:51. > :00:54.importance of Matty Smith's kicking game. He's been brought in for his

:00:55. > :01:00.kicking game. He is known for this in Super League. Brilliantly

:01:01. > :01:05.followed up by a guy who scores a lot of tries like this, Elliott

:01:06. > :01:10.Whitehead. Look at the layers England are playing with. Watkins

:01:11. > :01:15.out the back, Cafu has to stay defending and that's where the space

:01:16. > :01:21.opens up for Whitehead. -- Kahu. Whitehead gets in between them.

:01:22. > :01:28.Coaches teach their defenders to run obstruction. They can't because he's

:01:29. > :01:32.having to watch the other player. Well-deserved try, England have been

:01:33. > :01:37.building pressure curate -- consistently and have attacked with

:01:38. > :01:42.cohesion. Tak Nikki, Steve McNamara has got it bang on. A word of

:01:43. > :01:46.warning, I think New Zealand have come with a different mentality as

:01:47. > :01:50.well. I think they are playing a bit more expansively than I thought they

:01:51. > :01:56.would and they are taking risks all over the field. Interestingly, New

:01:57. > :01:59.Zealand were just denied scoring a couple of tries down England's

:02:00. > :02:09.right. They are in marking that defensive side as a side to attack.

:02:10. > :02:16.Act two England! -- back to England! You highlighted last week they were

:02:17. > :02:20.creating space. This week? We can see how condensed the New Zealand

:02:21. > :02:27.line is. We wanted to get flat ball across to get into that space, but

:02:28. > :02:30.they were direct through. This is where New Zealand are weak. You can

:02:31. > :02:35.see the space out wide, but they don't go there again. This is from

:02:36. > :02:40.last week. When we start to look at this week, watch this. Almost the

:02:41. > :02:47.same. We expect Chris Hill to carry the ball. Then we have a wide pass

:02:48. > :02:53.to O'Loughlin, another white pastor Liam Farrell and we are into that

:02:54. > :02:59.space. It's easy to run. England have Chris Hill, is he going to come

:03:00. > :03:04.back? No, he wants to get into this space and move the Kiwis about. This

:03:05. > :03:08.is why England have performed much, much better. The coaching staff have

:03:09. > :03:13.laid out a game plan and England are executing it at the moment. It gives

:03:14. > :03:18.them the ability to expose what JP has just highlighted. Robbie is

:03:19. > :03:31.talking about layers of play that enables us to get a 3 on one or

:03:32. > :03:33.three on two. What's this thing? There was nothing wrong with their

:03:34. > :03:39.defence last week, as you highlighted the number of tackles,

:03:40. > :03:44.about 430. This week? Committed again. They've been outstanding. I

:03:45. > :03:49.think New Zealand have seen something on the right, but England

:03:50. > :03:53.have numerous try savers. You need more white shirt and black and white

:03:54. > :03:59.and they've done that consistently throughout this first half. This

:04:00. > :04:03.could be a try. There are more English numbers on the inside. These

:04:04. > :04:10.guys want to win this Test match and this series. You can see the

:04:11. > :04:18.commitment. Why are they targeting England's right? It's got to be more

:04:19. > :04:27.than there being a debutant on the right wing. One of the things is the

:04:28. > :04:30.New Zealand half-backs. They will have been working on the

:04:31. > :04:34.combinations throughout the course of these four games in England.

:04:35. > :04:38.That's one of the strengths they will play two. Positioned on the

:04:39. > :04:41.left, they will have those rhythms and combinations already set up and

:04:42. > :04:48.it's probably where they feel more comfortable. I think it's somewhere

:04:49. > :04:54.England need to be better in the second half. We need to stop them

:04:55. > :05:00.getting the line breaks. We need to pinpoint Matty Smith. That's where

:05:01. > :05:05.they can create breaks. They could have been targeting George Williams

:05:06. > :05:09.from the last two Tests. McNamara has changed the personnel as well.

:05:10. > :05:16.That could upset them so they have to stick with what they know. You've

:05:17. > :05:21.seen Hiku and Nikorima doubled up. They have a prowess as runners, but

:05:22. > :05:25.their handling skills in small spaces, England's defence has

:05:26. > :05:28.stopped them on a number of occasions. Let's take a look at the

:05:29. > :05:35.opportunities England have created in the first half. I think England

:05:36. > :05:39.had one opportunity, last week James Graham to score from the kick. This

:05:40. > :05:43.week we are creating numerous opportunities. We've missed some of

:05:44. > :05:49.them, but it's good to see the tactics changed. Pushing the ball

:05:50. > :05:53.and getting the ball to Watkins in space. The more they keep doing

:05:54. > :05:57.this, the greater the pressure will be this will lead to points

:05:58. > :06:01.eventually. England did that in the opening set. They have a great

:06:02. > :06:05.kick-off and they got down there in numbers and forced New Zealand to

:06:06. > :06:10.drop the ball out. It stopped them moving the ball and that's kept New

:06:11. > :06:15.Zealand guessing. New Zealand could be in for a long afternoon. The

:06:16. > :06:19.kicking game has been better. They've had the facility to run the

:06:20. > :06:24.ball on the last play and still had either Widdall or Smith in position

:06:25. > :06:28.to kicks a ball through. It creates -- it allows the winger is to create

:06:29. > :06:37.more space. The chase has been good as well. They've been outstanding in

:06:38. > :06:40.this half and deserve to be further ahead, but that's the conditions and

:06:41. > :06:44.we've had to see a world-class effort from New Zealand to get

:06:45. > :06:49.themselves back in the game. Similar to the tryout the Olympic Park. That

:06:50. > :06:54.tells you how good the English defence has been. Second half on the

:06:55. > :06:56.way. This the final game we will bring you in 2015, but we'll be back

:06:57. > :07:43.next year. Plenty of sport coming your way

:07:44. > :08:08.before we get to 2016. Let's go down to the touchline. They

:08:09. > :08:13.might be taking part next week. Jon Wilkin is with a very special guest.

:08:14. > :08:18.I'm sat somewhere I'm more used to being than this man, Sam Tomkins.

:08:19. > :08:24.I'm on the England bench. What is your take on this series and this

:08:25. > :08:28.Test match today. Today we've improved on last week. The first

:08:29. > :08:32.week we were really good. Last week our attack was a bit sloppy at

:08:33. > :08:38.times. But it's a lot better today. The conditions, I don't know how

:08:39. > :08:41.greasy Ilic 's on TV, but it really is. Whichever team kicks best in the

:08:42. > :08:47.second half will have a big bearing on who wins. Matty Smith has been".

:08:48. > :08:51.You are resting, talk us through your injury, how long will you be

:08:52. > :08:57.out? Probably back around next March. It was an injury I did in

:08:58. > :09:00.March of this year, really. I ruptured ligament which probably

:09:01. > :09:05.didn't get dealt with as well as it could have done at the time so I

:09:06. > :09:09.needed an operation. I had that a week ago. A week into recovery and

:09:10. > :09:16.it's doing my head in already! Itchy feet already. You've been in the

:09:17. > :09:20.NRL, the best competitions in the world, we're delighted you're back

:09:21. > :09:25.in the UK, how are you settling in? How's life back here? It's good, I'm

:09:26. > :09:30.really enjoying it, I've been away two years and nothing has changed,

:09:31. > :09:34.which is a good thing. I start pre-season on Monday so I'm looking

:09:35. > :09:38.forward to a big second half of the year next year. What are you

:09:39. > :09:43.expecting from the second-half? I think we'll win it by a try. Kicking

:09:44. > :09:50.will be massive, but we have Matty Smith Altair, Gary, Roby and Josh,

:09:51. > :09:58.we will kick them to death in the second half. All the best. Are you

:09:59. > :10:04.not going to do YMCA? No! I've done it before. It's my own private dance

:10:05. > :10:08.for you. Let's move on. Remarkable facial hair down there and Sam's

:10:09. > :10:12.beard is pretty special! He's got a job on his hands getting back into

:10:13. > :10:17.this England team on the performance of Hardaker, but that's not a bad

:10:18. > :10:20.thing. It's fantastic for England. As a coach you would rather have

:10:21. > :10:24.those selections than not knowing who to play. Two or three players

:10:25. > :10:48.for every position, it's where New Zealand and Australia are at the

:10:49. > :10:51.moment. Quality in depth and we are starting to get that with England.

:10:52. > :10:53.We spoke about that at the top of the show. Sam Burgess coming back.

:10:54. > :10:56.Sam Tomkins not players. Others who are injured. It adds quality to the

:10:57. > :10:59.squad. Brian is talking about two or three players for every position,

:11:00. > :11:01.but you could have a lot of players who could play into three different

:11:02. > :11:04.positions. The likes of Bateman, a second row. It's become one of the

:11:05. > :11:06.skills of rugby league players in the modern game. Their skills are

:11:07. > :11:08.transferable. What Steve McNamara has to do is make sure he gets the

:11:09. > :11:11.right combinations for the formations and the upcoming 2017

:11:12. > :11:17.World Cup. More of the same in the second-half? The kick chase is

:11:18. > :11:20.important, but England still have to play with the ball. They need to do

:11:21. > :11:25.something with the ball if they are to win. I have every faith they can

:11:26. > :11:32.do it. More of the same, please. Let's go back to the commentators.

:11:33. > :11:43.40 minutes to settle this. The first-ever New Zealand tour to these

:11:44. > :11:47.shores was in 1907. It started something special. We will see the

:11:48. > :11:53.latest chapter finally closing here today in the next 40 minutes. Will

:11:54. > :12:01.it be retaining the Baskerville shield? The first on England or

:12:02. > :12:06.Great Britain played in a series it was 2007, which Great Britain won.

:12:07. > :12:11.Will New Zealand be taking it back down under? We shall see. I think

:12:12. > :12:16.it's England is to win. You just feel that in the first half, they

:12:17. > :12:20.were better than the 8-6 on the scoreboard and if they maintain that

:12:21. > :12:30.level of performance, I'm confident they'll come away with the spoils.

:12:31. > :12:36.He's eating chocolate! That's why his contribution on that occasion

:12:37. > :12:41.was kept to a minimum. Roby out of dummy half. Matty Smith with the

:12:42. > :12:45.kick. A cross goes Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, who makes absolutely

:12:46. > :12:49.certain on the pick-up, and why not on a day like today? Look at the

:12:50. > :12:53.chase. That's been a consistent factor in the England performance in

:12:54. > :12:59.this game. Kick well, chase well, and you have a heck of a chance in

:13:00. > :13:02.these conditions if you do that. Nightingale, the scorer of that

:13:03. > :13:06.spectacular tried towards the latter stages of the first half. Steve

:13:07. > :13:15.McNamara up on the gantry looking down. If you catch sight of the

:13:16. > :13:17.number 22 in the New Zealand ranks, it's deemed far rate, he swapped his

:13:18. > :13:38.number four jersey. I think Hiku would be of the two.

:13:39. > :13:43.That may well be a little tweak that Curtis suggested to the New Zealand

:13:44. > :13:48.side. Instead of giving McGillvary the ball with 15 to 20 metres in

:13:49. > :13:53.space, put it out of bounds and then you have a set restart. Two good

:13:54. > :13:57.opening sets for both teams for top England will have been happy after

:13:58. > :14:01.the great kick from Matty Smith and the chase. And Hiku replies. Great

:14:02. > :14:06.kick from them as well. Great half-time entertainment here. You

:14:07. > :14:12.got great half-time entertainment, the viewer, with Mark and everybody

:14:13. > :14:17.else, but great stuff from the crowd. Singing and all kinds of

:14:18. > :14:24.stuff. Like Last Night Of The Proms! Last day of the ponds! A ball that

:14:25. > :14:29.has been stolen away from Tom Burgess. It's going to be a penalty

:14:30. > :14:35.for England and a chance to clear their lines. It's a good penalty for

:14:36. > :14:40.England because they were having to work their way out. You'd have to

:14:41. > :14:45.agree that Taupau did play at the ball and that makes it a fair old

:14:46. > :14:51.penalty concession for New Zealand. Seven conceded by New Zealand, just

:14:52. > :14:52.three by England. That suggests another area they could improve

:14:53. > :15:03.upon. Cooper slow to his feet. Might have

:15:04. > :15:10.hurt himself a little. O'Loughlin is taking on the challenge. Sean

:15:11. > :15:15.O'Loughlin on his home pitch, Wigan skipper and England skipper. Tom

:15:16. > :15:26.Burgess again. England creeping closer. Carried by Cooper again.

:15:27. > :15:33.Roby delivers... Braaheid Matty Smith, but taken on by Brett Ferres.

:15:34. > :15:40.-- behind Matty Smith. One tackle to go. Hardaker at dummy half. Matty

:15:41. > :15:46.Smith, another little slight kick, but fielded well this time by Issac

:15:47. > :15:50.Luke and New Zealand can start. I wonder what the philosophy of both

:15:51. > :15:54.sides is in the second-half. Let's say from Tanya Arnold. Steve

:15:55. > :15:58.McNamara said we are losing too much of the ball, it's vital to keep hold

:15:59. > :16:02.of the ball. He's seen too much defence and he wants more in attack

:16:03. > :16:06.from the England side. He said we need to make smart decisions in

:16:07. > :16:20.smart areas of the field and complete our sets. As the New

:16:21. > :16:22.Zealand, Steve Kenney telling his side is Fido to keep structure in

:16:23. > :16:25.attack, make sure of the tackles, especially on the kick chase. And

:16:26. > :16:31.don't have any regrets over the next 40 minutes, go for it.

:16:32. > :16:40.Bateman is a cross to help close things down. Dangerous for a moment.

:16:41. > :16:45.Proctor puts it back, Issac Luke on the sixth tackle, desperate to get

:16:46. > :16:51.the kick away. Not the best kick in the circumstances. Another flooding

:16:52. > :16:56.effort forward from MacGillivray. I'm not... Another five metres with

:16:57. > :16:59.that late drive and it's very important to get the England team on

:17:00. > :17:07.the front foot, as indicated by Ryan Hall once again getting his nose

:17:08. > :17:15.through. England nearly ten metres inside New Zealand's half.

:17:16. > :17:21.A couple of tackles have come. Roby has pointed to the touchline, but

:17:22. > :17:29.obviously to give the New Zealanders the wrong impression because he's

:17:30. > :17:33.gone the other way. Hall pushes Tuivasa-Sheck out of the way and

:17:34. > :17:38.can't get hold of the ball. Took a big risk, Tuivasa-Sheck! Ryan Hall

:17:39. > :17:43.on another given day will pick that up and put it over the line. He let

:17:44. > :17:49.it go expecting it to go out. I think Hall took it over the line in

:17:50. > :17:56.the end. It was a heck of a risk. I'm sure the New Zealand fans will

:17:57. > :17:59.be screaming to the get rid of the ball. It almost worked against him,

:18:00. > :18:11.but he got away with it. If Hall picks that up, he scores!

:18:12. > :18:18.Hiku tries to battle his way through. He's a threat when he

:18:19. > :18:24.carries the ball. He's not only a structural half black, he will also

:18:25. > :18:28.carry the ball happily. Chopped down from behind by Widdop. Really

:18:29. > :18:39.important tackle. Here comes the last. It's going right. A step back

:18:40. > :18:46.by where macro -- Whare. Something of nothing kind of kick because

:18:47. > :18:50.England can pick it up. Great inside ball from Nikorima. First time we've

:18:51. > :18:55.seen him make a clean break in the last couple of games. Lovely pass,

:18:56. > :18:59.right at the line and saw the support on the inside. A duck and

:19:00. > :19:23.dive by Hardaker. I've got a feeling this game will go

:19:24. > :19:29.down to the last five or ten minutes with a break or a missed tackle or a

:19:30. > :19:37.slip or something. Nightingale pouches safely. Smith up there to

:19:38. > :19:41.lead England's defensive effort. Here comes Hiku again, offering a

:19:42. > :19:45.little skip and gallop. Tuivasa-Sheck, as we mentioned last

:19:46. > :19:49.week, breaking all kinds of records in the NRL this year from the number

:19:50. > :19:54.of yards covered for the Sydney Roosters. Took a year off last year

:19:55. > :20:02.to learn the full-back trade and he's learnt it really well.

:20:03. > :20:14.A couple of tackles to go for New Zealand. Bateman not sure whether to

:20:15. > :20:19.stand his ground or move out wide. Ryan Hall did really well. I was

:20:20. > :20:28.about to say the same, he did really well. A kick through by Brown. It's

:20:29. > :20:32.cagey at the moment, really cagey. That was one of my concerns about

:20:33. > :20:36.England. I fear they have gone back to one out instead of getting to

:20:37. > :20:41.edges. You have to look after the ball, but stick with what's working

:20:42. > :20:46.for you. I was looking for some of the reasons for that. I think the

:20:47. > :20:52.weather has got worse, the rain is heavier. Here we go, some expansion

:20:53. > :21:02.from Bateman to get Paul away. -- Hall.

:21:03. > :21:10.That was great from O'Loughlin. He saw it and he played what he saw and

:21:11. > :21:14.all credit to him. At the end of all this, England find themselves 40

:21:15. > :21:17.metres out on their sixth tackle and Matty Smith punting the ball

:21:18. > :21:22.downfield and swallowed by Tuivasa-Sheck. Here he comes. He is

:21:23. > :21:30.in beating the England line on this occasion. -- isn't. Red button

:21:31. > :21:36.coverage afterwards. If you can join us live after the programme, -- if

:21:37. > :21:40.you can't... It will be on the eye player. You can catch up with it

:21:41. > :21:51.later. Later on this evening it will be on the I player.

:21:52. > :21:58.Lewis Brown, water utility purpose he has. Five gone, last tackle

:21:59. > :22:03.coming up in the set for New Zealand again.

:22:04. > :22:10.Hardaker should have it covered and he's not willing to take any risks

:22:11. > :22:15.whatsoever and puts it out of play for a drop under the sticks. Its

:22:16. > :22:18.advantage Kiwis in the second half. They are finding the field

:22:19. > :22:21.position, finding the kicks to stay in that part of the field and they

:22:22. > :22:22.are finding the field position, finding the kicks to stay in that

:22:23. > :22:40.part of the field well. England taking as much time as they

:22:41. > :22:44.possibly can hear. Getting oxygen back in the lungs for another wave

:22:45. > :22:56.of black shirted attack that's coming their way. Led by Moa in the

:22:57. > :23:01.first instance. This is Lewis Brown. He's often manliness season, Lewis

:23:02. > :23:10.Brown, having cut his ties with Penrith. Hiku taking the line on,

:23:11. > :23:16.but left the ball behind him and knocking it on in the process.

:23:17. > :23:22.England, with another sterling defensive ever, will get the scrum.

:23:23. > :23:26.Worked very hard again from the inside and forced the error. We

:23:27. > :23:31.needed that to tell you the truth. As an England fan. They really were

:23:32. > :23:36.turning the screw, they were building pressure. It's a big, big

:23:37. > :23:39.tackle. England now really do need to clear their own 40, get a good

:23:40. > :23:54.kick in and buy some territory. Weather set in now. Rain pouring.

:23:55. > :24:25.Saturday afternoon, Wigan, November! Lot of work to do. New Zealand,

:24:26. > :24:46.trying to keep England penned where they are. Graham, clean shirted.

:24:47. > :25:05.Farrell... The crowd have lost their intensity. Cagey early stages of the

:25:06. > :25:23.second half. Kicks it away. Cracking kick! Belting kick! Revving his side

:25:24. > :25:41.up! The crowd responding. Repeating their efforts. This is Proctor.

:25:42. > :26:04.Spent his whole career with Melbourne Storm. Just inside England

:26:05. > :26:16.territory. Went into a big man! Wall meeting wall! Good collision.

:26:17. > :26:34.Starting to speed the game up. Here it comes. The great escape playing

:26:35. > :26:45.at the drums! And that ball escaped from Watkins! Game of chicken at the

:26:46. > :27:00.moment. It is about who is going to flinch first. Kiwis are going to be

:27:01. > :27:07.used to this, not totally new for England, but the arm wrestle, the

:27:08. > :27:11.kicking game... Errors and penalties could make the difference. I think

:27:12. > :27:23.towards the last 15 minutes we could see more of the teams breaching it

:27:24. > :27:31.open. The pattern has been engaging with New Zealand, over the last few

:27:32. > :27:55.weeks, Luke on the touchline, taking a rest. He'll be back. Risk

:27:56. > :27:59.involved! Picked up by Hardaker. That was good defence again from

:28:00. > :28:10.England. Taking this piece from inside. Difficult to catch the ball,

:28:11. > :28:18.teaming with rain. You could be more inclined to go away from the line,

:28:19. > :28:26.try to play shorter. We have got the stoppage. John? I think both of the

:28:27. > :28:36.teams have been reluctant to move the ball, it has been to England's

:28:37. > :28:41.detriment, I believe the key is to continue moving the ball. Despite

:28:42. > :28:48.the conditions, the rain now coming down heavily, England have to move

:28:49. > :28:59.the New Zealand pack around. You're getting wet? That is what you are

:29:00. > :29:12.telling us. Indeed... A couple of tries so far. Whitehead's first

:29:13. > :29:17.international try. And then, this spectacular effort from Nightingale,

:29:18. > :29:26.he has been doing that for some years. Shake of the head there. Not

:29:27. > :29:40.looking too healthy? Fumbled the ball. Full on the shoulder, ribs.

:29:41. > :29:56.Because it is an injury, New Zealand making the change. Blair back on.

:29:57. > :30:11.England coming down the right-hand side. The good deal of physicality.

:30:12. > :30:20.They need to just perhaps play two passes, get outside the first three.

:30:21. > :30:34.Graham has got the capabilities, but not this time. Two tackles to go.

:30:35. > :30:55.That is a good kick. Fumbles! Up they go! Stopping him, 12 metres

:30:56. > :31:04.out. Put it in the corner, telling Tuivasa-Sheck to bring it out, if

:31:05. > :31:19.you're getting a try, 90 metre set! Harris, famously missing out on the

:31:20. > :31:46.-- World Cup. Kicked downfield. Solid platform. Flicked his ankles.

:31:47. > :32:01.He has had a good game, Hiku. It has developed, into the proverbial arm

:32:02. > :32:11.wrestle. Who's going to break first? Shaped as though he might pass...

:32:12. > :32:26.Sixth tackle. Hits a leg! Wasn't played up. New Zealand get cheap

:32:27. > :32:35.turnover. Much better position than they could have imagined. Going for

:32:36. > :32:42.the corner again. On the foot. This is a possibility. New Zealand will

:32:43. > :33:04.meet their way up the field. -- make. New Zealand, in an attacking

:33:05. > :33:15.position, that presence could be felt, Blair solidly in. Reaching

:33:16. > :33:25.that conclusion. Tuivasa-Sheck has lost it forward. England get the

:33:26. > :33:34.handover. This is tense. That was some expansion from New Zealand,

:33:35. > :33:38.dropping the ball, it was not forward, the crowd trying to lift

:33:39. > :33:54.England. Get some movement, get some shape. Let's win the game, England!

:33:55. > :34:08.England, beginning to move to the right-hand side, Whitehead taking

:34:09. > :34:22.the step. Hardaker did really well, a leading England to get some yards.

:34:23. > :34:31.-- allowing. Oh! There's a kick! Widdop didn't like that! I thought

:34:32. > :34:43.it was legitimate. New Zealand, will get the ball back. I think the ref

:34:44. > :34:54.has got it right. Taking exception to that. Little efforts like that,

:34:55. > :35:05.so important. That gives New Zealand the attacking option. Moa goes over.

:35:06. > :35:07.New Zealand have got five to go. Gradually, building the pressure.

:35:08. > :35:28.Wrapping things up. England's defenders swaying across!

:35:29. > :35:46.Good defences last week, the same this week but with better, more

:35:47. > :36:02.difficult decisions to make. Blair away to Bromwich. Reached the final

:36:03. > :36:13.of another set... McGillvary has taken up superbly. Great catch! In

:36:14. > :36:24.these conditions, with that pressure, arms outstretched and that

:36:25. > :36:33.was fantastic. Ditto. Passed every test, every examination. A star for

:36:34. > :36:40.Huddersfield. And England, finding themselves with another penalty.

:36:41. > :36:46.High on Whitehead. Penalty on the halfway line. That 20 minutes could

:36:47. > :36:59.have won England the game, that tackle, getting field position. New

:37:00. > :37:15.Zealand may have missed the chance. Smith finds touch. England tap

:37:16. > :37:22.restart. I said I would not have taken that penalty, in the first

:37:23. > :37:34.three minutes! But it is looking important at the moment. Hodgson

:37:35. > :37:54.back on the field. Bateman... Collared. Literally! Less than ten!

:37:55. > :38:02.Whitehead! Scores! Elliot Whitehead! Two international tries! The same

:38:03. > :38:11.game! What an effort about was. England have daylight! New Zealand

:38:12. > :38:19.dominating territory, position, but England got the chance, on the back

:38:20. > :38:23.of that Whitehead penalty, shape is exceptional, the execution despite

:38:24. > :38:31.the weather is also exceptional, comes inside, uses the strength to

:38:32. > :38:43.go off the left foot, on the outside, what a great try! Worthy of

:38:44. > :38:52.winning the series! The first two games of the series... Whitehead had

:38:53. > :39:02.not been the most obvious. Massive in the scheme of things! Kahu tried

:39:03. > :39:10.to stop him! But we have seen him do that for the Catalans, the shape was

:39:11. > :39:25.good, coming back to the right, Smith was the architect, and he got

:39:26. > :39:31.over the line! Going to Canberra Raiders. I am sure people will be

:39:32. > :39:45.watching, down under. Watch out for them next year. Another player who

:39:46. > :39:57.plies his trade in the NRL... Big kick! Puts it over! Two score lead!

:39:58. > :40:02.We spoke about England having to move the ball, the integral part of

:40:03. > :40:07.the plea, this man, expect to see him passing the ball as much as he

:40:08. > :40:21.can but in these conditions play" Clay is a huge influence. He has

:40:22. > :40:28.been a huge influence. That extra two points, I think both of you wise

:40:29. > :40:36.old coaches... Less of the old... Said roll it on! Often, players can

:40:37. > :40:44.feel this out, they wanted to get on the scoreboard and they have justify

:40:45. > :40:56.that, traded to England, they have shown both sides of the ability to

:40:57. > :41:00.do. In attack and in defence. I have often said, at this level, it is

:41:01. > :41:10.about execution, if you get the opportunity. It has been all New

:41:11. > :41:21.Zealand, territorially, and the first time they got in the half,

:41:22. > :41:27.nailed the play and the score! What do New Zealand have? What character

:41:28. > :41:32.can they prove? Been in this situation collectively and as

:41:33. > :41:42.individuals on many occasions. It is difficult when England are in,

:41:43. > :41:45.defensively. -- in the zone. In conditions like this, it can be

:41:46. > :42:03.difficult, it is going to be difficult for New Zealand to get two

:42:04. > :42:17.tries. Believe me! You try stopping him. What did you make of that? It

:42:18. > :42:24.was great, the build-up, the boys exactly where they needed to be.

:42:25. > :42:35.Good finish. What do they need to do to see this out? Do not have the

:42:36. > :42:36.Kiwis any piggy backs. It is a good team they are playing against, it is

:42:37. > :43:07.about discipline. Last play... Widdop picks and up

:43:08. > :43:15.clears! Still going. Magnificent. Dropped out of the defensive line,

:43:16. > :43:27.read that, repaid with interest! Poor kick from New Zealand. Ran it

:43:28. > :43:43.down. Harris in the end. Widdop in the right place. The tension

:43:44. > :44:06.building. Cooper again. Five tackles gone. England inside the New Zealand

:44:07. > :44:18.half. Line well organised. Harris pulling his socks up. I think that

:44:19. > :44:30.is just a disguise of his fatigue. That try has certainly doesn't end

:44:31. > :44:44.when some energy. You can see that. -- given England some energy. Blair,

:44:45. > :45:00.here he comes... No. This is danger, but Bateman with the tackle. Smith

:45:01. > :45:10.has it covered. Forward pass? We now accept the referee's ruling! Out of

:45:11. > :45:18.the hands of Watkins! Knock on. Defensive effort. I think we got

:45:19. > :45:25.away with that one. Went forward, I believe, off Smith! I think some of

:45:26. > :45:33.the New Zealand coaches felt similar! Aggressive contact forcing

:45:34. > :45:42.the error. They need to score in this set. Just to try to put some

:45:43. > :45:51.seeds of doubt in England's mind. 11 minutes remaining. We mentioned

:45:52. > :45:55.this, when England were leading, the national predicament is for the

:45:56. > :46:02.tightening of the stomach knots to begin! They know how many times a

:46:03. > :46:14.England have been beaten at the death! Can they see it through?

:46:15. > :46:23.Clinch the series? This is when they have got to be at the best,

:46:24. > :46:32.defensively. Lost it! Watkins grabs hold! England have it back. That is

:46:33. > :46:37.the series for me. Outstanding defence from England. Bidding

:46:38. > :46:50.pressure on the New Zealand shift of the ball. McGillvary forcing the

:46:51. > :46:54.error. Look after it! I mentioned the execution. England have had one

:46:55. > :47:06.opportunity and executed. New Zealand have had some, and have not

:47:07. > :47:14.executed. I agree, finish the game! Loose. But they have the penalty.

:47:15. > :47:39.How about a moment that could be. -- how big. England setting up camp. I

:47:40. > :47:58.think Kidwell's reaction summed up. Out of play. Score for England here

:47:59. > :48:06.and surely that's the series! Graham carries it with all the

:48:07. > :48:17.determination that he always has. Cooper, takes an immense effort!

:48:18. > :48:28.O'Loughlin has got the series to win ahead of him, and he has! Or has he?

:48:29. > :48:41.Ref thinks he's touched it down! We need to be sure. Over to the video

:48:42. > :48:56.referee... Nice and slow. Up. Still up. Appears to be down. Anything

:48:57. > :49:04.else? I do not think this is going to help. Ball there. It appeals to

:49:05. > :49:16.the Dome. I would want to say something else. -- appears to be

:49:17. > :49:25.down. Ok. Looks like it would have touched. Do you have anything from a

:49:26. > :49:37.different angle? No other angles. I am going to come from the decision.

:49:38. > :49:47.Try. Captain of Wigan, England, captain fantastic! Diaz just won the

:49:48. > :49:55.Test series! England's first in eight years! The shield is staying

:49:56. > :50:02.here! Absolutely brilliant from O'Loughlin, creating the spaces to

:50:03. > :50:14.threaten, he saw the hole and went for it! Taking Tuivasa-Sheck over

:50:15. > :50:34.the line with him! Well done O'Loughlin! Widdop, four out of

:50:35. > :50:44.four! O'Loughlin, try scorer to win it! The New Zealand team adjusted

:50:45. > :50:52.that, he went after Tuivasa-Sheck, took him over, and that is the win

:50:53. > :51:00.for England at long last! How long has it been since England rugby

:51:01. > :51:15.league fans saw him looking, smiling! I do not think that is a

:51:16. > :51:23.smile! He will be disappointed with that but New Zealand will not get

:51:24. > :51:31.three tries in the remaining tries! How long since England fans can

:51:32. > :51:39.enjoy the last seven minutes of a Test series? Knowing that in all

:51:40. > :51:45.probability they are going to win? But New Zealand have not given up

:51:46. > :51:55.yet. Another try... Suddenly questions could be asked again.

:51:56. > :52:11.Penalty. They are going to take the tap. Bromwich... Luke at dummy half.

:52:12. > :52:15.England, three score lead. But for the sake of the mental health, not

:52:16. > :52:31.wanting to give anything away. What a pass! Nightingale scored

:52:32. > :52:33.spectacularly, now set up spectacularly. New Zealand keeping

:52:34. > :52:54.these breathtaking moments going until the end. Video ref again...

:52:55. > :53:10.Just from Nightingale. OK. Feet. Down. Still in. Still in. Still in.

:53:11. > :53:26.Ball's gone. Catches it clean. Live decision of try. We need something,

:53:27. > :53:33.possibly from the other side. We really need something from the other

:53:34. > :53:41.side, to be able to say that ball. -- see. I am going to confirm the

:53:42. > :53:52.decision. We will stay with the decision. Try. You remember the

:53:53. > :54:02.Wembley semifinal, Tuivasa-Sheck produced that miracle pass, this

:54:03. > :54:08.time Nightingale! Just when you thought it was safe, the combat and

:54:09. > :54:13.do this, it is because of Nightingale, Tuivasa-Sheck had to

:54:14. > :54:23.get to that, I still think this is going to be England's series. Surely

:54:24. > :54:27.not? That was world-class player again. This is the goalkick from

:54:28. > :54:33.Luke. But I think inconsequential, they still have to score two tries

:54:34. > :54:38.regardless. Just over five minutes left to play and the task for New

:54:39. > :54:44.Zealand is to score two tries and convert both to win the series. If

:54:45. > :54:49.it's a draw, it's England's series. If England win, of course that goes

:54:50. > :54:56.without saying its England's series. It's still England very much

:54:57. > :54:59.in the driving seat. But New Zealand have got a hint of a recovery. A

:55:00. > :55:12.sniff in the nostrils. Issac Luke at dummy half again.

:55:13. > :55:21.Blair moves it left and Harris is going no further.

:55:22. > :55:34.New Zealand finding their progress limited at the moment.

:55:35. > :55:42.The ball has gone to ground, who gets it? It's knocked on, England's

:55:43. > :55:49.head and feet. England get the ball at the scrum in all probability. I

:55:50. > :55:54.think that's an important play in the fullness of time. The New

:55:55. > :56:00.Zealand players know this as well. England forcing the error again.

:56:01. > :56:08.Difficult to see the knock-on, but we'll take the referee's decision!

:56:09. > :56:12.I'm sure England will play a rather conservative set. Perhaps it will go

:56:13. > :56:19.over the sideline and then they will watch the scrum. That would do it

:56:20. > :56:25.for me! Kick to the sideline, take a minute off the clock. Take a scrum

:56:26. > :56:31.with form it -- four minutes off the clock.

:56:32. > :56:59.Zak Hardaker wants a word with his opposite number.

:57:00. > :57:06.Cooper ran five, crawled another five! Here come England again. Never

:57:07. > :57:17.mind conservative. They can win it with another try to make absolutely

:57:18. > :57:23.certain. Sixth tackle coming up. New Zealand have to start again. Man of

:57:24. > :57:28.the match? I think there's been many many contenders on both sides.

:57:29. > :57:32.Elliott Whitehead has come up with two tries, McGilvray has made a

:57:33. > :57:37.great impression, done everything asked of him, but it has to go to

:57:38. > :57:41.the England scrum-half, Matty Smith, who's been absolutely sensational

:57:42. > :57:44.today. Controlled the game, his kicking has been excellent, his use

:57:45. > :57:53.of the ball has been outstanding, he's the man of the match. Matty

:57:54. > :57:59.Smith. Player of the series, I think, it has to be Captain

:58:00. > :58:04.fantastic. He's at Wigan, he's won England the series with a try on his

:58:05. > :58:09.home side, he is captain of Wigan, captain of England, Sean O'Loughlin.

:58:10. > :58:13.Sean O'Loughlin gets the George Smith medal, but New Zealand are

:58:14. > :58:23.still in the mood to rescue this seemingly lost cause. Tuivasa-Sheck

:58:24. > :58:28.galloping yards downfield. There's a huge gap. McGilvray comes herring

:58:29. > :58:33.across to try and stop them in their tracks, but Jordan Kahu has scored a

:58:34. > :58:39.try and there are still two minutes to play! 20 - 14. New Zealand have

:58:40. > :58:45.dragged themselves back. That was a great piece of vision, a magnificent

:58:46. > :58:52.kick from Kahu -- for car routers go. I couldn't see where New Zealand

:58:53. > :58:56.would get three tries. He looks and sees the space because MacGillivray

:58:57. > :59:04.is sweeping round to cover. It's a heck of a pick-up. The conditions

:59:05. > :59:08.helped him with the slide, Kahu. This is absolutely massive. Issac

:59:09. > :59:14.Luke has to kick the goal to give New Zealand the Giants. It's hit the

:59:15. > :59:19.post! It still means New Zealand have to score twice to win this

:59:20. > :59:23.series -- series. They can score a try and kick the goal and draw the

:59:24. > :59:27.game, but that would be England's series so New Zealand still have to

:59:28. > :59:31.score twice now. What a great finish it's been. I think this has been a

:59:32. > :59:39.great Test match. Magnificent vision. Saw the space, executed the

:59:40. > :59:47.skill perfectly and that's bravery, skill and a great finish from Kahu.

:59:48. > :59:50.My word! I didn't envisage this, I thought England looked really

:59:51. > :59:55.comfortable, but New Zealand have shown great spirit and resolve to

:59:56. > :59:59.fight back and England have just over a minute to hang on. They want

:00:00. > :00:04.to do it in style, they want to do it with a win, England. They don't

:00:05. > :00:08.want to claw their way to the Baskerville Shield on the back of

:00:09. > :00:15.the draw, they want to do it with a 2-1 series win. 54 seconds to go.

:00:16. > :00:25.New Zealand keep it alive. Issac Luke looking right. Ferres just try

:00:26. > :00:29.mink -- timing the ball to the ground before the referee shouted.

:00:30. > :00:36.Now New Zealand come left. Harris keeping it alive.

:00:37. > :01:03.Nervous English voices praying for the hooter. What a finish. 12

:01:04. > :01:08.seconds to go. Left again. It's in the hands of Tuivasa-Sheck.

:01:09. > :01:15.HOOTER. The hooter sounds! The ball is out

:01:16. > :01:21.of play! Elliott Whitehouse's two tries set the platform and he spins

:01:22. > :01:27.it out of play to bring the curtain down on an England Test series win

:01:28. > :01:34.for the first time since 2007. Steve McNamara's England are lifting

:01:35. > :01:41.silverware this afternoon. They have beaten New Zealand 20-14. And by 2-1

:01:42. > :01:46.in the series. What a magnificent Test match. The other two might have

:01:47. > :01:50.had their limitations, this one hasn't. It's been a great, great

:01:51. > :01:55.Test match with a great result for the England side. They worked really

:01:56. > :01:57.hard, they attacked well, but their defence has been sensational

:01:58. > :02:03.throughout the series. Well done, England, fully deserved and fully

:02:04. > :02:09.deserved to that guy and his coaching staff. Wow! The weight of

:02:10. > :02:16.the world lifted off the shoulders. I think we are going to go down and

:02:17. > :02:22.hear from some of those England heroes in just a second. Man of the

:02:23. > :02:27.match was Matty Smith. Man of the series, Sean O'Loughlin. There you

:02:28. > :02:33.can see him celebrating with his team-mates. What a difference Smith

:02:34. > :02:37.made today. He is now talking. There is your champagne, well earned. You

:02:38. > :02:43.can see by the state of your face how hard that was. Yeah. Especially

:02:44. > :02:47.when you've not played for a month. Yeah, tough game. Credit to the

:02:48. > :02:53.Kiwis, they went until the last minute. What a result for England

:02:54. > :02:58.and the country. The last time we won was eight years ago. To get one

:02:59. > :03:02.over on them is fantastic. You were part of the four Nations squad that

:03:03. > :03:06.came so close, how determined was this got to get over the line? We've

:03:07. > :03:11.been building for a couple of years. We've come close in the World Cup

:03:12. > :03:15.and obviously the four Nations last year, but to finally get over the

:03:16. > :03:21.line and win a series 2-1, this is why you play the game. Play for your

:03:22. > :03:25.country and win big games. You had to bide your time, but how special

:03:26. > :03:30.view to put a man of the match performance on your home ground? It

:03:31. > :03:33.doesn't get much better than me. To win the final game. A bunch of

:03:34. > :03:37.blokes that it's been absolute pleasure being in the camp in the

:03:38. > :03:44.last few weeks. We'll celebrate a night. Go and get patched up,

:03:45. > :03:47.congratulations. Let's bring in Sean O'Loughlin. Many congratulations,

:03:48. > :03:51.you're one of just three players who knows what it's like to pick up

:03:52. > :03:57.silverware with England. How special to do it again? Unbelievable. It's

:03:58. > :04:01.been awhile since we got our hands on something. It's been a special

:04:02. > :04:04.few weeks. A great start this week and last week, but the response

:04:05. > :04:09.today was fantastic. You been announced as man of the series. The

:04:10. > :04:14.winning try in the first game and here. Talk us through the try here.

:04:15. > :04:20.It's nice to get a try any time, but for England it's great. What can

:04:21. > :04:25.this do for England going forward? Its massive for us. We've been close

:04:26. > :04:29.a few years on the run, since the World Cup we've been pushing

:04:30. > :04:32.Australia and New Zealand very close. Just came up short. But this

:04:33. > :04:38.year we've managed to get a trophy and it's great. This group of

:04:39. > :04:43.players will be together for a long time so hopefully is the start of

:04:44. > :04:51.good things. How were the nerves in the last congratulations. Let's

:04:52. > :04:59.bring in Adam Blair. So very, very close. What was the difference? Our

:05:00. > :05:02.discipline. We let ourselves down with our discipline. Credit to our

:05:03. > :05:06.boys, the first half we won the back foot for most of it and we played a

:05:07. > :05:11.bit of footy late in the half, but not enough in the end. Credit to the

:05:12. > :05:15.English boys, outstanding series and they played good footie tonight. You

:05:16. > :05:19.came here with a lot of big-name players missing. What does this

:05:20. > :05:23.series say about the depth of the squad for New Zealand? It's great

:05:24. > :05:28.for us. Most of the boys left behind were injured. Credit to the staff

:05:29. > :05:32.and New Zealand Rugby league who have done a great job in developing

:05:33. > :05:36.young kids and we have some great depth in New Zealand rugby league

:05:37. > :05:42.and it was a great performance. How do you assess the three matches? It

:05:43. > :05:47.was a tough series for us. Overall, we held our own. Credit to our boys,

:05:48. > :05:51.we dug deep throughout the series. We worked hard for each other. It

:05:52. > :05:55.went down to the wire tonight and credited to the English boys, they

:05:56. > :06:01.stuck it to us and we just came up short. Congratulations on the three

:06:02. > :06:05.games. Thanks for having us. Let's bring in Steve McNamara. How were

:06:06. > :06:09.your nerves in the final minute? We made it difficult for ourselves at

:06:10. > :06:15.the end. We did really well to wrestle control back from New

:06:16. > :06:20.Zealand and had a healthy lead, but we put ourselves under pressure. How

:06:21. > :06:23.important to win this game and the series? It's always important in

:06:24. > :06:27.international sport. Everybody loves to see the country doing well. These

:06:28. > :06:32.boys have worked tirelessly for the last couple of years, they've been

:06:33. > :06:37.exemplary and today they get their rewards. So often you found

:06:38. > :06:41.yourselves getting so close but failed, how important to get over

:06:42. > :06:45.the line and show you can do this? It's important. We've always had the

:06:46. > :06:49.belief but have fallen short in the last couple of years. We've had some

:06:50. > :06:54.adversity this years, some players have been unavailable, it's a very

:06:55. > :06:57.young team in terms of experience. They've dug in and fought

:06:58. > :07:02.tremendously hard in three games and I'm really proud. What about your

:07:03. > :07:09.future? Will we see you continue as England coach? That's not now. I've

:07:10. > :07:11.said that all along. I'll sit down and speak to the RFL, just really

:07:12. > :07:16.pleased to win the series and celebrate with the lads. Given the

:07:17. > :07:21.work you've done, you'd love to take this on, wouldn't you, and build

:07:22. > :07:26.towards the World Cup? It's a huge honour to represent your country.

:07:27. > :07:31.It's a great job. There's a lot of things to think about. It's not an

:07:32. > :07:34.issue for right now. Enjoy the celebrations and congratulations.

:07:35. > :07:38.Let's bring in your set number, Stephen Kearney. So very, very

:07:39. > :07:44.close, what was the difference today? I don't think we brought our

:07:45. > :07:51.best game of footy to the stadium today. We made a few errors at

:07:52. > :07:55.crucial times. We really dug in and tried to come back in the back end

:07:56. > :08:01.of the game, as you could see. I thought England were too good today.

:08:02. > :08:07.It's been a wonderful tournament. They are deserved winners. Your

:08:08. > :08:11.squad is young and inexperienced, how have they developed over these

:08:12. > :08:15.three matches. I've been very pleased with the progression of the

:08:16. > :08:19.group, but that's not to say we aren't disappointed. We have an

:08:20. > :08:23.expectation when we put on the Kiwi jumper and we didn't quite fulfil

:08:24. > :08:27.that today. As you've mentioned, they are a young side. I'm sure

:08:28. > :08:31.they'll learn from the experience and be better next time. Come back

:08:32. > :08:34.bigger and stronger next year? That's the plan. Thanks for your

:08:35. > :08:43.time. I'm here with Elliott Whitehead.

:08:44. > :08:50.Fantastic series. Talk us through the motions. A test is a ruse win

:08:51. > :08:57.against New Zealand. It's my first bit of silverware. To get silverware

:08:58. > :08:59.before Australia is a proud achievement. You've brought

:09:00. > :09:03.something different to the England attack, change of lines, scoring

:09:04. > :09:08.tries, creating opportunities. It's a big quality you've got. It's a big

:09:09. > :09:12.part of my game, but I couldn't do it without these boys. They've put

:09:13. > :09:18.in a massive effort in three matches and we should be proud of them.

:09:19. > :09:22.Hopefully we can continue that form. Out to Australia following this.

:09:23. > :09:26.What a fantastic piece of silverware to win before that. It's a proud

:09:27. > :09:29.achievement for me and my first piece of silverware as a

:09:30. > :09:33.professional. Hopefully I'll win more in the future, but I will enjoy

:09:34. > :09:42.this. Fantastic series, congratulations. They are just

:09:43. > :09:47.setting up the podium. The podium is set up on the turf. At the moment

:09:48. > :09:53.Sean O'Loughlin is being presented with his man of the series medal.

:09:54. > :09:57.Deserved, Jamie? He's been absolutely outstanding. As captain

:09:58. > :10:00.of England you need to be one of the better players and he's brought

:10:01. > :10:05.everything he brings to the Wigan side to the England side. Dave Woods

:10:06. > :10:09.will take you through the presentation ceremony.

:10:10. > :10:16.The England players, that's what they've been playing for the last

:10:17. > :10:20.few weeks. The Baskerville Shield. He organised the original New

:10:21. > :10:25.Zealand tour over here back in 1907, a tournament including Danny

:10:26. > :10:28.messenger. They called them the all goals because they were getting a

:10:29. > :10:34.little bit of pocket money for playing the game they loved. It all

:10:35. > :10:38.started from there. Rugby league developed in Australia and New

:10:39. > :10:44.Zealand as a result of that tour. Such a crucial moment in the history

:10:45. > :10:49.of the game. Here we are, 108 years down the line, and we are still

:10:50. > :10:53.enjoying that tradition of the clash of these two nations. Sean

:10:54. > :11:01.O'Loughlin has collected his George Smid medal, he was a star, another

:11:02. > :11:07.integral member. The George Smid medal will hang proudly around the

:11:08. > :11:10.neck of Sean O'Loughlin as man of the series and shortly you'll be

:11:11. > :11:16.lifting the trophy as well. He's wearing black, the shirt of Jesse

:11:17. > :11:21.Bromwich, having swapped shirts. He's taking it off now. You can't go

:11:22. > :11:27.up in a New Zealand shirt as captain of England! He's changing his shirt

:11:28. > :11:33.by the side of the podium. Now he's in a nice, gleaming, white England

:11:34. > :11:38.shirt again. With his proud number 13. The medal is tucked into the

:11:39. > :11:44.shorts. He can look at that later. This is a much more important piece

:11:45. > :11:52.of silverware. It's been eight long years since England or Great Britain

:11:53. > :11:56.is a won series. Sean O'Loughlin was a man in that series eight years ago

:11:57. > :12:02.and he's a man at the heart of this one as well. It's been a fabulous

:12:03. > :12:06.team effort by this England team. Beating the Kiwis at home -- in

:12:07. > :12:11.Hull, losing in London and winning hearts and minds and a series in

:12:12. > :12:15.Wigan this afternoon. The silverware shared amongst all those winning

:12:16. > :12:19.players. The flares going off in the background. A good percentage of

:12:20. > :12:24.this sell-out crowd has stayed to watch this because it doesn't happen

:12:25. > :12:27.very often, this kind of English rugby league celebration so why

:12:28. > :12:32.wouldn't you stay and watch? Never mind the traffic jams. It's

:12:33. > :12:37.England's Test series of the Baskerville Shield is staying right

:12:38. > :12:43.here. Well done to Steve McNamara and his England squad. They have

:12:44. > :12:50.finally got over the finish line in first place.

:12:51. > :12:57.Dave, thank you. Goodness me, the England sponsors would have been

:12:58. > :13:01.having kittens if Sean O'Loughlin had picked up that trophy without an

:13:02. > :13:05.England shirt on! There would have been enquiries and everything. As

:13:06. > :13:08.well as the England win, how important was it that they held on

:13:09. > :13:16.in the circumstances at the end? Brilliant. We've seen a different

:13:17. > :13:19.script over the last five years. It's out of the window, they are

:13:20. > :13:24.over the line, everything is good, we've won a great series. A dour

:13:25. > :13:29.game last week, but no less intense than today and it's absolutely

:13:30. > :13:37.fabulous. Look at the last two years. The semifinal of the World

:13:38. > :13:43.Cup, beaten in the last minute. Four Nations, just beaten. Now they've

:13:44. > :13:49.kicked on and once in silverware. A big day find a big day for industry

:13:50. > :13:54.Billy Gunn they held on. That's important. Growing the confidence in

:13:55. > :13:58.the squad, some nice combinations came together. Stephen Rock the dice

:13:59. > :14:03.with a couple of players and to a person... You can see Jermaine

:14:04. > :14:06.McGillvary. He was outstanding, Smith was outstanding. Fantastic

:14:07. > :14:10.performance for England. We'll do plenty of analysis on the red button

:14:11. > :14:15.so hit the red button in a couple of minutes when we go off air. You can

:14:16. > :14:19.get your tweets in now. Before kick-off, Jermaine McGilvray tweeted

:14:20. > :14:24.what a journey, no matter what happens today I will enjoy it. You

:14:25. > :14:30.could see that. There were no signs of nerves. Yeah. A theme with

:14:31. > :14:33.England players, when you make a debut, diving there and get in with

:14:34. > :14:37.their and deliver a performance straightaway. Don't be overawed by

:14:38. > :14:41.the circumstances and he took to it. He looked like a seasoned

:14:42. > :14:46.international who had played ten or 15 times at this level. I agree.

:14:47. > :14:53.Play your game, play your club game, that's why you're in there.

:14:54. > :14:56.O'Loughlin, Matty Smith, Hardaker, although... They look like the

:14:57. > :15:04.players we see every week, it was great. Steve McNamara, credit to

:15:05. > :15:09.him. Tactically changed it. We were a far bigger team two Biggles

:15:10. > :15:14.absolutely right. There they are, captain and coach with the trophy.

:15:15. > :15:20.England have won the series. Go to the red button to join us. You can

:15:21. > :15:25.get in touch via Twitter. Thank you to you free. That is it, the end of

:15:26. > :15:29.the 2015 season. We will see you next year. This season has been

:15:30. > :15:31.emotional in lots of ways for rugby league. Thank you for being with us.

:15:32. > :15:39.Goodbye. Rugby league celebrates its 120th

:15:40. > :15:50.birthday this year. This is what we want! This is a game

:15:51. > :16:04.we want! Stay out of it now. He has just scored a ?1 million try!

:16:05. > :17:25.Leeds win the treble! The skipper has won it for England!

:17:26. > :17:27.It's a reach by Kenny-Dowall. Captain fantastic has just won a

:17:28. > :17:31.Test MUSIC: Everybody's Talkin'

:17:32. > :17:34.by Harry Nilsson