PAUL REES COMMENT

Attacking axis: Owen Farrell and Marcus Smith

Guy Porter scores for England
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OWEN Farrell bristled when asked, again, about his partnership with Marcus Smith. It was a team game, he pointed out, and the performance against Japan was a few steps up from the one against Argentina six days before.
Seven tries would suggest England’s attacking axis was the basis for victory, but it lay in defence when Japan were put under so much pressure, with England rushing up in the outside centre channel to prevent next year’s World Cup gr...