The game had been in doubt after persistent snowfall cloaked the White Hart Lane pitch in white but once it started Manchester United seized the initiative with the first real chance of the afternoon.

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It was quite strange to be training with the senior players but, once I got used to it, I started to benefit.

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But once you are in the changing rooms and strapping up then it started to feel like a normal game.

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England said all the right things leading into the game and when they started impressively it looked as though an upset might be on the cards, but once the visitors' initial surge ran out of steam New Zealand assumed total control.

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