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Illustration by Frank Gillett showing the first England vs New Zealand game at Crystal Palace attended by a then-record crowd of at least 50,000. It was also the game which earned New Zealand the nickname "All Blacks".
The National Rugby Union teams of England and New Zealand have been playing each other in test rugby since 1905, with the first meeting between the two nations being on 2 December 1905, when the All Blacks were in England as part of their European and North America Tour. The All Blacks won 15-0 with their points coming from five tries, of which four were scored by winger Duncan McGregor. Their next meeting was on the All Blacks Invincibles tour of 1924-25. The match was most notable for the sending off of All Black lock Cyril Brownlie, who became the first player to ever be sent off in a test match. In 1936 England defeated the All Blacks for the first time when England winger Prince Alexander Obolensky scored two tries during a 13–0 victory at Twickenham Stadium. The All Blacks have never lost more than two consecutive matches to England (once, on losses in November 2002 and then June 2003), and have dominated the rivalry between the teams. Of the 46 matches between them, New Zealand have won 36 and England 8, with two draws.
In 2008, the Hillary Shield was introduced as the trophy to be contested in matches between the two teams.
The Hillary Shield has been awarded to the winner of England – New Zealand test matches since 2008. The shield is only contested in non-World Cup matches, and is named in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary — the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It was also conceived to recognise the links between New Zealand and England. When the shield was unveiled in 2008 by New Zealand's Prime Minister at the time, Helen Clark, and Hillary's widow, Lady June Hillary, Clark said of Hillary "He was part of a British expedition when he conquered Mt Everest shortly after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II".
Summary
Overall
Details
Played
Won by England
Won by New Zealand
Drawn
England points
New Zealand points
In England
27
5
20
2
383
535
In New Zealand
17
2
15
0
242
494
Neutral venue
2
1
1
0
48
52
Overall
46
8
36
2
673
1081
Records
Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.
1963
1997
