All England's chariots are facing the right direction, none of the wheels have lost a cotter pin and the gladiators are reading from the same team opus.

Head coach Stuart Lancaster knows with the roof over Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium it will provide perfect conditions for both teams making for a great match.

England lock Joe Launchbury addresses media accusations of deliberate time wasting before set pieces (scrums/lineouts) in the first test against the All Blacks.

Rugby scribes join NZ Herald's Wynne Gray, Robert Kitson (The Guardian) and Chris Hewett (The Independent) discuss the upcoming test match in Dunedin. Does England have what it takes to win the second test match?

England prop Joe Marler knows the second test against the All Blacks will be much tougher, but believes if they fine tune a few things they got wrong at Eden Park they could push the All Blacks a lot closer.

Rugby players and altruism rarely shape as partners but England hooker Dylan Hartley is doing his best to foster that impression.

England are considering whether to move Manu Tuilagi to the wing to boost their resources for the all-important second test against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday.

All the carping about England's style is boring, writes Wynne Gray. Let them play the game how they want. They had their plans for the opening test at Eden Park and for much of the match they put the All Blacks under enormous pressure.

Assistant coach Mike Catt says it will be a tough selection process for the coaching staff after an excellent performance during the first test. With the return of players after their premiere finals, hooker, Dylan Hartley is keen to get amongst the squad and get his chance to play against the world champions.

Choice, we heard, was going to be England's problem for the opening test. Cup ties and injury meant they did not have enough quality players to stay with the All Blacks.

Jerome Kaino solved a problem for the All Blacks in Auckland and now, following a huge performance at Eden Park, he's created a problem for later in the series.

The All Blacks have arrived in Dunedin backing themselves to find the required improvement after suffering a big scare in the first test against England.

This was England but not as we knew them. This was England as they were two years ago in their first duel against the ABs under coach Stuart Lancaster's command.

The All Blacks found themselves in a big hole in this test, one which they climbed out of with only three minutes remaining.

This was England but not as we knew them. This was England as they were two years ago in their first duel against the All Blacks under coach Stuart Lancaster's command.

In the two years since Jerome Kaino sashayed offshore the All Blacks have played 28 tests.

If some of the rhetoric from backs coach Andy Farrell seeps into the England psyche and they play with his authority, then tonight's test will pack some wallop.

Old Colstonians RFC is an amateur rugby club based in Bristol, in the southwest of England, a club without a Wikipedia page and the owners of a Twitter account boasting a modest 207 followers.

Having to rule out Julian Savea, one of the most destructive wings in the game, is a blow for the All Blacks - but the addition of Cory Jane is hardly a weakness.

New Zealand were overwhelmed by a South African set-piece clinic to heap pressure on themselves at the World Junior Championships.

England assistant coach Andy Farrell says 'belief comes with hardwork, they've done the hardwork. It's about playing the game in the moment and not the occassion. England will play the All Blacks in the first of three tests at Eden Park.

England have been forced to include one of their light-steppers for the midfield tumult.

It shouldn't surprise anyone that Stuart Lancaster sought an audience with Sir Brian Lochore last year on his fact-finding tour to New Zealand.

Head coach Stuart Lancaster has named his team to play the All Blacks in test one of three. With the arrival of the last few players he is happy with his selected team and knows it will be a huge task especially playing at Eden Park.

Gloucester's Freddie Burns will start in the 10 jersey for England against the All Blacks on Saturday night in just his fourth test match.

If England's goal was for an anonymous build-up to the first test on Saturday, it appears to have been a success.