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Fanfare may be muted but England are on a roll

By NICK CAIN

ENGLAND became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2019 World Cup and that is a landmark to be treasured following the failure to do so four years ago.
Whether this six-try performance in Tokyo was that of potential world champions is another matter.
Scoring that many times against a team of Argentina’s calibre is not to be sniffed at – but it would be a stretch to call it a spectacular haul, mainly because five tries were scored when Argentina were down to 14 men.
The critical moment came in the 17th minute when Pumas lock Tomas Lavanini seemed to take t...

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