England v Samoa Highlights Rugby Union

Welcome to Twickenham where England

have their first match in three

years ago Samoa. This time last week

England managed to record a

record-equalling fifth consecutive

win over Australia.

Millimetres.

Marginal.

Every opportunity has gone

their way. What a finish. England

make it five in a row.

So a job well

done so far for England who will try

and make it three wins in a row.

Samoa tell a very different story.

They lost in Romania last week. It

was actually discovered after the

match that the pitch was 10 metres

narrower than normal. But they have

bigger concerns, in particular

surrounding their financial

situation and who in world rugby

should be supporting them. On the

pitch they have concerns too.

Winless in all six internationals

this year. They have never beaten

England in seven attempts. Although

they have met on Samoan soil. If

they win today it would be their

100th win at Test level. Eddie Jones

said he is building a squad for the

2019 World Cup and he is using this

opportunity to experiment with his

squad. Let's see how the changes pan

out with your commentary team.

COMMENTATOR: It is the haves against

the have notes. Samoa come to

Twickenham understrength,

underprepared and under-financed.

But as their captain said, his

players are not look for charity and

whatever the situation they will

play for the jersey.

whatever the situation they will

play for the jersey. Eddie Jones

said 2017 has been a year for

building depth. This selection

supports that. A first start for

Jamie George and Sam Symonds.

Samoa have four players from Bristol

playing. Look out for Tim

Nanai-Williams.

Alongside him Leuila.

Among Samoa's replacement Lemalu.

Yesterday, Samoa practiced at an

empty Twickenham. Now they get to do

it in front of a full house.

Now Ford gets us under way. England

all in white. It is taken by Lam. A

first touch for Sam Simmonds, making

his first start in an England shirt.

Lozowski off-loads to Slade.

Brown back in the side after

concussion. Throws the dummy and

gets it away to Slade. England

probing in the opening minutes.

Simmonds with his second touch. Ford

to Genge, was that forward? No, the

referee is happy. Numbers for

England. It is knocked on by Care.

Itoje comes through and Brown is in

for the game's first try. In the

opening minutes.

I think the Samoa

players will ask to go up stairs. It

looked like Care knocked it on.

Great intent from England. They want

to play and keep the ball in hand.

They're checking for the knock-on.

Slade gave it inside to Care. Well,

it may have come off his body. It

looked like it went forward. The

first angle will probably show us

more and whether it...

It will be

hard whether they can pick it up

whether it is off his body or his

hands.

It looks like one.

If it

looks like a knock-on, it probably

it.

I think Genge go lucky when the

ball came off his fingers. It is a

pass that...

It has gone to his body

and he tried to catch.

It has come

forward off his waist.

The officials

decided it's come, any contact with

the hand, the ball's gone back and

then forward off the waist or thigh

and Brown gets his 11th

international try. A scorer the last

time they met in 2014. Ford slams

over the conversion.

Fonotia was in there. Out to George.

A big hit by Leuila on Jamie George.

A bit of Samoan meat that hit Jamie

George. He didn't hold back.

Ewels

is the dummy run.

Lemi has been around for a long

time. Although May is lightning

quick. It is a bit loose at the

moment. England want to test their

attacking structures and play a bit.

It will be that sort of game.

Hopefully it doesn't get really

scrappy and George tries to bring

that structure back.

It has been

lost forward and Daley to George,

back inside to Lozowski. First start

at Twickenham, first try at

Twickenham for the Saracen.

You look

at structure and England lost their

impetus. George Ford goes to the

air, a mistake at the back. Daly

picks it up. If you give them a

sniff, they will try and take it.

Still 15 metres in from touch for

George Ford to negotiate. He nailed

his first kick in an easier angle.

But not that time. The score stays

12-0 after 10 minutes. Ewels has

knocked that forward A chance for

Samoa to respond straightaway. Away

to Nanai-Williams. Five metres out.

Can they capitalise? By far their

best attack of the opening 11

minutes. Kick and go to within 4.

Is he over? He is a matter of inches

short. Ioane.

Samoa known for their

deft off-loading. Nanai-Williams

through the gap. Restart to contest.

They get people up there and the

ball is back and they move it, shift

it, an offload and Nanai-Williams is

through. We are going for a scrum.

They have said they have held it up.

Samoa got the first free kick.

England had the nudge on the last

scrum. It will be interesting how

they play this.

Lam from the base.

Big tackle coming in on lavm. --

Lam.

Two quick England tries and that is

just what Samoa needed.

Great for

the game, getting Samoa on the

scoreboard. We know they can play.

To have that early on the board,

things could get away from them at

12-0 down. Hopefully that is game on

and we can have a 40-38 or

something.

It shows even against the

No 16 side in the world, if you lose

your restart like that, you're

asking for trouble and Samoa have

hit back to within five points.

An opportunity for Brown.

Tuala does well. May does well. Care

gets quick ball and Genge comes in.

Polataivao came in at the side.

Advantage being played. Brown has

George wide. Daly has pace. Lovely

hands from George. Did that go

forward? No, says the referee. It is

loose at Twickenham. Here is the

rampaging Genge. Has Care got in

front? Yes. Back for the original

penalty.

Fantastic phase of play.

End to end. That is what we want to

see. It is a bit unstructured. But

that is what England wanted to

bring.

Ford lines up this kick. Just

to settle England down a bit. They

have played plenty of good rugby.

But they have conceded. As Ford

steps up a and George Ford after

missing his second kick, names his

third nicely. England with an

eight-point buffer.

Fonotia did he lose the ball. The

second time it was knocked on.

I

think the first time was an offload

attempt that an England player got.

Great play by Nanai-Williams. Sucks

in two defenders and makes the pass

to Fonotia. As he is going around

the back, tries to off-load it and

May gets his hand on it. It is

begging for him to pick it back up

and he fumbles it.

Ben Youngs

normally starting for England, but

Danny Care, who has been the super

sub. Youngs will come on as a

finisher. Simmonds controlling it

and just as up the Samoa scrum.

It

was static and then one wrong foot

step and England powered through. So

we will be down in the Samoan 22.

England have been fantastic off set

pieces.

George finds his man in Ewels.

England slightly going back to

basics. A bit more structure in

their play. A scrum penalty. Deep in

Samoan territory. The backs are

lined looking for the ball. Care

digs for it.

Might find a chip.

Slade on an angle and crossing the

gain line nicely. Quick ball for

Care. England probing through

George. Lightning fast ball for

Care. Genge on the line as well.

England have numbers to the right.

Ford the Launchbury. Launchbury five

metres short. Advantage played to

England.

Early tackle.

Was he taken

early? The referee doesn't think so.

But back for the penalty. England

are tapping and going. Care beats

Genge. There is a collision. The

Samoan stays down. England looking

for their third try. Launchbury man

of the match against Australia this

time last week. Ford to Brown. To

within three or four metres.

Ewels up to the line and over.

What

a ball from Care that was. What a

fantastic ball from Care to put

Ewels in.

That is much better from

England. Eddie Jones spoke of

wanting to keep it tight and

structured. Pennell tip at the scrum

-- penalty at the scrum and catch

and drive and the forwards working.

Ewels' second try for England. And

England have their third.

It has

come from speed of ball. They're

doing a lightning fast job at break

downs, so Care can pick the speed

up. That is two people running with

a genuine thought they're going to

get it. Danny makes the perfect pass

to Ewels. If you see two people jump

in on Itoje, you can't stop that.

So

much depth in this England second

row. So many options for Eddie

Jones. But Ewels put his hand up on

the tour of Argentina when others

were in New Zealand with the Lions.

He started both Test matches in

South America and he has his first

start at Twickenham today.

Definitely gifted in the second row

department.

That looks like a right

shoulder injury for the Wasps second

row. Lawes is coming on. The that is

a permanent replacement.

It is a rolling maul.

Well disrupted

there.

They have come through. That

is excellent work by Samoa to spoil.

Tyrell is in there. They have turned

it over completely. Brilliant work

in te dense. Tyrell to the fore. And

then it was knocked forward.

Frustration for Samoa. They spoilt

so well at the line-out. Won the

ball back and then knocked it on.

They did a great job from the start

and they got a great hit on early

and got people in on Itoje very

early.

Simmonds takes the free kick

quickly. He has been well in the

game first half. Ewels makes a dent.

But it is turned over by Polataivao,

who saw the England support wasn't

there. Samoa have scrambled well and

they will have to clear through

Nanai-Williams and he doesn't make

touch. A big hit coming in from that

man again, Leuila.

A prop wanting the ball in hope

space, where he probably doesn't

want the ball in open space.

Simmonds shrugs off one and then

another. To within 15 minutes. Genge

again, ever willing ball-carrier,

the Leicester prop. Turned over

though by Samoa and three times in

one move they have scrambled. Once

from the line-out and twice from

open play and now they have won the

penalty.

Eddie Jones will be

frustrated, England went from being

so clinical and now providing

opportunities for Samoa by people

being a little one or two seconds

late on break Down's.

That will

frustrate Ed yoi Jones and he will

probably have a word about that.

Samoa have done plenty of good

things, but they have been cut open

on regular occasions by England

attack.

Leuila kicks and Ford does the same

and it will be a Samoa 22.

England

cannot quite that comfortable. You

can see their kicking game is more

structured than Samoa's at the

moment. I think they're doing a good

job. But at the moment they will

want to re-establish themselves as a

dominant force in this game and it

has got into a sort of nothingness.

They have had opportunities. Samoa

have turned them over. But the last

five minutes have been a kicks fest.

Here goes May. He has been in

incredible try-scoring form for

Leicester. Can Robshaw off-load.

Interception by Leuila. Maybe Samoa

can strike before the interval.

Nanai-Williams almost got the

off-load away. They're going to win

a penalty as England don't roll

away. A chance for Samoa to strike

at the end of the half. Either

through a penalty goal or maybe they

will look for the corner here.

At

the moment, they're on 15 points

down. They're going for the corner.

They are fancying their chances,

which is great for the game I think.

Ove, he has missed it.

He went for

broke, Nanai-Williams. It was... A

metre or so from being a perfect

kick. And there is Daly who has the

luck of the touchline this time last

week. This time it did go out. Nigel

Owens is calling play back.

REFEREE:

OK.

No. Not quite sure what

happened.

I think he had run out of

his 22 when he kicked it. But he has

checked it and now he has give it

the full distance.

Daly definitely

inside. This touchline has been

consider kind to Daly. Robshaw will

look to get on to that. Was he

tackled without the ball? But it is

in England possession.

Lawes is making metres.

He is

crawling there.

Lawes again meaning

business after coming off the bench.

England deep in Samoan territory,

looking for a fourth try. Turned

over illegally by Fonotia. How

quickly things can change, because

if Nanai-Williams had made touch it

would have been a five metre

line-out to Samoa, now England you

would match will put this into the

corner and try and take the game

almost out of sight.

Yes, if you

judge from what they did last time.

It will be interesting to see if

they have something up their sleeve.

George finds Lawes. The Twickenham

crowd imploring the forwards to

drive.

Again fantastic defence from

Samoa.

Lozowski, has he lost that forward?

He has. That will be half time,

unless Samoa fancy going from their

own tryline. Fonotia will kick. Good

kick.

One of the best things they

have had in the game. Maybe they

should try it more often.

An

entertaining half. England with

three tries. Brown, Lozowski and

Ewels. At half time England lead

22-7.

Nanai-Williams kicks. Samoa off from

left to right. Under it is Ewels,

who scored England's third try in

that first half. And that rolling

maul that brought a fair bit of

success for England set up.

Daly's kick is scooped up by Perez

as if he was in the gully. He is

tackled just short of half way by

Lozowski and Genge.

Polataivao with a strange kick which

has taken well by May. Gives England

width. Brown is through. He has

support from Lozowski and Care.

Lozowski to Care. Just behind the

England scrum-half. Would have been

a beauty of a score if Care had

gathered it running that tracking

line. But Brown showing why he is

one of Eddie Jones' first names on

the team sheet.

Fantastic work by

May keeping the ball in and the two

passes to give them space. Mike

Brown takes advantage of a mismatch,

but it is a shame those two passes,

great support work up the middle and

that pass just goes behind Care.

Clearing their line was a problem

for the visitors in the first half

and now Polataivao is back to

Nanai-Williams. He does make ground

with that kick. Brown is under and

will love to run it back.

If you come back into a team, you

want a confidence-booster and they

are giving him that, they are

allowing him to run it back.

Lozowski winning just his fourth cap

today. Ewels off to one of the

cocaptains in Chris Robshaw.

A great

ball again by Care. Skipping that

first easy ball-carrier and moving

the point of attack.

England probing in this second half.

But Cole went in at the side and

some respite for Samoa as England

are penalised.

Always tough for the referee, it is

a penalty that doesn't really affect

the game. But in the legal sense of

it, it is illegal to come in from

the side. But I think referee's

sometimes forget how hard it is to

clear out an 18 stone man. Sometimes

you need an angle.

Perhaps a tougher

call to come through the gate. But

it is a penalty to Samoa. And

Nanai-Williams takes play up to half

way. Can Samoa strike in this second

half.

This is where you think Samoa could

put pressure back on England. But

Cole has wrestled it from the

Samoans and he looks for that little

kick. He is such a deft kicker of

the ball. As he showed against

Australia last weekend.

Jonny May screaming that he wanted

that little dink behind. As any good

half-back does, he gives his window

what he wants. Managed to run into

touch, because Jonny was chasing

that lack a greyhound.

Looking to

attack, flat ball to Sam Simmonds,

who has had plenty of it. The

23-year-old on his first start at

number eight.

I'd like to see a bit

more from England of that. Itoje

gets the ball, and I'd like the

option of that little ball on the

outside. If somebody is on his

outside to get a little lift, that's

where I'd want them to shift it a

bit wider and get more success.

Jonny May, good tackle coming in,

and again the ball didn't find its

way to the hands of Danny Care, who

has been looking for a try the

afternoon, the scrum-half. He has

been tracking, but not quite falling

for him. It looks like an England

player who is down. It will be May,

I imagine. Our view is slightly

obscured, but I think it's Jonny May

getting some treatment after coming

on at that angle and taken the ball

from Ford.

England line-out has

functioned all afternoon long. For

Jonny May, it doesn't look great,

but hopefully he isn't too sore and

will be able to stay on, because I

think he'll be hoping for another

try. He likes accumulating the

numbers.

He's got his first try at

Twickenham in a year last week, and

as we see Sam Simmonds, who has been

an ever willing ball-carrier in the

absence of Nathan Hughes. Samoa's

defence has been solid. They have

missed tackles, but the ones they

have made have been quite firm, and

May is on his feet after taking a

hit, but it is May coming off with

concussion. A permanent replacement,

so the referee has made that call.

He isn't even going to have an

assessment. Joe Marler at the back.

Jamie George, Chris Robshaw lending

support.

I think they got a great

setup going forward. They just need

to rebuild it. You could say that I

discovered it, because they need to

start moving, and Danny Care has had

to run around the whole back of the

bit that broke.

Well tackled by

Nanai-Williams. Leading trade

turnover. After being penalised a

moment or two, Nanai-Williams, this

time he does a good job, holding up

Lozowski. I suppose that is where

this slightly like England midfield,

brilliantly skilful in Lozowski and

Slade, but no big ball-carrier in

the Mike Tindall mode...

It's an

experiment. Slade has played very

well at Exeter this year. He has

heard that role. I think he wants to

see a bit more of Alex Lozowski, and

he's getting to see that. I think

he's played pretty well today,

Lozowski. They are a bit light, but

with somebody like Rokoduguni coming

on, you've got a bit of meat to use

food a bit harsh, giving the ball,

because he never really became

static. -- you've got a bit of meat

to use.

Nanai-Williams looking for

space. Brown came forward, trying to

take it on the fall, but he had to

let it bounce. He wants to chase it

himself, but he gets blocked. The

ball has ricocheted, and Brown might

be onto this. Back those Paul Perez,

doing well, the Samoa vice captain.

Wrestled to the floor by Henry

Slade. That could have gone

anywhere, when the ball shot

through. Polataivao, back to

Nanai-Williams, who built it down

the field, and Ford gestures to to

come outside. Rokoduguni in space.

Daly over the 22. He tried to get

inside to Lozowski and couldn't

lift. Samoa countering well, and

they turned it over. Frustrating for

England at Eddie Jones. They made

the break but they were isolated,

and Samoa poured through to steal

the ball back, and they are managing

to scramble well, Samoa. They did it

a few times in the first half and

they did here, as Tuala looks to the

century of touch.

Oh, we are away

again.

The only way that Mike Brown

knows is to run. Now Rokoduguni. If

England come right, they have got

some Samoan bodies perhaps tired and

retreating. Itoje, a willing and

focal point of attack. He is holding

on, and again Samoa scramble the

defence pace. They win the penalty,

as Itoje holds the ball on, and

Samoa can clear their line again.

And breeze.

I think Eddie Jones will

be frustrated at what is happening

at the breakdown. Great technical

work from Samoa, but if you players,

Courtney Lawes in that instance,

just a bit too late, allowing them

to get over the ball. Great counter

ruck, whoever made the tackle, I

couldn't see his number, bounces

through the feet and pushes through,

and they have already gone a metre

beyond, making an easy turnover for

Samoa.

At the breakdown, Samoa

getting the better of England a

couple times, and winning the

line-out. Almost an intercept for

Robert Rock. Nanai-Williams had a

chance to attack, almost. -- almost

an intercept for Chris Robshaw. A

combination of Cole and Itoje. The

England chance to counter ruck, and

they had turned over, down the

blindside. Danny Care. Here is the

Simmonds. He makes a couple of

metres, tackled by Sasagi, the

replacement prop. The off-load to

Robert Rock. -- the off-load to

Chris Rock troubled their -- the

off-load to Chris Robshaw. Tackled

my the 22. England looking for a

fall from the first point of this

second half. Samoa have won the

penalty again. Three or four times

in the second half that England have

made inroads and then the visitors

have worked and scrapped and managed

to force the turnover.

Fantastic

work from Samoa at the breakdown,

scramble, desire, great work, and

that's a penalty with the ball drop

in on hands, but great work by

England, and then Courtney gets the

ball up and under way.

England

looking to try and put this game to

bed on the hour mark. Shortfall

differences. Now Chris Robshaw, the

co-captain. Working as hard as ever,

Chris Robshaw. Loads of now. His

59th cap at Harlequins. Looking to

go through Joe Marler, finding

Williams, massive hit coming in.

Williams does well to set it up, as

England crowd towards the 22 Henry

Slade, to Brown, giving Rokoduguni a

bit of space. Inside the 22 foot

Youngs, quick ball, Simmonds,

tackled by Polataivao.

Simmonds has

been a constant carrier for England

today.

As has Courtney Lawes, back

in centre field for England. Options

left and right for Youngs. Williams

couldn't quite get it away to Joe

Marler, but just a few metres short

now, England Ford to Daly. Over the

line, Elliot Daly scores. His fifth

for his country, Daly. Scorer last

week and again today. And England

well clear now.

Fantastic patience

for England all the way, and that

something they can learn from

playing Samoa. When they have had

possession, they have returned the

ball -- retained the ball and

they've created the space and a

clinical finish at the end. Some

tightness in the Samoan defensive

line, giving Rokoduguni, even though

he gets to the outside, and a quick

ball, George Ford, flat at the line,

great line from Williams, and

getting the ball up, and a great

finish. No right to score from

there, dances inside to people, and

a fantastic finish.

Ford timing his

pass nicely on the line, and Daly

skipped inside and crossed, and

England have a 20 point lead which,

you feel, will be more than

sufficient.

From an England point of

view, they are now really going to

lift that tempo. I think they will

see that Samoa are tiring or tied,

and they've just brought on most of

the bench, and they've got to lift

that tempo. You felt it in the last

couple of minutes. They will try and

continue that.

Flying kick from

George Ford. England 29-7 to the

good. Williams, the decoy, Ford to

Itoje. Samoa over the top, turning

it over. They've done that through

name 15, but illegally so, and he

might be in trouble. -- they've done

that through Faasalele. The Samoan

number six got off his feet to kill

the ball, and Samoa will play the

bulk of the rest of the match with

just 14 men. Hartley at the back of

the ball. Youngs has Rokoduguni on

the decoy, and Rokoduguni, the dummy

runner, and Slade dances over. Under

the post, England pass fifth try,

and they could put Samoa away at

this attempt.

Fantastic work in

terms of knowing your job, your

role, where the line-out isn't quite

great, the line-out drive isn't

quite functioning, having three

people running at the line, making

defenders make a decision, what a

great pass. We talked about Danny

Care's passing and skipping and

floating the ball in front of

people, and again, Ben Youngs comes

on, great line that we have seen all

year from Slade, and he walks in

uncontested. Rokoduguni is doing his

job in terms of holding

Nanai-Williams, Piers Francis doing

his job, the ball always he went in

front of Paul Perez and there was no

chance for him to step in and make

that hit.

Samoa playing without

Faasalele, their blindside flanker.

Jack Lam, their talismanic number

eight, is being replaced. There is

Lemalu, replacement in the second

row. Tuala goes quickly, nicely done

by him. Quick thinking, and they go

through the middle, through

Christopher Vui. They have won

another penalty, as Chris Robshaw

doesn't run away. And Samoa, with 14

men, will be happy to play the next

few minutes in this part of the

pitch.

They will want the ball for a

little bit. I don't think they have

seen much of it in this area off the

field. Hopefully they'll try and get

something a bit creative from the

line-out. I'm not sure they will go

for a drive, maybe something a bit

more adventurous, and hopefully

they'll have room to get another

score on the board and give them a

bit more energy and enthusiasm.

Leiataua. Finds his man in the

middle of the line-out. Dummy from

Treviranus. Dietrich and try line

begging. Clever move from Samoa. --

the Twickenham try line begging.

Lovely dummy, Treviranus. And then

Leiataua left it behind.

We're going

to look at whether have got this

forward, know whether it's going to

be a penalty try. -- at whether

England have got this forward. It

could be a try, because it went

backwards.

I have a decision, you

may award the try.

No clear

knock-on, try is good, Captain.

Try

for some other, their second, and

you can't rush the captain that. --

try for Samoa. He has led from the

front in a difficult cause all

afternoon. His first international

try.

For Christopher Vui to get

round there after taking that

line-out, that's fantastic.

Nanai-Williams and a smattering of

supporters, now they have something

to really cheer. A fine five minutes

from Vui. Simmonds, Ford, a bit of

space for Francis, Itoje with a load

of space outside him. Nanai-Williams

does well and perhaps breaking up

for England. Forward to Francis

again, with plenty of ball since he

came on as a replacement. Ford on

the gain line, could be an overlap

for England. Slade, wide to Daly.

Still going, Elliot Daly foot Daly

for his second! What a finish,

Elliot Daly! Magnificent pace and

balance from the England winger, and

Twickenham on its feet.

What a

finish. People must know he's going

to step to the inside, but they

still can't defend it. He is always

so good stepping off that left foot,

and then he has the afterburner to

flick the ball and get himself home.

Probably blowing a bit now, but they

worked it so well again, using the

outback passes. Steps on, little

friend, and flip on those

afterburners and catch me if you

can. -- steps on, little fend.

Rate

a rapid return from a knee injury,

suffering just before the autumn.

And he's come back in to make a big

impression across three Test

matches. England past 40 with Ford's

conversion, and they scored six

tries. Final play, potentially, at

Twickenham.

Piers Francis has done

well. Some difficult passes, and he

has stepped up but he's looked

strong. -- he has stepped up. He's

looked strong.

Turned over by Samoa.

It will be Samoa that have the final

say, potentially, and they have

already tapped and gone.

Nanai-Williams see some space.

Isiekwe tried to make the tackle,

and the replacement prop is Lemalu.

Time is up. It's been knocked

forward, so a last chance for

England. Youngs, loose prop. Hartley

was in the wide channels. Good

off-load. Simmonds off-loads to

Brown, and a lovely pick-up from

Daly. Inside to Hartley. Hartley

tries to link with Youngs. Great

pick-up, brilliant by Francis.

England have one more opportunity

inside the Samoan 22. Slade, it's

two on one, he will not score

himself, he gives the pass to

Rokoduguni, and he skates in

unopposed, easy as you like. England

a couple of points away from 50.

It

will not get any easier for

Rokoduguni than that. The pick-up,

fantastic pick-ups by England

players throughout that move, just

to keep the ball alive. Went wrong,

Dylan Hartley had to pick it up,

control it, a lovely off-load, and

they had the ball off the floor, and

the tired Samoan defence cracked. We

are used to him scoring wonder

tries, and it's always nice to have

a little one you just have to trot

over the line.

He's had a bit of a

disjointed England career,

Rokoduguni, winning just four caps

in three years, but he's scored four

tries, so no complaints about his

strike rate. He scored against

Argentina a fortnight in a and again

today. -- a fortnight ago and again

today. The Twickenham crowd very

happy on this November night. He's

had a good game, George Ford,

pulling the strings, kicking his

goals, and this would bring up a

half-century of points to cap a

satisfactory afternoon for Eddie

Jones's side.

Not quite to be! Seven tries for

England. Brown, Slade, Lozowski,

Ewels, Rokoduguni and a couple from

Daly. But England far too strong.

They have won at Twickenham 48-40.

We started well. Probably got

seduced by the perceived easiness

and Scott doing the small things

well, at a flat period in the middle

and finished strong.

Some handling

various at strong at times. Your

highlights?

Greatest opportunities

and didn't convert them all, which

goes back to unstructured handling.

I thought Elliot Daly was good,

Simmonds was good, George Ford was

good. A lots of positive things.

We've learned a lot about ourselves

and grow as a team. It was a good

side. There's plenty to work on from

today. Early on, discipline, weren't

quite clinical enough, but overall,

an review, I think we've grown as a

team and I'm happy.

A bit let down,

it didn't go as smoothly as have

liked. We were slightly off the

pace. We knew it was going to be

tough, so pretty happy autumn.

Any

frustrations for you around the

breakdown?

The forwards didn't work

hard enough to get our second man

in, which was disappointing but

before this game, we've been good in

that area.

Everything that we do, we

never give up. Even though the

score, the 30 or so point lead, but

we never stopped trying.

What the

players want going forward for

support?

The boys had no doubt. It's

stuff that we can't control. The

boys are here to play rugby, and

represent their country as best as

we can.

They had a good game plan

and stuck to it. Didn't make life

easy for us. We probably didn't make

life easy for ourselves sometimes as

well. You saw that our fitness game

is up there. We put some more points

on at the end.

What will you work on

the head of the six

that's a

different competition. These tests

are played in a more open way. The

Six Nations is winner rugby, knock

them down, set piece, grind it out.

We are looking to get ready for it.

England are all finished now for

2017, and they finished this autumn

campaign with three victories. To

help us pick through everything that

happens, I'm joined by former

England international and former

British and Irish Lion Simon Shaw.

What did you think of it?

It was

interesting. If you look at the

scoreline, you would probably have

predicted about that for I suddenly

thought that would be the case. In

terms of the manner and how they

went about their work, England, it

was slightly unpredictable. They

started the game well, two tries

early on, and finished well with two

tries. In between, it was fits and

starts and they looked on forced

errors and mistakes. Possibly people

trying a bit too hard.

Comment from

both Eddie Jones and Chris Robshaw

that, particularly around the

breakdown, Samoa appeared to have

the upper hand. What did you think?

They made it a torrid time for

England in that area by committing

numbers. Possibly that was a tactic

they set out to having watched the

Premiership this season, where teams

haven't committed as many players do

that area. They disrupted England

for a while, but I think more than

that, what happened in the middle of

the game, it was a result of two

early tries, but it was the easy

tries coming England's way and

people trying to force the issue a

bit too much, perhaps players,

individuals, playing more for

themselves then the team, trying to

get in a deep's head and get

selection forced a bit more in their

favour. -- trying to get in Eddie

Jones's head.

Two tries for Elliot

Daly, and Eddie Jones singled him

out. He is a former team-mate of

yours. How has he bedded himself

into the England shirt was to mark

he is a classy player and classy

individual. He's always going to

create excitement when he gets the

ball in his hands. It enables him to

have the ball more often in these

games, which is what England should

be looking at doing, and doing that

after some hard work upfront. It

looked today... England were trying

to force the pace of the game and

force the passes a bit too much

early on, and he had scraps, really.

The two opportunities he got, he

took, which shows his class.

When it

comes to locks, so much has gone on

throughout the campaign, with George

Kruis being dropped. Who in your

mind going forward are the big names

in that position for England?

You

made a mistake early on by saying

that my favourite position was

second row, but it's more

scrum-half. Undoubtedly a positional

strength for England, and incredible

to have so many options in that

position. The standout out of all

those guys for me, and has been for

a number of seasons, barring injury,

always seems to be the guy that's

there at the end in the man of the

match sort of juggle, is Joe

Launchbury. Everybody talks about

Itojes and Kruiss and these guys,

but he seems to be the standout

performer for me every time.

Samoa

had plenty of bright points, but

there was a lot of build-up to this

match that involved their financial

situation. Going forward, how

important is it that we have strong

Pacific island sides?

It's crucial

for rugby worldwide that we have

strength in all teams. The Samoans

and Tongans and Pacific Islands have

incredible ability to play the game,

but they need their best players on

the pitch, playing for Samoa, Tonga

and Fiji and, if finances come into

it, and they are forced to look

elsewhere to earn their crust, it

means there is a lesser Samoan team,

which deprives the public of a

greater spectacle, and it deprives

them of a chance of getting scalps

against big teams, which they

deserve to be able to do.

Had played

with aplomb, and they kept fighting

until the end, and it might be the

end of the autumn internationals for

England, but that doesn't mean the

autumn internationals are over yet

Wales have one match remaining, that

will be in Cardiff with South Africa

at 2pm next Saturday. Then the

Varsity matches from Twickenham on

Thursday the 7th of December.

Don't forget, you can download the

rugby union weekly podcast from

Monday. A former England

international alongside Chris Jones

and guests from across the game,

reflecting on all the weekend's

action. Download it to any of the

usual places. Simon, tell me, what

have we learned about England

throughout this unbeaten or to

national period? -- unbeaten Orton

international period. Villa not much

apart from results being everything.

They have got the results they

wanted and the school and everybody

might have expected. I team have

lacked the consistency it would take

to consistently beat the top teams,

the New Zealand and Australias.

Going into the Six Nations, that is

what Eddie Jones will want to see

from his team, and I think possibly

the inclusion of lots of new

players, different combinations,

trying Slade and Lozowski at centre,

and making sure he's got a sort of

second string combination, it's

caused disruption, but this is all

part of the learning process that

will take them forward as a squad,

and hopefully by the Six Nations

everything will be settled and we'll

be looking at another run of

fantastic fixtures.

Talk of the Six Nations, what do you

think that Eddie Jones in particular

will work on, and where does he rank

as a coach of England? He now has 22

wins out of 23 outings, pretty good

statistics.

It's amazing, and the

fact that we are critiquing England

sides that are consistently winning

shows our expectations of them, it

shows how good they hope to be. I

think has obviously got them

incredibly driven, their work ethic

is without doubt, but as I say I

think the thing he will most be

looking for going into the Six

Nations is getting his starting 22

absolutely bang on and heating that

tournament full throttle. I think

this was a testing ground for a lot

of players. Hopefully, he'll have

settled on a side coming into the

Six Nations, and they'll get that

level of performance they are

looking for.

Thank you for your

time, and your company at home. That

is it for England in 2017. The next

time we see them in action will be

against Italy in the Six Nations.

Goodbye for now