■ From NICK CAIN at St James’ Park

On the charge: Ellis Genge

ENGLAND may not be going to the World Cup after kicking up a typhoon-force storm, but after making it three out of four warmup wins by scoring four second-half tries on Friday night they have the wind behind them.
Eddie Jones also hopes to have a clean bill of health when the squad arrives in Japan tomorrow despite ‘knocks’ which saw Joe Launchbury (back) go off just after the half-hour, and replacement tighthead Kyle Sinckler (ankle) and replacement hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie (knee) sidelined in the la...