Freeman: We will be ready for All Blacks
The Rugby Paper|September 01, 2024
TOMMY Freeman has an international date on November 2 circled in his diary and has urged England to make home advantage count that day.
ADAM HATHAWAY
Freeman: We will be ready for All Blacks

The Northampton winger was part of an England side beaten narrowly twice by New Zealand in July and is gearing up for the rematch at the start of the autumn series.

England were kicking themselves all the way home after missing golden chances to win in Dunedin, going down 1615, and being edged out 24-17 at Auckland’s Eden Park.

The tourists will get the chance of another crack at the All Blacks at Twickenham in their autumn opener and Freeman insists they will be ready for them.

“The All Blacks are an unbelievable team,” said the 23-year-old. “And they know how to win at Eden Park, that is for sure. But it is our home turf, and we have changed the way England think about being at Twickenham. We want to give them everything we have got and we want to put it all on the park with our attacking flair.

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