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Tuilagi takes centre stage but England labour to late bonus

By NICK CAIN

Galloping in: Luke Cowan-Dickie scores England’s fourth try
PICTURE: Getty Images

THE telling yardstick in this England win over Tonga in their opening Pool fixture is that an almost fullstrength Red Rose side managed to secure the crucial bonus point try only four minutes before the final whistle.
In a Pool in which coach Eddie Jones and his squad had been given notice of the importance of points difference, as well as bonus points, after main rivals France scraped home against Argentina – who secured a losing bonus point – the lack of urgency was hard to ...

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