Steve Borthwick has sought to unnerve New Zealand by highlighting the pressure that comes with their remarkable record at Eden Park.
England are aiming to level their series against New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday having lost the first Test 16-15.
Here, the PA news agency examines five talking points heading into a match the All Blacks are strong favourites to win.England head coach Steve Borthwick says all the pressure is on New Zealand Taking a leaf out of the book of his predecessor Eddie Jones, It has been 30 years and 48 games since they lost at their Auckland stronghold and Borthwick has questioned how the All Blacks will cope with the expectation of defending that unbeaten run. New Zealand boss Scott Robertson has shrugged off Borthwick’s rare venture into the dark arts of pre-match scheming, declaring, “there’s always pressure, it depends how you use it”.
The All Blacks’ management will have been ruing the one that got away as they watched Cunningham-South submit his opposite number with a rampaging display in the first Test. Cunningham-South was born in Kent but raised in New Zealand until he returned to the UK in search of his chance. The hard-running 21-year-old is now a fixture in England’s back row and in Dunedin he made light of Finau’s reputation as an enforcer.
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