However, with Owen Farrell available again from suspension next week ahead of the game against Chile and Tom Curry returning from his two-game ban for the final pool game against Samoa, England at least have another foothold to build on, particularly the momentum generated in the final quarter. The Brave Blossoms reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 2019 on home soil, beating Ireland and Scotland en route to topping their group. How was the mindset different this week? “Attitude. As I said before, probably not thinking as much. There’s not a whole lot of rugby you can do off a six-day turnaround … We allowed ourselves to get more of the best of ourselves.” A change in roles again from Sam and Billy. Sam has good pace and, particularly against Japan, we feel he'll be suited to the start of the game."

After scoring 27 points without crossing the tryline against Argentina, it was England's highest score without a try in a Test since 2000 against South Africa in Bloemfontein. mins:PENALTY - England 17-6 Japan. Yamasawa steps up following that penalty, and slots over three more points to help Japan slowly plug this gap. You should see him in training - nothing has changed because he isn't involved at the weekend, he has been driving things as he normally would." Owen Farrell and George Ford, seen here playing for England under-18s in 2009, are childhood friendsIs not being scared of mistakes the key to playing with freedom? “That’s part of it. It’s more about playing to our strengths. If a bloke jumped off a spaceship he’s coming from Mars, and we’re playing in an orange jersey, you’d want him to be able to say: “That’s England playing.” Last week we were sort of in-between playing like England and trying to adopt a newer style. Which we need to do, but sometimes that gets you confused. Today it looked like England. We even had white shirts on today which probably makes a difference. Despite England's defeat to Argentina, and Japan pushing New Zealand close, the home side are still heavy favourites to end this game victorious. Japan's chances of victory are long to say the least, with both Sky Bet and Ladbrokes offering the same lengthy odds.

The Brave Blossoms were the third-most disciplined team in the opening round, conceding only six penalties, including just four at the breakdown. We have to] want the ball, get the ball in space and make things happen, and not wait for the perfect picture." Joe Cokanasiga is dropped entirely from the squad with Jonny May, whose last Test for England came a year ago, replacing the Bath wing. Billy Vunipola, Alex Coles, Ben Youngs and Manu Tuilagi all drop to the bench.Jones, naturally, relishes his shot at defying the odds. “England have only won 22 per cent of Tests against New Zealand,” he said, with a knowing grin. In fact, their success rate is even worse than this, at 19 per cent. Where does that come from, ‘letting go’, asks Sonja McLaughlan? “Probably not worrying as much, probably not thinking too much. When you come together for the first time … you probably overthink things, and when it doesn’t go your way in the game, you probably overthink things even more. Prime members in UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Ireland can watch the 2022 Rugby Autumn Nation series on Prime Video for no additional fees. Japan head coach Jamie Joseph has brought in three veterans of their 2019 campaign - hooker Shota Horie, flanker Pieter Labuschagne and captain and number eight Kazuki Himeno - with centre Tomoki Osada the other change to the starting line-up. England continued their dominance in the second-half with Ellis Genge getting on the scoreboard and Guy Porter scoring his second try.

The second half began in much the same vein as England piled on the pressure early. A series of penalties, line-out mauls and big carries from the forwards culminated in Ellis Genge crashing over for the first try of the second period, before Porter latched onto a clever grubber from Owen Farrell to score his second. Japan rallied, and replacement scrum-half Saito raced onto Warner Dearns' offload to dot down under the posts. mins:Billy Vunipola's on for England, and smashes fellow replacement Craig Millar, dislodging the ball from the Japan prop's grasp and winning a scrum for the hosts. Marcus Smith then scored his second try as England celebrated a comprehensive victory. A selection of match reports is listed below: US: Subscription service FloSports has exclusive rights to the Autumn Nations Series with matches available to stream online. What time is England vs. Japan?Not at all," said Ford. "The amount of games I have played with Owen at this level - I have loved every single second of it. Lewis Ludlam has been rewarded for his energetic cameo in England's win over Argentina with a starting spot at number eight. We wanted to play up the middle of the field. They want to play out there [on the wings] … we wanted to really take it to them and I thought we did that pretty well. The set piece was better today. Still not where we need to be, but better.”