England find form to erase their first half horror show

From NICK CAIN at Twickenham

THE Wallabies have their difficulties but they will not be wobbling after seeing this England display.
Although England scored 25 unanswered second-half points – all of them in the last 22 minutes – to take this match away from Japan, this was definitely not the sort of smashing Eddie Jones had in mind when he exhorted his reserves to crush them.
Instead of marmelizing Japan the only thing that England looked like smashing for most of this match was was their own confidence. As for Jones, it would take a JCB digger to undermine his self-belief, but...

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