Henry says New Zealand can afford to lose one Test this autumn

Sunday, 5 November
Twickenham
Kick-off: 1530 GMT
Live on BBC1, BBC Radio Five Live and the BBC Sport website

New Zealand coach Graham Henry believes England are likely to play a more attacking style of rugby in Sunday's Test at Twickenham.

Henry says the world champions are attempting to move away from their traditional approach based on forward power and tactical kicking.

"I think there's going to be a change in the way they play," he said.

"That's a positive thing. I imagine they'll use the ball a lot more in their hands."

England coach Andy Robinson has switched skipper Martin Corry to blind-side flanker from number eight, with Pat Sanderson playing at the back of the scrum and Lewis Moody at open-side.

If we go out and play ugly, we probably won't win England forwards coach John Wells

And Henry believes this is a signal of England's more attacking intent.

"They've tried to select ball-carrying forwards, although they've had one or two challenges with that because of injury," he said.

"I watched their games in Australia over the summer and they were trying to use the ball, even inside their own 22 on a few occasions which I hadn't seen from them for a number of years."

England forwards coach John Wells also admitted that the side's emphasis would be moving away from a 10-man game.

"If we go out and play ugly, we probably won't win," he said. "We're going to have to play some football.

"Where England need to progress is to make sure they can bring those forwards effectively into the attacking framework."

It won't do us any harm to lose one match New Zealand coach Graham Henry

New Zealand also face France (twice) and Wales this autumn and Henry insists they can afford to lose one Test over the coming weeks.

"Everything is a good experience. If we lose then it will be a positive experience and we will learn from it," he said.

"Obviously we want to avoid losing but sometimes the other side is better than you and you have to learn from it. It won't do us any harm to lose one match.

"Our dual role is to win Test matches and develop players. I think we've achieved those things in the main. The nature of the beast in New Zealand is that you need to win to survive.

"We're very aware of that so we can't afford to lie down for a year and lose a few games while we try to find the right side.

England are bullies - that's their game Keith Robinson New Zealand

"We're continuing on the development path and hopefully we'll get better."

However, New Zealand lock Keith Robinson said he was anticipating a forward-dominated game.

"They're bullies - that's their game," Robinson told BBC Radio Five Live. "They like beating guys up up front.

"We've just got to get in there and match it. We've just got to try to beat up the bully I suppose."

England are hoping to avoid a sixth successive defeat as they gear up for a tough autumn schedule which sees them also take on Argentina and South Africa (twice).