England will surpass the All Blacks' world record of 18 successive Test victories if they beat Ireland this weekend but they not scheduled to play Steve Hansen's side until November 2018.
The Dail Mail is reporting that England Rugby chief executive Ian Ritchie is pursuing the possibility of a test against the All Blacks instead of their scheduled end of year match against the Barbarians at Twickenham.
The All Blacks are due to play at Twickenham in November against the Barbarians - or could it be England? Photo: Photosport
The report however said there have been fraught negotiations between England and NZ Rugby who recognising the value of the All Blacks are after a 50-50 cut of Twickenham gate receipts which would be worth around $5 million.
New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew has desribed the possibility of such a match as "highly unlikely."
"We've got a very important series against the British and Irish Lions and that's a primary focus for us. We're still working on finalising our programme. We've already got Scotland, France and Wales on the end-of-year tour."
England and New Zealand played six Tests against each other between the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, whereas they are only scheduled to meet once in the current four-year cycle.
