England’s George Ford has missed two last-gasp shots at goal and New Zealand has held on to win a dramatic but scrappy autumn rugby series opener 24-22 at Twickenham.

England were left to rue yet another close-run defeat by New Zealand on Saturday. George Ford saw a late penalty crash back off the post before sending a last-gasp drop-goal attempt wide as Steve Borthwick’s side were ultimately edged out in a dramatic finale by a rousing All Blacks comeback,

New Zealand beat England 24-22 at Twickenham on Saturday, overcoming a disciplined and aggressive defensive performance by the hosts thanks to two tries from Mark Tele'a, one by Will Jordan and a brilliant late touchline conversion by Damian McKenzie.

England are turning into the clumsiest of closers. In terms of atmospherics, everything was stacked in their favour here, from Chandler Cunningham-South’s thunderously crowd-pleasing hits to the spectacle of 81,