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All Blacks fly-half has tormented the home side at Twickenham in the past

England are 4/1 underdogs with Victor Chandler to beat the All Blacks on Saturday but Toby Flood is confident the home side can neutralise the potent threat of Dan Carter at Twickenham.

The New Zealand fly-half averages more points a game against England – 18.87 – than any of the other Six Nations or Tri Nations teams.

But England defence coach Mike Ford has backed his side to “pull down the shutters” and stifle New Zealand’s naturally expansive style.

On the summer tour of Australia, England responded to their first Test defeat by finding a way to pressurise Quade Cooper and that went a long way to helping them snatch a 21-20 victory in Sydney.

Flood believes England can do the same to Carter, with the Leicester fly-half saying: “He is a huge part of what they do and what they are about.

“We need to manage him as well as possible. Because he plays fly-half he is going to have a huge impact on the game and because of that we need to be fully aware of the capability of not only what he has, but also what he can do to bring his team-mates to the game.

“We have changed a couple of things around, not drastically, but in a fashion similar to the second Test against Australia in Sydney when we put pressure on Quade Cooper, and I think we will be looking to do something similar to stop him at source.

“You don’t want to go overboard and concentrate on one person but you want to be able to adapt and change your game plan to look after individuals who may be a huge threat, and Dan and Quade are two of those guys who can run the show and cause you huge problems.”

England can also be backed at 10/11 with 11 points start, while they are 6/5 to score the first points of the game.
 


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