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New Zealand 24-10 England New Zealand 24-10 EnglandA slow start condemned England to defeat in the first match of the Four Nations here in Wellington but for a few minutes in the second half it looked as though the unregarded young side could shock the world champions.The tourists trailed 18-0 early in the second half – and it could have been a lot worse – before quick-fire tries from James Roby and Gareth Widdop briefly gave them hope. That was increased when Kevin Brown touched down Sam Tomkins's kick but the stand-off was penalised by the video referees for pushing Greg Eastwood as the pair chased the ball.New Zealand then went upfield and their captain, Benji Marshall, scored the try that finished off England, who must beat Australia in Melbourne next Sunday to keep alive their hopes of reaching the final on 13 November.Steve McNamara, the England coach, said: "We knew all along it was going to be a tough competition. We've made it a little bit tougher for ourselves but we're certainly not disheartened."Tries from Junior Sa'u and Lance Hohaia and two goals from Marshall gave New Zealand control they never really looked like relinquishing after England, who were ponderous from the start, produced an error-strewn first half.They might have thought their luck was in when the Kiwi winger Manu Vatuvei went off after two minutes after breaking his arm while making a tackle but the Kiwis opened the scoring a minute later through Sa'u after he moved on to Vatuvei's wing and took Simon Mannering's pass to go around the outside of a bunched defence.With the Kiwis in control, Shaun Kenny-Dowall reached the line only to be held on his back and Sa'u went over but was recalled for a forward pass.Marshall increased his side's lead to 6-0 with a penalty and he created a second try seven minutes from the break, getting Jason Nightingale into space for Hohaia to go over by the posts. Marshall's second goal made it 12-0. England should have made more of their only break of the half through Sean O'Loughlin but they failed to take advantage.Three minutes into the second half New Zealand capitalised on Widdop fumbling Marshall's high kick 10 metres from his own line and from the scrum Kenny-Dowall brushed off three poor tackles to score a third try.Marshall's third goal made it 18-0 but England put their game together at last with two tries in three minutes. James Roby touched down his own grubber kick that bounced off a post and from the restart the tourists produced the best try of the match. Michael Shenton took Joel Tomkins's pass inside his own half to race into space, Brown was supporting inside and he sent Widdop over.But that was as good as it got and Marshall's try and touchline conversion snuffed out the comeback but he was suitably complimentary to his opponents. "A lot of people wrote them off but it was physical and a lot of the boys are feeling hurt," he said. "They were hard to hold at times."Rugby leagueNew Zealand rugby leagueEngland rugby league teamFour Nationsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |