'My mouth is watering' - Black Ferns wing Tui on England challenge

Venue: Allianz Stadium Date: Saturday, 14 September Kick-off: 14:30 BST

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New Zealand helping Ruby Tui is convinced "something special" will hap erstwhile they look England successful nan first crippled astatine nan recently named Allianz Stadium connected Saturday.

The stadium astatine Twickenham has been renamed nether a caller sponsorship woody confirmed by nan Rugby Football Union past month.

Next weekend's Test lucifer is nan 2nd warm-up crippled earlier nan Red Roses recreation to WXV1 successful Canada, aft a 38-19 triumph complete France astatine Kingsholm Stadium past Saturday.

"It's world champions versus world number one," Tui told BBC Sport. "My rima is watering."

New Zealand were nan past broadside to hit England, securing a melodramatic triumph successful nan World Cup last successful 2022, though John Mitchell's broadside gained immoderate revenge by defeating them successful Auckland to triumph last year's WXV tournament.

The 2 sides person a agelong history, gathering successful 5 World Cup finals, pinch nan Black Ferns winning them all.

And Tui, successful nan starting line-up for New Zealand's 2022 World Cup last triumph connected location territory astatine Auckland's Eden Park, has thing but respect for England.

"I've sewage to admit nan Red Roses are a very typical team. They person carried a batch of contented pinch them," nan New Zealand helping added.

"In bid to beryllium nan best, you've sewage to hit nan best. Let's spell play England, let's spell complete to nan bluish broadside of nan world successful their location and let's springiness it a crack, let's person immoderate fun, let's get retired there. I want to play tomorrow."

The 32-year-old became a family sanction astatine nan Tokyo Olympics successful 2021, not conscionable for her golden medal-winning capacity pinch nan women's sevens team, but her colourful and honorable interview, external pinch BBC Sport's Jill Douglas that went viral.

Tui has now retired from sevens and committed to XVs and is alert of nan imaginable that nan 2025 World Cup successful England has for nan Red Roses and for rugby.

"It's going to beryllium epic," she added. "I conscionable dream we each return this opportunity pinch 2 hands.

"It was astonishing what happened successful New Zealand, but we're taking it backmost to wherever rugby began truthful let's do it, let's put connected an awesome show."