Try double: Manu Tuilagi
Big score, slow start. Jones picked tantamount to his ‘A’ team for their opening pool match but there was nothing to set the tournament alight from this display under the Sapporo Dome, with England cutting it fine by only securing the bonus point try four minutes from time.
The Tongans clearly had their blood-brother Billy Vunipola in their sights, and the England No.8 was soon on the receiving end when a thumping Zane Kapeli tackle rocked him backwards.
However, England rode out Tongan attempts to use raw physicality to shake them out of their stri...
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