There will be a complete house in Twickenham For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, England started the autumn international campaign against Tonga this afternoon.
Eddie Jones‘The side is starting to build for the next World Cup to be held in France two years later, and will be confident to perform for the returning masses the performance of Tonga, which was defeated by Scotland last weekend.
However, with the tougher tests of Australia and South Africa coming this month, the England coach hopes to see his team look sharper because they have not had his British and Irish Lions stars throughout the summer.
However, during the assembly process, things did not go smoothly. There was a Covid panic in the camp, and Captain Owen Farrell subsequently tested positive.
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George makes the most of his opportunity
Intermission
The England team looked good enough in the 15-15 match, but once Kata was sent to the crime bin for taking May in the air, Tonga really struggled.
Radwan, George, Itoje, May and Youngs tried together. You will imagine that this list will be added to the second period, which may also be important.
Simon Collins at Twickenham
England are in full control here, it’s really just a matter of their scoring in the second half.
Conversion miss
The tricky angle of Slade’s left foot… it turned out to be too tricky.
That will be the last action of the first half. England scored 29-3 at halftime.
try! England 29-3 Tonga | Ben Youngs 40′
Ben Youngs tried himself at the end of halftime.
Lineout from England performed well again, George replaced the ball in the blind zone and Youngs decided to ignore May on the left.
He has his own speed and strength, and his range is very wide.
39 minutes: The England team took a penalty midway, but because Sam Underhill attracted some attention, the proceedings were delayed.
It looks like he can continue the game now, and Slade returned his team to Tonga 22.
38 minutes: After that tackle, it was a knock from Veainu, so England played a Scrum on their 5m line.
Tonga put everything into it, but they were punished for spinning the scrum and the England team will clear their boundaries.
Simon Collins at Twickenham
This is one of the best attempts to save tackles you will see. Routh prevented this from scratch. amazing.
36 minutes: Magical work…and then more magical defense!
Telusa Veainu intercepted Slade’s pass in 22 points of his own, and then he ran the length of the court.
He turned Steward upside down, looking like he would definitely try to make a brilliant solo attempt.
But Courtney Routh had other ideas. He flew in and hit the ball just inches from the test line. Rugby is all-around!
try! England 24-3 Tonga | Ito Gemaro 33′
England make the most of it in one minute!
Genge was brilliantly set up with strong carry and good offloading, and they couldn’t stop Itoje because he fell the line and made four attempts for England.
Slade added something extra, which ended up being a good simple thing for him.
