An England team with an eye on the future will meet an All Blacks team haunted by its past in the first of two rugby union tests at Eden Park on Saturday.
England's caretaker coach, Rob Andrew said the match, at the venue for the 2011 World Cup final, will give his new-look team experience of New Zealand conditions as its looks towards the next world tournament.
Prop Andy Sheridan is the only member of the tourists' starting lineup who played against France in last year's World Cup final in Paris, indicating the degree to which England has broken with the past.
New Zealand has not been able to put the 2007 tournament behind it to the same degree. …
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