England have not faced the All Blacks at Twickenham since 2014 Laurence Griffiths/Getty ImagesAfter much wrangle and rancour, the date for England’s showdown with New Zealand has finally been set with Eddie Jones’s team to face the world champions at Twickenham on November 10 next year. England will open their four-match campaign against South Africa, tackle the All Blacks and then play Japan for the first time at Twickenham before rounding off the series against Australia. It is about as punishing a schedule as England could have put together less than a year out from the World Cup and Jones wants his team to emerge from it as the world’s No 1 team. “We want to win that series 4-0,” he said. “It will give us a really good indicator of where we are as a squad, a…

Source: The Times September 13, 2017 11:03 UTC