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00:00:00but i tell you what he's right my by me on my second rows that i've picked hard grafted hard
00:00:05strong nasty and this far out you ain't stopping him not the greatest pass from his captain actually
00:00:12who's behind him saracen's mate the toji but again he had that dexterity of hand to get picked that
00:00:18ball up from slightly behind well done mate that is good skill i do have a disturbance
00:00:25she'll be playing fly-off it's a remarkable piece of dexterity from george martin took that on the
00:00:32hip swiveled it round again and got it on the deck it's the second try for england first a memorable
00:00:38industrious effort on the high field back in july and george ford has pushed that one wide it's not
00:00:45been a vintage day off the tee for ford has been a vintage day for england two from nine for
00:00:51ford
00:00:52he will be killing himself kicking himself anything else that tends because again he's a proud player
00:00:59and that's what you judge with your kicker his percentage right he's not great today and it
00:01:04will have gone down but um again everyone's allowed one of those days luckily it's not for the other 14
00:01:09players out there they've been pretty on the ball and on the button you see it
00:01:17england scoring more than 50 points for the third time in a row against japan
00:01:21pictures in the summer and the autumn 2024 with eddie jones in charge both
00:01:26timing is good half a century plus vat for england up goes stewart bossing the west london skies
00:01:33picked up neatly by from portfleet well joseph hasn't touched the ball for a while first time
00:01:42he's done so and not scored with it and he's been turned over as well
00:01:50first one on the ball holding on sorry just said holding on that you're not allowed to hold on to
00:01:55the
00:01:55ball you've got to give the opposition a chance to get it which will be a respite for japan
00:02:00we're going to change the hooker as well kenji sato is about to come on for mamru haradap
00:02:08not quite yet sato being left to it yes it's good work though from mike stallberg over the ball
00:02:16that's the try scorer there you've got to position that ball further back so the the defender can't
00:02:23get his hands and as soon as the defender puts his hands on that ball that ball is deemed that
00:02:28it's
00:02:29stopped and you can nick it
00:02:33there's some consternation on the japanese bench there and sarah cox is one of the additional
00:02:37officials today sending sato the message he could get on some confused japanese
00:02:43backroom staff with clipboards asking what what's going on can he come on can he not he's with us
00:02:48kenji sato okay sorry we're going to be seeing archie mcparlow make his england debut pretty soon he's
00:02:53going through the passing drills down beneath us the young northampton saint but sato is on mamru haradap
00:03:00will make way and sato's first job will be to throw into this line out time time is off voice
00:03:08time is off
00:03:13you're right jayman there is some confusion
00:03:16okay sorry there was a confusion with the subs mario toge is asking the ref
00:03:20england use the line please oh i don't thank you it's above my peg right oh harada as the way
00:03:26of
00:03:26footballers these days went off on the far side he's walking around behind the posts out of picture
00:03:31now competition i think people thought japan had 16 on the pitch advantage here's costly penalty
00:03:37advantage japan and sato scuffling down the touchline what a run from the replacement what an introduction
00:03:43sato to derns footwork from the big fella japan again around the corner hello
00:03:50that's much more like it from japan that's the speed that's the incision that's what they've been
00:03:57missing and a pity helou as giant from lyon in france as a try for japan again as i praised
00:04:04england
00:04:04in that first half and whichever try it was um that's exactly what japan needed it's front foot rugby
00:04:11it's getting that ball to them straight away there's again what number you've got on your
00:04:15back you know your you know your job nice line out back at the blind side and the guy that
00:04:24just wants
00:04:25to make a difference that's what your substitute substitutes have to do keep busting there the
00:04:30skipper just puts it over there and then the big unit he is a big unit scores and a great
00:04:35start
00:04:36it was all england one way but now japan's hit back
00:04:40first try sorry second try obviously in the first half but at least you're equal
00:04:45miss from sato and a specialty a day to saver for archie mcparlins 21 years old the northampton saints
00:04:54wonder kid he's dreamed of this moment since he was six years of age down at rothan rugby club
00:05:01now he's arrived now he's an international rugby player with the rules on his breast
00:05:08and congratulations to him totally deserved again don't try and overdo it earlier on just
00:05:14do through your process go through your game plan make sure your 10 is supplied listen to your forwards
00:05:21get your feet in the right position for your boxes and then just enjoy yourself
00:05:27the sort of day where archie mcparlin should enjoy himself behind the pack going forward
00:05:31a game that's long been won and japan out untidy again and the new man
00:05:37shinya komura who's just come on at fly half doing the litter picking
00:05:42here's ben gunter we just haven't seen him or the japanese pack
00:05:46gaining that parity they needed up front today
00:05:49sato looking for the charging riley ball takes a wicked bounce but
00:05:53stewart is there he's got murley alongside him gaps opened up for stewart pointing to murley saying
00:05:59get in that space get on the outside of me now murley's got to do better than that he's got
00:06:03to give
00:06:04him an option you can see what stewart is doing he wanted him inside he wanted him inside everything
00:06:08all the space was going away murley's got to give him the option he either then gives him the ball
00:06:12which he
00:06:13probably would have or he'd have gone himself you can see look look look get inside me get inside me
00:06:17i don't
00:06:18want to make that pass
00:06:23sato finding stolberg gunter was the decoy shimo kawa out the back and loose pass
00:06:31which just about finds its intended recipients because my weird are the olympic sevens international
00:06:39sato to gunter and simo kawa tireless figure in this back row no kazuki himeno no michael leech no
00:06:48amato fakatava follow japan you'll know those names here thank you all injured or unavailable for this
00:06:54tour first one on the ball first one karen dickey's pilfered it for england that's one of his usps and
00:07:01now
00:07:01asher a poku fordure up the guts
00:07:08japan have pinched it back again it's costly who has it and now japan on the run with sato tapped
00:07:13by
00:07:14pollock that was crucial still alive for the brave blossoms over the top towards kippe ishta
00:07:20weather on the inside the two sevens olympians interacting
00:07:25stolberg back to sato he's made an impact commando crawling forth
00:07:31sato riley simo kawa murley gets him down
00:07:37much more like the japan that we thought was going to come to the alien stadium they just decided to
00:07:42start playing in the 50th minute unfortunately but look it's such a different animal when they
00:07:46actually get that ball away get it into the midfield the backs are going a little bit more
00:07:50time which gives the forwards a little bit more time to clear maxujomo struggling here it's like a
00:07:55a blow taken to his left arm he's back in the defensive line now and it's been stripped clear
00:08:01and joseph's lurking outside mcparlin gives him something to chase and he's going to be far too
00:08:06quick for tian and costly you would think he's got the kick through costly dived at his feet
00:08:13cornelson's got to be careful because mcparlin was sniffing for a debut try tian and costly eight
00:08:19the ground there on will joseph
00:08:24and again who is it it's captain fantastic it shows he's just he's got a superpower that's just
00:08:30nicking the ball and again this kicked as well joseph puts the boot on it on another day there's no
00:08:38support back and they score a try but well done japan he plays some scintillating rugby there for
00:08:44patience to play attacking wise and he defended pretty well as well so changes for both teams
00:08:49so did you do otsuka on at loose head prop for yota kamimori for japan and mani
00:08:55a yoga has really come of age as a gallagher friend player
00:09:01first game last week for greg fissinau is second today
00:09:08two players who really have been rewarded for their trend form here's murley off coles is soaring take
00:09:16mcparlin's itoji forward holding it up ojomo gets whacked by gunter
00:09:22first one play on first one and helu's stolen it this is turnover central 21 turnovers in this match
00:09:29mario otoji's contributed three of those for england's japan will see an overlap they'll see
00:09:34forwards here riley then takes the pragmatic route away freddy shearer with a 15-yard run-up
00:09:40normally spells pain important tackle from the new prop forward otsuka
00:09:46mcparlin and coles and martin quick ball for england's mcparlin's having a nibble fizzinau couldn't
00:09:53take it now then has stolberg at 34 got the pace slade and pollock are reeling him in
00:09:59stolberg still going pollock hunts him down like lion on a buffalo they hunt him down in a pack
00:10:07england offside though japan will fancy their chances of scoring here but not with passing like
00:10:13that referee is going to go to the bin by the looks of things out comes the yellow cards
00:10:23kevin dickey's gone for ten and it had to be it's a bit harsh and the crowd are thinking that
00:10:29the
00:10:29the refs trying to even it up a little bit with 14 english guys out there i've seen the penalty
00:10:35given
00:10:35i know exactly what it is if there's a try obviously it was likely to be scored that's
00:10:39why he's given the yellow card because he's deliberately committed a fine a penalty sorry
00:10:44to stop the the flow of the ball so i get it slightly harsh i've seen him give him just
00:10:50the
00:10:50penalty but this is fun pollock has got him tracking down tracking down tracking down he does
00:10:56well he nearly nearly actually gets that ball out you can see what he's trying to do get up high
00:11:01and get
00:11:01his hand underneath the ball and see if he could dislodge it but again now japan great opportunity
00:11:09they go towards derns it's the first missed line out of the day
00:11:12at the worst possible time and then caden murley turns a few japanese players into human roadkill
00:11:23ben gunter almost burgled another back for japan
00:11:27player dropping off on play i'm gonna say the harlequins left
00:11:31left way there did superbly well almost like a back row forward giving him a position now for
00:11:37mcparlin too mcparlin's been charged by the giant derns steward can't take it george ford can running down
00:11:44blind alleys you can hear stewards orchestrating with ford on the floor taking on that leadership
00:11:52position and i would have to say to archie mcparlin welcome to international rugby you just got to look
00:11:57up you've got your guard man there you put in a just watch now who's going to charge try and
00:12:02charge
00:12:02his down this time he's gone off the paddock but the one before oh he stopped almost kept that alive
00:12:08that slave was slightly off but the one before was a an arching box he hadn't watched the man
00:12:14i think he was the captain derns wasn't who charged him down it is
00:12:21performing a big picture there again you learn it's his first camp i'm not i'm not criticizing at
00:12:27all but it's something you're going to learn it's good it's a positive thing because he's an outstanding
00:12:32rugby player 53 points the record margin between these teams that was back in the first capped
00:12:42game in 1987 rugby world cup i give you the mark don't close it happened a number of non-cap
00:12:48internationals throughout the early 70s most of which were much closer and japan have never come
00:12:54within 20 points of england doesn't look like they're going to do that today either a little over 20
00:13:00minutes to play saito and tua riley straightening introducing the substitutes among them is commuda
00:13:09saito riley is going to be careful joseph's got another and he'll take this to the house and equal
00:13:17the english rugby records will joseph a famous five
00:13:25a fabulous five and he joins the exalted company of underwoods and lucy and arendal
00:13:34history at twickenham and there may yet be more chapters described and he's got 24 minutes to break
00:13:41that one but again i'm sure his brother jonathan will be looking off he's in the crowd was that the
00:13:48easiest
00:13:48probably it was because he had to do some reading of the ball against japan trying to force it just
00:13:54doesn't quite look they're playing a fast game fast game you've got to get your heads up and as ever
00:13:58a winger is a burglar he's a poacher at best but also this guy could finish
00:14:07that says it all henry jones brow furrowed his beanie hat ruffled and the look of stony face the
00:14:15exasperation on his face marcus smith has come on george ford has made way and in any case
00:14:23henry slade is taking on the kicking duties and he has bisected the posts 61 points and five tries for
00:14:31joseph
00:14:32and all the people here do not want this man to be so seasoned i don't think for a second
00:14:37he won't
00:14:38they want him to get six they wanted to get that record and the way he's going they're just enjoying
00:14:46it
00:14:48japan showing a better side of themselves but again silly mistakes are very costly
00:14:54well henry pollock's day is done so to george ford's marcus smith on that fly half for england
00:15:02just not had the opportunities to start at 10 when he really wants to play for england
00:15:08okay ben curry as well whose load is being managed top right of your picture
00:15:12after a couple of long-term hamstring problems at sail sharks
00:15:19here comes japan on the kick receipt with kazuma redha
00:15:25oh what a shot fisi lal
00:15:29greg fisi lal with a rib tickler he's cleaved his man in two
00:15:37and england have another turnover marcus smith with ball in his hands
00:15:42that's what fisi lal's been doing for years in an exeter shirt top carrier in the gallagher
00:15:47prem fourth for tackles this season one of the top for dominant shots as well
00:15:51japan will have the put in and a chance to count those ribs
00:15:57kumara the substitutes come on senior kumara my word has just been well melted i think is the
00:16:06modern term broken in two that's not the hit
00:16:12that's the hit dislodges the ball as well that's what you want from a big forward you get now totally
00:16:20totally legal and now the bench is coming on for
00:16:27yeah two changes up front for england theo dan and joe hayes coming on
00:16:37that's a big apartment of course look kevin dickey's in the pin thank you have to bring on field and
00:16:42they've sacrificed max adjomo in doing so so joe hayes is on as a straight sub for a book of
00:16:48bordure they've sacrificed the joe more to get the full complement of front row players
00:16:53another one to keep with eight men in the scrum here against japan
00:17:02crowds so defending with a back down right now england
00:17:17the japanese front row just folded in there just listen just listen to the gentleman with
00:17:23the white with the white hat here's the fist allowed tackle oh my word you could say he was
00:17:30slightly late because he was just about to pass the ball but what a hit what a hit
00:17:37it's lovely scenes last week like feces on with his long-awaited debut for england against the
00:17:42wallabies and he was him was gifted necklaces full of chocolate almost cellophane shrink wrap chocolate
00:17:47which is a tongan tradition chocolate viewed as a a prestigious uh a wealthy item if you had lots of
00:17:54chocolate you were doing well in life and that tradition has endured his father kenny former
00:18:00thongan international and greg keeping up the family tradition
00:18:04penalty to japan and japan going quickly
00:18:09saito for derns who's not stopped running today carry number 11 for the co-captain
00:18:15he's carrying his team on his back on elson to saito it's a risky pass with joseph sniffing around
00:18:22riley taking the scenic route finding no soft shoulders
00:18:27no weak links today and joel and richard wiggleworth's defense way there wriggling past two
00:18:51and that's what you need again from your defensive back three especially
00:19:03wingers the ability to do that again head slightly in the wrong position but he doesn't
00:19:09matter he's got one second to decide what to do and he's closed that attack down
00:19:17it's not only the flashy stuff with the five tries and all that you know you're gonna put your
00:19:23shoulder to the wheel sometimes and it's so crucial again that you're gonna act like a
00:19:26pendulum with the two wings and the fullback make sure everyone's comfortable
00:19:32going over the top towards greg fissilao talking about his dad kenny a minute ago
00:19:38before he was diagnosed with asthma kenny used to put him through his paces down the local pitches
00:19:42plymouth he once sent him home for not running hard enough without realizing that
00:19:47true greg was having a coughing fit not because he wasn't fit because he had asthma
00:19:5215 years of age he made him walk home left him drove up the road
00:19:58do you want toание meet an 잘못 problem help he used to do this
00:19:59but pauling to the skies loverly hearing after it he stop won the race could with the ball it's
00:20:05excellent work from he's above his head and mcpail and now moving it to george martin
00:20:11dash bang plenty of wallet mcpail and down the short side feeding it into ben curly
00:20:17They've been taken high by Costley.
00:20:19Release, 20-20.
00:20:24Ben Curry injecting the tempo.
00:20:28No, no, no!
00:20:29Advantage entry.
00:20:31Advantage to England here at worst.
00:20:35McParland, Smith, George Martin with carry number ten for the day.
00:20:43Patient stop from England, it's OG to Smith, it was well-read.
00:20:46Smith had the class not to lose possession.
00:20:49And England will need that penalty.
00:20:54We can stretch this Japanese defence yet further.
00:20:57Yeah, and that was given, again, you've got to come in from the back feet.
00:21:00If you've got a chance of getting your hands on that ball, you can't come in at the side.
00:21:04You've got to go to the back feet, that's why Marcus Smith will be pumping this into the corner.
00:21:10Toge is just holding him back for something.
00:21:15I'm sure this will be pumped in five metres out and then just ask the forwards to do what to
00:21:20do, Joe.
00:21:21Your mark is here, you can go.
00:21:25Yeah, it was clear, mate.
00:21:27Joe Hayes scored a try against Australia.
00:21:29He's just come on, he's fresh, he'll want another one.
00:21:32Marcus Smith, again, not too greedy.
00:21:35Six metres out.
00:21:37Bread and butter now for this English pack, it should be.
00:21:40Especially with the new rules, with the catch and drive.
00:21:42The sin-billing is over, Max Ajomo can come back on.
00:21:45And England's captain will make way to Arthur Clarke, the last replacement from Gloucester is on.
00:21:51And Mario Atoji, there's the tail of the tape.
00:21:5416 tackles, four turnovers, a few carries into the bargain.
00:21:58He's delivering his prime rugby again.
00:22:00One, two, three, one, two.
00:22:04Dan to Martin at the top of his jump.
00:22:06McParlin to Ajomo, route one, nothing fancy about that.
00:22:11And England are in again.
00:22:13A lightning strike and it's Ben Currie with his first England try, picking up the scraps.
00:22:22And eating off the table set by Max Ajomo's power.
00:22:27And I think the line out from the catch and drive, they've changed that now, there's no swimming up the
00:22:31side.
00:22:32So it's more of a weapon in a sense, but also this is a weapon.
00:22:37It's called the space weapon.
00:22:39You've got a little bit of space, you get somebody to drive hard.
00:22:42Normally an inside sender could be a flanker.
00:22:44And then all McParlin has to do is just that Martin there.
00:22:49Good ball, straight ball.
00:22:50So basically the fly-off gets out of the way.
00:22:52The extra meat from Ajomo gets him over the gain line.
00:22:55Plus five or six yards, it's those contact meters after that causes it.
00:23:00They can't do anything.
00:23:01Japan can simply do nothing and it could have been one of five people that crash over it.
00:23:05It was Ben Currie.
00:23:06Well done, England.
00:23:07Well worked.
00:23:11Henry Slade has missed.
00:23:14There's one fly in England's ointment today, it will be the goal kicking.
00:23:18But there again, I don't think Slade or Ford will be kicking necessarily next week against the All Blacks.
00:23:23Finn Smith expected to be back in harness and he did kick well against the Wallabies.
00:23:28Well knowing kickers as I've done and again it's rastered up obviously going into the professional era.
00:23:33They'll be back out tomorrow.
00:23:34They'll have obviously had their days off and they'll have the meetings.
00:23:37But they'll be wanting to go straight back onto that kicking tee in front of the post or to the
00:23:42side of the post.
00:23:42And put the sort of the wrongs that they've done today.
00:23:49Japan's final sub of the day has been made. Shinobu Fujiwara is playing for the head of Fukuda, trying to
00:23:55score it against Wales last week.
00:23:58Joseph hunting down Kazuma Ueda and company.
00:24:02The goal is shoveled back to no one in particular.
00:24:05Jisoo Lee and Ueda do enough.
00:24:09Fujiwara to Shimokawa.
00:24:16Inside ball, oh my goodness, Fisila was taking names today.
00:24:21That's another sledgehammer wielded by England's Exeter Exocet.
00:24:27Just fantastic, again, it's totally legal.
00:24:32He's juggling the ball.
00:24:35It's an exile.
00:24:36And you're dropping, so not for play, OK?
00:24:38There's an exhale of air coming out of the Japanese player, Fisilao.
00:24:44Take a bow, sorry, it was corny, but that's twice he's done it.
00:24:49And in tight games as well, when you come off the bench to make an impact, that raises the team.
00:24:55Unbelievably.
00:24:58With an eye on the All Blacks, a wounded animal themselves, Dewey, who here has made the biggest claim for
00:25:05selection next week,
00:25:06knowing as we know that Chessam and Furbank and Finn Smith and Finn Baxter will be back available and back
00:25:12from their little down weeks.
00:25:13It's a big one, but I think Martin has been, he's groundling best there, next to Atoje.
00:25:19Stewart again started, but it just, what I like to say is the form of everyone.
00:25:25It's a tough decision for Bournemouth.
00:25:27Oh, Joseph's looking for another.
00:25:28Is this the record breaker?
00:25:31Three Japanese drag him down.
00:25:33McParland picks it up, Fisilao goes again.
00:25:35What a beast he's been, both sides of the ball.
00:25:39McParland on debut, not quite.
00:25:43Joseph wants it on the right.
00:25:45If England move it, he'll be in.
00:25:47He's hugging the touchline.
00:25:50Japan are offside again, milking penalties, hemorrhaging penalties.
00:25:56England keep it tight, Martin on the hunt for another.
00:26:03McParland lifting it up, heavy carries from Slade, contorting his body and then jackknifing back again.
00:26:11McParland delays the pass, Marcus Smith sliding away from the despairing fingers,
00:26:17and over for a dozen, twelve English tries and still twelve minutes to play.
00:26:26And Will Joseph was over there on that right wing, isolated on his own.
00:26:31The tale of two coaches there, one absolutely devastated.
00:26:34He knew he was in for a tough game today, Jones.
00:26:37And I don't think in Borfix...
00:26:39Well, actually, the way they played against Australia,
00:26:42even though Australia were terribly poor,
00:26:44I think Japan had been better than Australia, but he's still been put away.
00:26:48Could he possibly do this thing?
00:26:50This time the full-back and the defence pulls him down,
00:26:53but they can't do it on the other side,
00:26:55but Marcus Smith could have passed to another three people.
00:26:58He's got on on himself.
00:27:00And like he said, he's still got plenty of times to ratchet up another couple of tries,
00:27:04and could...
00:27:05Could will Joseph get that record-breaker?
00:27:10It's the most points England have scored against Japan.
00:27:13As they stand, it's the biggest winning margin England have had against Japan.
00:27:17And what I've liked about the two scrim-offs,
00:27:19and I've got my number nine hat on here,
00:27:21Van Portfleet and McFarlane,
00:27:23they're not frightened of making a little break,
00:27:25which, as again, it's the old adage,
00:27:26it keeps the back rows honest,
00:27:28keeps Japan's back rows honest,
00:27:30they don't float out to the middle,
00:27:32they don't sort of go across the field,
00:27:33they have to wait until the scrim-offs actually just be, you know, done his job.
00:27:37That's what I like about these two.
00:27:44Stuart again is the weapon of choice for England,
00:27:47and that's why volleyball spike back to his teammates Theo Dan this time.
00:27:52Well it is in a way isn't it, it is a volleyball spike,
00:27:54and actually, you know, it doesn't have to go to hand as long as it goes backwards.
00:27:58And here come England again, Joe Hayes with the show on the go,
00:28:00dishing it up for Adjomo,
00:28:02Joseph's with him, Adjomo times the pass,
00:28:05Joseph bouldering forwards,
00:28:07all of Twickenham waiting for him to get that sixth score.
00:28:13Warner Derrens with a brilliant steal for Japan,
00:28:16to change the narrative,
00:28:18check the momentum temporarily.
00:28:20Japan have got numbers off to the right,
00:28:22are they going to chance their arm,
00:28:24can they push the envelope?
00:28:25Riley absolutely whacked,
00:28:27Theo Dan torpedoing him at the knees.
00:28:32Dylan Riley's not happy about that tackle,
00:28:34suggesting it was one of the knee drop tackles that World Rugby has outlawed.
00:28:38Over to this from Joe Hayes, the history buff.
00:28:44It's like he's a ballet player,
00:28:46just getting that through there,
00:28:48again he's got the ability to get there, captain.
00:28:54Derrens just doing his stuff.
00:28:58You can see it both ways,
00:29:00you can see Dan's trying to wrap his arms,
00:29:02but actually you're not allowed to,
00:29:04you could say that the Japanese player is jumping a little bit into the tackle,
00:29:08so I think it's a 50-50.
00:29:14Just a stinger from Theo Dan on the shoulders after he whacked into Dylan Riley.
00:29:24Normally, Dewey, Japan ask their opposition to make a huge number of tackles,
00:29:28they're a high-possession team,
00:29:30they asked Wales to make in the region of 250 last weekend.
00:29:35Not the case today, they've not had that foothold,
00:29:37and England have only missed 20 of their attempted tackles,
00:29:40which by today's standards is pretty high.
00:29:42But they haven't been as accurate,
00:29:44and you mentioned at the start,
00:29:45it's that fast game they want to play,
00:29:47that's that accurate game,
00:29:48but it hasn't been there,
00:29:49and my God, sit down.
00:29:51Fisilal's laid out Tua,
00:29:52who's down and hurt,
00:29:54and his day might be done.
00:29:56Fisilal taking bodies.
00:30:00We're going to have to stop the game here,
00:30:02because Tua's just too close to play.
00:30:05Sorry, I have a serious injury.
00:30:06I have a serious injury, sorry.
00:30:11It's tongue and blood on tongue and blood there.
00:30:14And the...
00:30:15A clash of pacific muscle.
00:30:18Semiasuna Duno is going off,
00:30:19because he's out there.
00:30:21He's been...
00:30:23He's out, so he's going to go off,
00:30:25he has to go off for a HIA.
00:30:27Fisilal.
00:30:28It's why we love the game,
00:30:30it's a game of beauty.
00:30:34And as long as he do it legally,
00:30:36well, he has to go off, I'm sorry.
00:30:37He has to go off.
00:30:39This is what we're all doing,
00:30:40this is what it's all about.
00:30:42OK, are we good to go?
00:30:45Right, the moment Semiasuna Duno's
00:30:47trying to play on,
00:30:48there are some concerned medics
00:30:50lingering around there.
00:30:53If a player shows any symptom
00:30:55of suspected concussion,
00:30:57he is removed for the duration of the match.
00:31:00And...
00:31:01Well, we are not medics.
00:31:02You're not doing funny,
00:31:04but you're telling me that
00:31:05that mouth guard hasn't gone off.
00:31:06He has to have gone off.
00:31:08Yeah, the instrumented mouth guard.
00:31:09There is a player ready to come on down
00:31:11beneath us for Japan.
00:31:12Kitahara is ready to come back on
00:31:14if he needs to.
00:31:15But he's been ushered back into his tracksuit.
00:31:18And Semiasuna Tuat.
00:31:20The medics have got access to the mouth guard data
00:31:22which is triggered by the hits,
00:31:25the forces in the hits.
00:31:26They've got access to the video replays
00:31:28and everything else.
00:31:30And if they are satisfied,
00:31:32then we are way to quibble.
00:31:35Thank you very much.
00:31:37For all these children watching there,
00:31:39this is why we've brought these things in.
00:31:42To make the game as safe as we possibly can.
00:31:44Well, like I said,
00:31:45we love the brutality of it,
00:31:46we love the beauty of it,
00:31:48but it's got to be safe.
00:31:50Well done referee.
00:31:53Eventually.
00:31:55Well, it's well handled in the end
00:31:57by the medics and the officials.
00:31:59Yeah, we got there in the end.
00:32:01Which is fine.
00:32:02May have lost consciousness for a fraction of a second or two.
00:32:05He's off anyway,
00:32:06and he's going to be protected
00:32:08and properly monitored now.
00:32:11So Kitahara is back on for the last nine minutes or so.
00:32:15As England put in, they were in possession when play was stopped.
00:32:19There is time yet for Will Joseph,
00:32:22who is...
00:32:23What's he got?
00:32:24How many minutes?
00:32:26Nine minutes.
00:32:27Just under nine minutes to get one more.
00:32:30Lovely scrub right in the middle of the field.
00:32:32You can see them all stacked on the right-hand side.
00:32:36Here goes Fisilau,
00:32:38inflicting more misery.
00:32:40He was taken high by Cornelson,
00:32:42but he's taken him 20 metres backwards.
00:32:44Coles and Smith,
00:32:46it didn't sit for Stewart.
00:32:47If it did, Joseph was scoring.
00:32:50Just a bit flat, Stewart there,
00:32:52just getting a bit flat.
00:32:53Tremendous pick-and-go from Fisilau as well.
00:32:55Again, that's 20 metres of just pure strength.
00:32:59Slight high hit there,
00:33:00but that's fine,
00:33:01that bounces up,
00:33:01there's no problem with that.
00:33:02But the ball that he produces there
00:33:04is sumptuous for a nine,
00:33:06who's going to go to the right-hand side.
00:33:08As he played his way into this...
00:33:09Oh, my word.
00:33:10...this team to play the Allbirds next week.
00:33:11He was on the bench the last two games.
00:33:13Well, if he does this off the bench,
00:33:15you never know,
00:33:16you can bring him one after 10
00:33:17if it's not doing well.
00:33:18After 20,
00:33:19I know I joke about that,
00:33:20but look, that's what I want.
00:33:22That's what you want from your bench, people.
00:33:24Impact, impact, impact.
00:33:25Yes, the game has gone as a contest.
00:33:28Yes, it's, you know,
00:33:29Japan are falling off a few tackles,
00:33:30but still,
00:33:32unbelievable.
00:33:34Power and just,
00:33:35oh,
00:33:37brilliantness.
00:33:39Here come England again.
00:33:41Theo Dan will fancy his chances of plundering another try.
00:33:45In come the backs.
00:33:47In go Slade and company.
00:33:49Smuggle back towards Dan.
00:33:54Still inching forwards.
00:33:56Now they've got to play.
00:33:57Dan sets it up.
00:33:58Everybody's in the rock here,
00:33:59so England have to go tight.
00:34:01That might not matter,
00:34:02of course.
00:34:03Fizilau,
00:34:04looking for his first England try.
00:34:11All sorts of voices lobbying the referee.
00:34:14Fizilau reckons he's scored.
00:34:16The Japanese defenders insisting he hasn't.
00:34:19Yes.
00:34:20So on field decision try.
00:34:21We're going to make sure
00:34:22there was not a lap first.
00:34:24So on field try.
00:34:25You can hear with the TMO
00:34:26and the referee saying to the TMO.
00:34:28We'll listen in.
00:34:30Yes, Damien.
00:34:31All field decision try.
00:34:32We have the ball grounded.
00:34:34Just want to make sure
00:34:34those scrum held up first by Japan.
00:34:37Okay.
00:34:37We'll check that.
00:34:39So we need to see conclusive evidence that
00:34:41Greg Fizilau has not scored this.
00:34:44Maybe under the ball.
00:34:46Here we go.
00:34:49Coming low.
00:34:50Coming hard.
00:34:55It was Fujiwara putting his head in the spokes.
00:34:57A little scrum half.
00:34:59No, that ball's down there.
00:35:01That's down.
00:35:02No problem.
00:35:04We're seeing Marius van de Vestijen once again,
00:35:06the TMO bottom right corner of the screen.
00:35:09To make sure the ball was grounded,
00:35:11that there was a clear press from Fizilau.
00:35:14And the ball wasn't dislodged on its way to the grounds.
00:35:17Let's have a listen.
00:35:19Damien, there's no evidence to overturn you on for the decision.
00:35:23Okay.
00:35:23So we'll try.
00:35:24Okay.
00:35:26Greg Fizilau.
00:35:28Cracker of ribs.
00:35:30Taker of names.
00:35:32And now England try-scorer.
00:35:35Well, as I said before,
00:35:39for the first half I've run out of places to put names now,
00:35:43so I don't know how many tries it is,
00:35:44and I don't know where we're going,
00:35:46so you'll have to fool me in on that because you are the expert.
00:35:48Eddie Jones, a bad day up the office,
00:35:50probably one of his worst, I would think.
00:35:52Six or so minutes to go to see if we can get the proverbial icing on the cake,
00:35:57and another try for Will Joseph.
00:36:00He copped 90 points once, Eddie Jones,
00:36:02in a Super Rugby match,
00:36:03was in charge of the Reds.
00:36:04That's it,
00:36:05and they didn't get on the bus today,
00:36:06or something like that.
00:36:07They wouldn't go back on the bus to go home.
00:36:11A 78-15.
00:36:13And heartening for Steve Borfick, Debbie,
00:36:15that the substitutes he's made,
00:36:17the changes he's made today,
00:36:19they've all stepped up,
00:36:20they've all delivered.
00:36:21And that's exactly what you want,
00:36:23but you've got to have now consistency,
00:36:25and I would say go back to...
00:36:26Scotch inside the ten,
00:36:27Scotch inside the ten,
00:36:28option.
00:36:31For me personally,
00:36:32you've got to have a very, very good unit in that midfield.
00:36:34The ten, as you said,
00:36:35Finn Smith comes back.
00:36:37I think his ability to see a game, whatever,
00:36:40and his handling is the number one.
00:36:43So you put two good centers with that.
00:36:45We know we've got wingers,
00:36:46we've got a good fullback there,
00:36:47and we've got a good pack of forwards.
00:36:48Once we get some consistency,
00:36:50which hopefully will happen through the Six Nations,
00:36:53I think the Nations Championship has been a breath of fresh air.
00:36:55I said it last week,
00:36:57and I'll say it this way,
00:36:57I think it's tangibly something you win,
00:36:59but you can see how competitive it is,
00:37:02and what it means.
00:37:03You saw the Welsh game,
00:37:04and those who haven't seen the Welsh game in New Zealand,
00:37:06please just watch the last 20 minutes.
00:37:09There's no try score,
00:37:10it's just heart,
00:37:11and desire,
00:37:12and passion,
00:37:13and this is what this game's about.
00:37:15Let's go.
00:37:16Let's go.
00:37:17Let's go.
00:37:17Let's go.
00:37:18Here we go, Oscar.
00:37:19Come on, Randy.
00:37:21Let's go.
00:37:25Let's go.
00:37:25Let's go.
00:37:27Let's go.
00:37:27Let's go.
00:37:30Let's go.
00:37:30Let's go.
00:37:31Let's go.
00:37:32Let's go.
00:37:36Let's go.
00:37:37Right.
00:37:37You've got to give him a chance.
00:37:39You've got the two-sided attack here,
00:37:41Marcus Smith,
00:37:41one playmaker on the right,
00:37:43Henry Slade on the left,
00:37:44neither is going to get a touch.
00:37:49And unsurprisingly,
00:37:50in the least shocking news of the day,
00:37:54Will Joseph is our nation's Championship Player of the Month,
00:37:56as announced by our host broadcast colleagues here at Allianz Stadium.
00:38:01And it's announced by Dave Flatman,
00:38:03and I'm amazed he hasn't gone for a prop.
00:38:07I mean, Gensh,
00:38:09unbelievable try there,
00:38:10but
00:38:10he somehow was probably trying to talk a prop through there,
00:38:13but he's only,
00:38:14there's only one player of the match,
00:38:16and
00:38:16he's taken every opportunity.
00:38:18It would be lovely, lovely, lovely.
00:38:22There you go.
00:38:23Five tries, eight carries.
00:38:24So he's only had the ball
00:38:26eight times metres,
00:38:27and whatever.
00:38:28Doesn't matter.
00:38:28That's how you make,
00:38:30there's his brother,
00:38:32Jonathan Wellsman,
00:38:33very proud family.
00:38:34A wonderful day for Clan Joseph,
00:38:36might get better still,
00:38:38Slade does well to
00:38:39scoop that off the deck.
00:38:41Here's Theo Dan,
00:38:43very powerful,
00:38:44very nimble into contact.
00:38:47McParlin's,
00:38:48and George Martin,
00:38:49who continues to
00:38:49put his shoulder to the grindstone,
00:38:5214 carries,
00:38:53most of any player today.
00:38:54Dan holding it up for Ben Curry.
00:38:57Angles of running,
00:38:58precise from England.
00:38:59Eoghan,
00:39:00looking for his first England try.
00:39:03McParlin,
00:39:03front football,
00:39:04Ben Curry again,
00:39:06over the top it goes.
00:39:07Ojoomo was looking for it,
00:39:08now he's got it.
00:39:10Merle alongside him.
00:39:12It's gone forwards,
00:39:14a looping pass from Smith.
00:39:15Thanks, Ben.
00:39:19There's a big blow out of air,
00:39:23at the Allianz Stadium.
00:39:28Everything calms down,
00:39:29we go back to scrum time.
00:39:31We need the scrum to stay up.
00:39:32Referee centre need the scrum to stay up.
00:39:35Oh my word.
00:39:39And again.
00:39:41That's what I love from Brackrow forwards,
00:39:44all time brilliantly,
00:39:46all about power and pace.
00:39:49Determination.
00:39:50Here we go.
00:39:54We've heard a lot about South Africa's POM squad,
00:39:56now England's POM squad has made the headlines
00:39:58over the last year or two with Steve Warfield.
00:40:00And Greg Fisilal was on the cusp of a cap for ages,
00:40:03he's been brilliant for Exeter for three seasons on the bounce.
00:40:07Now he has well and truly arrived in the Test Arena.
00:40:11What can Japan do?
00:40:12Two minutes and some change to play.
00:40:14Can they register a third try,
00:40:17a first since the 48th minute?
00:40:19Not with passes like that.
00:40:21Long way down for Derns to take it.
00:40:24Kenji Sato has done well there.
00:40:29Fujiwara.
00:40:38Otsuka.
00:40:41Nothing doing here,
00:40:42Japan are shaping for the goal.
00:40:43He's going to send Kipe,
00:40:45Eastat.
00:40:46Halo was out there,
00:40:48Halo the reserve prop was out there
00:40:50but he wasn't going to receive the ball.
00:40:53A bit of obstruction from a retreating
00:40:56Alex Coles by the looks of things
00:40:58that's gone against Ben Curry.
00:41:01So Japan can go to the corner again.
00:41:04Get some territory,
00:41:05Opeti Halo is being patched up in the background.
00:41:13I think he can probably do one more line,
00:41:16I think that's all we've got left for the time this ball goes in.
00:41:19A minute to go.
00:41:26Sorry?
00:41:27No, Halo's not even going to make it to the line-out.
00:41:29Is it?
00:41:31Okay, number 18.
00:41:35I'm going to show you up on the tackle.
00:41:37Opeti Halo's being forced off here in the dying embers of this match.
00:41:41A big Leon prop.
00:41:41Sorry, time off, boys.
00:41:44There's going to be a bit of choreography on the bench to see
00:41:47what the situation is.
00:41:48If Takeuchi, the starting title, was an injury sub,
00:41:51he can't come back.
00:41:51No worries, no worries.
00:41:52If it was a tactical sub, he can.
00:41:55But all those players have long since been in the tracksuits
00:41:59and thinking their day was done.
00:42:01Now they've got to knock the rust off the joints
00:42:02and loosen off, get back again.
00:42:06Takeuchi's not moving too freely down there.
00:42:08The time is off, give me one second.
00:42:10I think the suggestion is Japan are not going to be able to bring someone on here.
00:42:14They're just going to choose to play with 14 for the last minute.
00:42:16There is something with the sub tonight,
00:42:17I'm just waiting for them to clarify for me so he can restart the game.
00:42:20Give me one second, please.
00:42:23This is a pack, remember, that was unchanged between Cardiff and Twickenham.
00:42:28They've done a huge amount of work, they haven't got the depth of other nations.
00:42:33Takeuchi is offering his services down beneath us to put himself back out there for a few more seconds.
00:42:40It's just what he was designated as.
00:42:43Was he an injury sub, was he a tactical sub?
00:42:46Sarah Copps is down there trying to figure it all out in the tracksuits.
00:42:50Right, everyone with clipboards is satisfied that Shihei Takeuchi can return.
00:42:58He's got 43 seconds anyway.
00:43:03Tell you what, it's a thankless task, that.
00:43:05You've been off for half an hour, sitting guzzling your protein shake,
00:43:11and you're back on with your team 63 points down.
00:43:16There you are, son.
00:43:21Sato to the front and Cornelison.
00:43:23The final seconds of this match, is there a third try to be had for Japan?
00:43:28Is there a sip for Will Joseph?
00:43:34Sato, they're up and went again.
00:43:36That's one of his unique abilities.
00:43:40Fujiwara down the short side again, Ishii does left it behind,
00:43:43and it's an offside penalty.
00:43:45Keita Hara picking it up in where he didn't belong.
00:43:48And England can put this out in the match if they want,
00:43:50or they can go for more points, let's see.
00:43:55The referees, I didn't hear the referee, can he play off this line-out?
00:43:59I think...
00:44:01They're not going to play.
00:44:02Game over.
00:44:06A turkey shoot at Twickenham.
00:44:10Eddie Jones returns with a youthful Japan team,
00:44:13and sees his brave blossoms wilting beneath England's flamethrowers.
00:44:20Will Joseph applying the heat.
00:44:23The chief tormentor of Japan today.
00:44:26A record equaling five tries in one match as an England player.
00:44:31He had opportunities for six.
00:44:33The ball just wouldn't come his way, as it is though.
00:44:36It's 13 tries for England.
00:44:38It's a trouncing.
00:44:40And have a look at the points difference now.
00:44:41They've made up ground on France.
00:44:43Both teams four wins from five.
00:44:45They're a point behind them.
00:44:47And very much in the conversation for top spots.
00:44:50And the Nations Championship playoff final here
00:44:53in a couple of weekends' time.
00:44:58A round for England.
00:44:5913 tries to do.
00:45:01A record margin of victory in this fixture.
00:45:05Most importantly for Steve Borflick.
00:45:07So many players with so much positivity
00:45:10and so much to say about their credentials
00:45:13to tackle the wounded All Blacks
00:45:16in seven days' time.
00:45:18It finishes here at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham.
00:45:21England 78.
00:45:23Japan 50.
00:45:34Well Steve Borflick there, we will be thrilled
00:45:36with how England have taken care of Japan
00:45:39from minute one to minute 88.
00:45:41There was no let-up.
00:45:42They had the game safe inside 15 minutes.
00:45:45And I wonder what will please them most from your point of view.
00:45:48Will it be the performance of some players
00:45:50who were given the chance to impress today?
00:45:52Or will it be the overall team display?
00:45:56It's a very good question.
00:45:57I think I go with the impact players.
00:45:59That guy has had the chance and he had to finish.
00:46:01You know, a couple of those tries were just run-ins,
00:46:03but a couple of them were very good finishes.
00:46:05But that again, that leads to the midfield to give him the space.
00:46:09Equally, Fissi Lau off the bench.
00:46:11I think he knew absolutely thrilled about that.
00:46:13Nothing that he doesn't know.
00:46:14He's now going to have the confidence of putting these players in
00:46:17at the start for the big show.
00:46:19And the big show for me, one step at a time, is New Zealand next week.
00:46:25Japan will be bruised and battered after this game.
00:46:28They're going to dust themselves off, go up to Murrayfield next week
00:46:31and take on the Scotland side who are under pressure to win two games
00:46:35and keep themselves in the hunt for one of the top billing places
00:46:38in the Northern Hemisphere pool.
00:46:41What, if anything, can Eddie Jones take from this game?
00:46:44Is this one you just wash and move on?
00:46:46You have to literally go, don't draw the line in the sand.
00:46:50This doesn't happen again.
00:46:51I'm sure that's the message in the change.
00:46:53You know, it doesn't happen again.
00:46:54They play this fast game and it's great.
00:46:57But when it doesn't work, you're on the end of a shellacking.
00:47:00That's, you know, that's 78 points to 15, 13 tries to two.
00:47:03And there we go, brotherly love.
00:47:05Brotherly love, he's going in his ear.
00:47:07You didn't score, you didn't score six, you didn't score five.
00:47:10Oh, whatever, brilliant.
00:47:12Well then, Jonathan, well done, Will.
00:47:17A brotherly embrace for the siblings, Joseph.
00:47:21Will picking up where Jonathan left off.
00:47:24Over 60, 70 caps.
00:47:27All his tries and all his ability.
00:47:29But it is Will Joseph's day today.
00:47:31A record equaling five tries for England.
00:47:34Eight carries.
00:47:37226 metres.
00:47:38A remarkable day.
00:47:40Four and a half years in the international wilderness.
00:47:43He is our player of the match.
00:47:45Let's get his thoughts with Topsy.
00:47:47Well, Will, back here playing at the Eliane Stadium, your second cap for four years.
00:47:52Sometimes you picture how these days are going to go, but did that meet your expectations today?
00:47:58Yeah, today was personally a very special day.
00:48:01I loved every minute of that.
00:48:03I love the way the team moved the ball today.
00:48:06And it was just a joy to be part of.
00:48:08I'm pretty speechless.
00:48:10It was almost a pretty perfect day, that.
00:48:13And I want to talk about the work you've had to do in between your caps to get to this
00:48:16moment.
00:48:17Tell me a bit about the work you've put in to get yourself back on this pitch.
00:48:20Yeah, obviously there were a few changes this week.
00:48:23And it was a short turnaround, but we got together really quickly.
00:48:27And the performance we put out today, I think you can see how hard we've been working behind the scenes.
00:48:32The five tries you scored today, you've equaled the record for most tries scored in a match by an England
00:48:36men's player.
00:48:37Put you in a quite elite category again.
00:48:39As days with this team goes, that's got to be pretty special.
00:48:42Yeah, a pretty special day.
00:48:44But again, I'm just very grateful for the team and the unseen bits that everyone's doing.
00:48:49It allowed me to go score those tries.
00:48:51So yeah, I'm really happy.
00:48:52Very humble as always.
00:48:53And looking ahead now, you've got a big game against New Zealand next weekend.
00:48:57How much confidence can the team take off the back of the last two weeks going into that one?
00:49:01Yeah, look, I'm going to enjoy today.
00:49:04And then we'll be in Sunday and we'll get our heads around the All Blacks.
00:49:08And another challenge that I'm looking forward to being part of, if selected.
00:49:13Well, Will, congratulations.
00:49:15You are today's Nations Championship player of the match.
00:49:17Cheers, Topsy.
00:49:20A hasty caveat added by Will Joseph.
00:49:22If selected, he couldn't have done much more to push his case.
00:49:25Try in 65 seconds.
00:49:28And he wrapped him up five to join Underwood, Lucy and Aaron Hill as the four men scored.
00:49:34A quintet of tries in a single England Test match.
00:49:39No man in favourable, so remember, he's injured just now.
00:49:41I wonder if Joseph will push his case to play back here in seven days' time.
00:49:47For Japan, though, this will hurt a lot.
00:49:49And Aldo Saito is in the huddle orchestrating things and giving his side of the story.
00:49:55Warner Derns, the fellow co-captain, is with Topsy now.
00:49:58And we can hear his reflections on a bruising day.
00:50:03Well, look, Warner, a difficult afternoon for you and your side.
00:50:05I just wanted to talk about the opening exchanges and why you felt that you weren't really able to implement
00:50:11your game plan today.
00:50:13Yeah, I think obviously it doesn't help when we're down to 14 men, but England really, really picked apart our
00:50:19defence and we couldn't get anything going on attack.
00:50:23So it was a real tough day.
00:50:24Yeah.
00:50:25What was it they were doing to you that really made it difficult?
00:50:28What do you think you were struggling with?
00:50:31Big, strong, direct carries.
00:50:33I think we struggled a bit with the physicality and stopping the big carriers.
00:50:38And then the England backs just picked apart our edge defence, which is obviously tough.
00:50:45Yeah.
00:50:45And are there any lessons you can take going forwards?
00:50:48Because you did show in glimpses that when you get a couple of things right, you scored points.
00:50:53Yeah, we know when we can get our attack going that we can score points.
00:50:58It's just how well we can stop other teams from scoring points that I think we've got to work on.
00:51:03We want to appreciate your time and best of luck next week.
00:51:05Thank you very much.
00:51:12Yeah, it's a rough one for Warner, Darren.
00:51:14There are some emotional scenes down there, I can tell you, in that Japan huddle on the bottom right of
00:51:18your picture.
00:51:19A proud and passionate rugby people who have had some real highs over the past decade.
00:51:26They've taken scalps at Rugby World Cups, they've hosted a World Cup and broken new grounds, but struggling to get
00:51:33their best team on the pitch, struggling to put together a game plan that is consistently troubling the top nations
00:51:41in World Rugby, as they did under Eddie Jones in 2015, Jamie Joseph in 2019.
00:51:47No, we just saw just a short, Jamie, there's Lee Blackett behind, he's now, you know, he's an attack coach,
00:51:54he's a fantastic coach.
00:51:55I go back many, many, many years when he was at Rotherham and now I think the fruit of his
00:52:00labour is coming through and you can see get the right people in, give them the chance, get the cohesion.
00:52:06Again, I go back to that midfield, it's so, so important. You've got to have your get out of jail,
00:52:11man, you've got to have a big 12 and all these things seem to be coming together.
00:52:14It'll be intriguing to see what team Warwick picks next week.
00:52:18We can be pretty certain that the England captain, Maru Otoji, will be involved in that match and he looks
00:52:23back to his best.
00:52:2516 tackles, four turnovers, the new father delivering some of his old stuff, he's with Topsy.
00:52:32Well, Maru, congratulations, two from two in the Nations Championship as captain of the group today. How do you enjoy
00:52:38today's performance?
00:52:39No, it was very good. It was a great performance from the team. You know, Japan, the tricky team, they
00:52:46gave Wales problems last week and I think we dealt with most of their problems.
00:52:52They were still dangerous but I'm super proud of our guys, I'm super proud of the guys who came in.
00:52:58Archie making his debut, Will J, second cap, I don't even know how many tries he scored.
00:53:05And there was so much more so I'm just proud of the team.
00:53:07Just the five tries for Will but I'm sure he'll tell you a lot about it afterwards.
00:53:11I want to talk about the starts because it's something that you've prioritized, starting well and using that momentum.
00:53:16And last week you had it, this week you had it as well. Has that been a real focus area?
00:53:20Absolutely. You know, every game you play you want to start well. If you start well, you give yourself the
00:53:27best opportunity to win.
00:53:29And that's just going to be our mindset going forward.
00:53:32I'll put you on the spot with this one. 13 tries is a good day but you're conceding less tries,
00:53:36less points and fewer penalties.
00:53:37So, which are you happier with? Sorry? Are you happier with the 13 tries or the 15 points conceded?
00:53:45I'll go with 13 tries. It's not every day you score 13 tries.
00:53:49So, I love the mindset of the team at the moment. I love the mindset to attack.
00:53:55Obviously defense is extremely important as well. So yeah, more tries, less conceded.
00:54:01Alright. And New Zealand next weekend. Great to have the squad in such a good place. Healthy competition. How big
00:54:07is that one?
00:54:08Now, when New Zealand comes to town, it's the biggest of weeks. So, it's a huge opportunity. It's going to
00:54:15be a huge challenge. And I'm looking forward to it.
00:54:18Alright, congratulations again. We'll see you next week.
00:54:20Thank you very much. Very kind.
00:54:22Interflex from Samara Otoje. England's defensive record has been poor this year. 30 points more than 30 points average per
00:54:29game during the Six Nations.
00:54:31He's been shipping a lot of tries, conceding a lot of penalties. Not so today.
00:54:35He had this game with a chokehold, largely thanks to the man in shot now.
00:54:40With a generous bottle of bubbly to share with his family and teammates.
00:54:44Or perhaps keeping the mantelpiece. And he started things off a minute and five seconds in, are we?
00:54:49Yeah, I think he'll be keeping that one. There'll be a few others bought tonight, I am absolutely sure.
00:54:53But then the focus will be on New Zealand.
00:54:55Look, again, you're only as good as the opposition.
00:54:58You've got to say, Japan made quite a few mistakes to allow England the dominance in that first half.
00:55:03But he's still got to finish.
00:55:05A couple of these are run-ins, but actually, I think he's the third or the fourth one when he
00:55:08stood the full-back up and just went round him.
00:55:10And that's the one. This is the one. You've got to...
00:55:12And that's bad from the full-back. You can't give that much space.
00:55:15But again, he's so quick and he's a poacher, most wingers are poachers, most wingers are finishers.
00:55:20So he's a bit of both in those, and he'll be delighted with this.
00:55:24You know, a couple of years since he's, you know, since he's got his second cap, he's had injuries, he's
00:55:28had problems.
00:55:29My goodness me, well done.
00:55:31Yeah, four and a half years between international drinks for Will Joseph.
00:55:36He's been at Harlequins, struggled for opportunities to really push forward and play regular Gallagher Prem minutes.
00:55:42He's had injuries, he's lost the hearing as we mentioned in his left ear with that autoimmune condition.
00:55:47And outside George Ford, he's got his kids on the pitch today.
00:55:51He was imperious for a rampant England side.
00:55:57So this is how things are standing in the Nations Championship.
00:56:02One round to go before the playoffs back here at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham and England, hot on the heels
00:56:06of France.
00:56:07Both teams won four from five and just one point between them.
00:56:13New Zealand's coming a cropper in Wales earlier on today.
00:56:16And South Africa beaten in France somewhat surprisingly last night and Friday.
00:56:22Still all to play for heading into next week.
00:56:28Steve, congratulations on another win.
00:56:31What pleased you most about today's performance?
00:56:33I think there's a number of things and I think the intent, the intent to get in position in attack,
00:56:40the intent to move the ball.
00:56:42I thought in general our decisions that went to run, pass, kick were really, really good.
00:56:47There was a lot of wonderful tries from different sources of possession out there today, which that was a real
00:56:52positive.
00:56:53There's a load of things you could praise and individuals.
00:56:56I think I'd also praise the bench.
00:56:58I thought they were great in that.
00:56:59How many times have we watched a game that can peter out?
00:57:03I thought the bench came on and really did a good job in that last third of the game.
00:57:08You wanted probably a selection headache.
00:57:09You wanted to build the squad.
00:57:10And we spoke about the changes and the opportunities for new guys.
00:57:13Are you happy now with what you've seen tonight that going forward now, the England squad is in a real
00:57:17healthy position?
00:57:18Yeah, I think we continue to build that depth.
00:57:20And as I said before, I'm about building a squad.
00:57:23And I think we've seen elements of that today.
00:57:27And I suppose one other aspect that's really important that I didn't actually mention about that's pleasing is the supporters.
00:57:33I think they've really enjoyed today.
00:57:35And I thought they were excellent.
00:57:37They really support this team and we love coming here and playing at Allianz Stadium.
00:57:41I know you won't want to single anyone out, but Will Joseph, the five tries equals the record for most
00:57:46scored by men in an international.
00:57:48Huge night for him.
00:57:49Yeah, he was great.
00:57:52He took those opportunities real well.
00:57:54There was a load of other great carries and play that he did that didn't end up with a try,
00:57:58but I think they're also worth acknowledging.
00:58:01I'm so really pleased he came into that game and really jumped right into it.
00:58:05And how well does tonight set you up for New Zealand next week?
00:58:08Yeah, I think it's a big week ahead.
00:58:11Any game against New Zealand is a big week.
00:58:14Firstly, what we'll do is make sure we enjoy this win tonight, spend some time with each other this evening.
00:58:19And then as of tomorrow night, we'll start focusing very much on New Zealand.
00:58:23Steve, congratulations once again. We'll see you next week.
00:58:25Thank you very much.
00:58:28Yeah, more praise for Will Joseph and the happy Steve Borthwick.
00:58:34He was telling us the last couple of weeks he reckons he's got 26 to 28 names of his World
00:58:39Cup squad in a year's time in Australia.
00:58:41Already inked in a 33-man squad he'll take down there.
00:58:45So you're talking in the region of five, six, seven players who are still to be decided.
00:58:53And you just wonder if any of those Max Ajomo, Will Joseph will be in the mix for that.
00:58:59Well, they have to be. I didn't think they put a foot wrong at all tonight.
00:59:02Again, luckily for Borthwick, he's got five big games in the Six Nations and we were atrocious last Six Nations.
00:59:10So it can quickly change on the flip side.
00:59:12He knows that, you know, he was lucky to hold his job from certain aspects of the media and people.
00:59:19But he's turned it round. He seems to have turned it round.
00:59:22From one side of the coin to the other, I'm sure Eddie Jones will be a disappointed man.
00:59:26Let's see what the Japan coaches thought with Topsy.
00:59:31Well, Eddie, a difficult night for your side. What are your initial thoughts on the performance?
00:59:36Well, we needed to get out early in the first 20 minutes to put ourselves in the game.
00:59:40And, you know, we've got a red card which made it difficult.
00:59:43And we never really established any sort of foothold in the game.
00:59:48England, you know, they were pretty powerful today, relatively precise.
00:59:53So, yeah, it was a very difficult day for us.
00:59:56Do you think it was more a case of them being good or were there issues with your side that
01:00:00perhaps could have helped you besides the red card?
01:00:02Well, yeah, a combination physically, we got beaten up badly.
01:00:07And then secondly, I think emotionally, you know, we went in with good intentions, thought we had a good preparation.
01:00:15You know, when you get knocked around early in the game, sometimes it's hard to recover.
01:00:18And we weren't able to do that today.
01:00:20The half-time team thought looked pretty calm though.
01:00:22Obviously, you're down on the scoreboard.
01:00:23What were some of the messages then to try and turn it around?
01:00:26We just needed to fix a couple of things up in our defence.
01:00:30And then attack-wise, when we had the ball, we were okay.
01:00:35But we just gave the ball back too easily.
01:00:38You know, so just tidying things up, mate.
01:00:41Look, the side is continuing to develop.
01:00:43You're trying to build blocks.
01:00:45What positive will you take into the next fixture?
01:00:47Not much from today, mate, unfortunately.
01:00:49But sometimes you have those days and the learnings will come as we reflect on the game.
01:00:55Larry, appreciate your time. We'll see you next week.
01:00:57Thank you. Cheers, mate.
01:00:58Eddie Jones off to lick his wounds.
01:01:01Scotland at Murray Fields in seven days' time.
01:01:04For him, it is not Japan's day today.
01:01:07It is all about England.
01:01:09The chariot rolls on.
01:01:11Will Joseph, a record equaling five tries.
01:01:14And he'll be the talk of the time tonight.
01:01:16The man everyone wants a selfie with.
01:01:18A signature from and maybe a sip of that plate of the match champagne
01:01:22in the post-match festivities later this evening.
01:01:25A great hero story for Will Joseph, who's been through a lot over the past few years.
01:01:31Now he has ascended the stage and taken centre stage at Allianz Stadium at Twickenham.
01:01:36As most of the punters file off into the night and the Gren staff get to work to prepare the
01:01:41pitch
01:01:42for one mighty collision with the wounded All Blacks next week.
01:01:46That is all from us here this evening.
01:01:48We'll see you back here at Twickenham for a truly blockbuster affair under the lights next Saturday.
01:01:54From all of us here in West London, thank you for your company and good evening.