PAUL REES

EDDIE Jones praised Japan’s improvement in the set-pieces, and a 100 per cent record tended to back him up. But the lineout was also the area that exposed the difference between the sides and contributed significantly to England’s handsome winning margin.
England scored with their first attack after 13 minutes having been under the pump as they tried to hose down Japan’s wave of attacks with runners appearing from all angles, although from too deep to inflict any structural damage.
England were awarded a penalty which they kicked to touch and after a ...