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Welcome to Twickenham where England

have their first match in three

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years ago Samoa. This time last week

England managed to record a

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record-equalling fifth consecutive

win over Australia.

Millimetres.

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Marginal.

Every opportunity has gone

their way. What a finish. England

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make it five in a row.

So a job well

done so far for England who will try

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and make it three wins in a row.

Samoa tell a very different story.

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They lost in Romania last week. It

was actually discovered after the

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match that the pitch was 10 metres

narrower than normal. But they have

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bigger concerns, in particular

surrounding their financial

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situation and who in world rugby

should be supporting them. On the

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pitch they have concerns too.

Winless in all six internationals

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this year. They have never beaten

England in seven attempts. Although

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they have met on Samoan soil. If

they win today it would be their

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100th win at Test level. Eddie Jones

said he is building a squad for the

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2019 World Cup and he is using this

opportunity to experiment with his

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squad. Let's see how the changes pan

out with your commentary team.

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COMMENTATOR: It is the haves against

the have notes. Samoa come to

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Twickenham understrength,

underprepared and under-financed.

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But as their captain said, his

players are not look for charity and

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whatever the situation they will

play for the jersey.

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whatever the situation they will

play for the jersey. Eddie Jones

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said 2017 has been a year for

building depth. This selection

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supports that. A first start for

Jamie George and Sam Symonds.

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Samoa have four players from Bristol

playing. Look out for Tim

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Nanai-Williams.

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Alongside him Leuila.

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Among Samoa's replacement Lemalu.

Yesterday, Samoa practiced at an

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empty Twickenham. Now they get to do

it in front of a full house.

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Now Ford gets us under way. England

all in white. It is taken by Lam. A

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first touch for Sam Simmonds, making

his first start in an England shirt.

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Lozowski off-loads to Slade.

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Brown back in the side after

concussion. Throws the dummy and

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gets it away to Slade. England

probing in the opening minutes.

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Simmonds with his second touch. Ford

to Genge, was that forward? No, the

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referee is happy. Numbers for

England. It is knocked on by Care.

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Itoje comes through and Brown is in

for the game's first try. In the

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opening minutes.

I think the Samoa

players will ask to go up stairs. It

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looked like Care knocked it on.

Great intent from England. They want

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to play and keep the ball in hand.

They're checking for the knock-on.

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Slade gave it inside to Care. Well,

it may have come off his body. It

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looked like it went forward. The

first angle will probably show us

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more and whether it...

It will be

hard whether they can pick it up

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whether it is off his body or his

hands.

It looks like one.

If it

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looks like a knock-on, it probably

it.

I think Genge go lucky when the

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ball came off his fingers. It is a

pass that...

It has gone to his body

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and he tried to catch.

It has come

forward off his waist.

The officials

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decided it's come, any contact with

the hand, the ball's gone back and

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then forward off the waist or thigh

and Brown gets his 11th

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international try. A scorer the last

time they met in 2014. Ford slams

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over the conversion.

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Fonotia was in there. Out to George.

A big hit by Leuila on Jamie George.

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A bit of Samoan meat that hit Jamie

George. He didn't hold back.

Ewels

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is the dummy run.

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Lemi has been around for a long

time. Although May is lightning

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quick. It is a bit loose at the

moment. England want to test their

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attacking structures and play a bit.

It will be that sort of game.

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Hopefully it doesn't get really

scrappy and George tries to bring

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that structure back.

It has been

lost forward and Daley to George,

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back inside to Lozowski. First start

at Twickenham, first try at

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Twickenham for the Saracen.

You look

at structure and England lost their

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impetus. George Ford goes to the

air, a mistake at the back. Daly

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picks it up. If you give them a

sniff, they will try and take it.

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Still 15 metres in from touch for

George Ford to negotiate. He nailed

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his first kick in an easier angle.

But not that time. The score stays

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12-0 after 10 minutes. Ewels has

knocked that forward A chance for

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Samoa to respond straightaway. Away

to Nanai-Williams. Five metres out.

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Can they capitalise? By far their

best attack of the opening 11

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minutes. Kick and go to within 4.

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Is he over? He is a matter of inches

short. Ioane.

Samoa known for their

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deft off-loading. Nanai-Williams

through the gap. Restart to contest.

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They get people up there and the

ball is back and they move it, shift

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it, an offload and Nanai-Williams is

through. We are going for a scrum.

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They have said they have held it up.

Samoa got the first free kick.

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England had the nudge on the last

scrum. It will be interesting how

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they play this.

Lam from the base.

Big tackle coming in on lavm. --

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Lam.

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Two quick England tries and that is

just what Samoa needed.

Great for

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the game, getting Samoa on the

scoreboard. We know they can play.

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To have that early on the board,

things could get away from them at

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12-0 down. Hopefully that is game on

and we can have a 40-38 or

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something.

It shows even against the

No 16 side in the world, if you lose

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your restart like that, you're

asking for trouble and Samoa have

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hit back to within five points.

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An opportunity for Brown.

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Tuala does well. May does well. Care

gets quick ball and Genge comes in.

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Polataivao came in at the side.

Advantage being played. Brown has

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George wide. Daly has pace. Lovely

hands from George. Did that go

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forward? No, says the referee. It is

loose at Twickenham. Here is the

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rampaging Genge. Has Care got in

front? Yes. Back for the original

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penalty.

Fantastic phase of play.

End to end. That is what we want to

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see. It is a bit unstructured. But

that is what England wanted to

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bring.

Ford lines up this kick. Just

to settle England down a bit. They

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have played plenty of good rugby.

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But they have conceded. As Ford

steps up a and George Ford after

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missing his second kick, names his

third nicely. England with an

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eight-point buffer.

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Fonotia did he lose the ball. The

second time it was knocked on.

I

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think the first time was an offload

attempt that an England player got.

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Great play by Nanai-Williams. Sucks

in two defenders and makes the pass

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to Fonotia. As he is going around

the back, tries to off-load it and

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May gets his hand on it. It is

begging for him to pick it back up

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and he fumbles it.

Ben Youngs

normally starting for England, but

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Danny Care, who has been the super

sub. Youngs will come on as a

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finisher. Simmonds controlling it

and just as up the Samoa scrum.

It

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was static and then one wrong foot

step and England powered through. So

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we will be down in the Samoan 22.

England have been fantastic off set

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pieces.

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George finds his man in Ewels.

England slightly going back to

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basics. A bit more structure in

their play. A scrum penalty. Deep in

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Samoan territory. The backs are

lined looking for the ball. Care

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digs for it.

Might find a chip.

Slade on an angle and crossing the

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gain line nicely. Quick ball for

Care. England probing through

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George. Lightning fast ball for

Care. Genge on the line as well.

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England have numbers to the right.

Ford the Launchbury. Launchbury five

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metres short. Advantage played to

England.

Early tackle.

Was he taken

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early? The referee doesn't think so.

But back for the penalty. England

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are tapping and going. Care beats

Genge. There is a collision. The

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Samoan stays down. England looking

for their third try. Launchbury man

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of the match against Australia this

time last week. Ford to Brown. To

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within three or four metres.

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Ewels up to the line and over.

What

a ball from Care that was. What a

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fantastic ball from Care to put

Ewels in.

That is much better from

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England. Eddie Jones spoke of

wanting to keep it tight and

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structured. Pennell tip at the scrum

-- penalty at the scrum and catch

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and drive and the forwards working.

Ewels' second try for England. And

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England have their third.

It has

come from speed of ball. They're

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doing a lightning fast job at break

downs, so Care can pick the speed

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up. That is two people running with

a genuine thought they're going to

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get it. Danny makes the perfect pass

to Ewels. If you see two people jump

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in on Itoje, you can't stop that.

So

much depth in this England second

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row. So many options for Eddie

Jones. But Ewels put his hand up on

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the tour of Argentina when others

were in New Zealand with the Lions.

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He started both Test matches in

South America and he has his first

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start at Twickenham today.

Definitely gifted in the second row

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department.

That looks like a right

shoulder injury for the Wasps second

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row. Lawes is coming on. The that is

a permanent replacement.

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It is a rolling maul.

Well disrupted

there.

They have come through. That

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is excellent work by Samoa to spoil.

Tyrell is in there. They have turned

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it over completely. Brilliant work

in te dense. Tyrell to the fore. And

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then it was knocked forward.

Frustration for Samoa. They spoilt

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so well at the line-out. Won the

ball back and then knocked it on.

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They did a great job from the start

and they got a great hit on early

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and got people in on Itoje very

early.

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Simmonds takes the free kick

quickly. He has been well in the

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game first half. Ewels makes a dent.

But it is turned over by Polataivao,

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who saw the England support wasn't

there. Samoa have scrambled well and

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they will have to clear through

Nanai-Williams and he doesn't make

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touch. A big hit coming in from that

man again, Leuila.

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A prop wanting the ball in hope

space, where he probably doesn't

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want the ball in open space.

Simmonds shrugs off one and then

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another. To within 15 minutes. Genge

again, ever willing ball-carrier,

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the Leicester prop. Turned over

though by Samoa and three times in

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one move they have scrambled. Once

from the line-out and twice from

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open play and now they have won the

penalty.

Eddie Jones will be

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frustrated, England went from being

so clinical and now providing

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opportunities for Samoa by people

being a little one or two seconds

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late on break Down's.

That will

frustrate Ed yoi Jones and he will

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probably have a word about that.

Samoa have done plenty of good

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things, but they have been cut open

on regular occasions by England

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attack.

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Leuila kicks and Ford does the same

and it will be a Samoa 22.

England

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cannot quite that comfortable. You

can see their kicking game is more

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structured than Samoa's at the

moment. I think they're doing a good

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job. But at the moment they will

want to re-establish themselves as a

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dominant force in this game and it

has got into a sort of nothingness.

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They have had opportunities. Samoa

have turned them over. But the last

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five minutes have been a kicks fest.

Here goes May. He has been in

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incredible try-scoring form for

Leicester. Can Robshaw off-load.

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Interception by Leuila. Maybe Samoa

can strike before the interval.

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Nanai-Williams almost got the

off-load away. They're going to win

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a penalty as England don't roll

away. A chance for Samoa to strike

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at the end of the half. Either

through a penalty goal or maybe they

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will look for the corner here.

At

the moment, they're on 15 points

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down. They're going for the corner.

They are fancying their chances,

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which is great for the game I think.

Ove, he has missed it.

He went for

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

metre or so from being a perfect

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kick. And there is Daly who has the

luck of the touchline this time last

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week. This time it did go out. Nigel

Owens is calling play back.

REFEREE:

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OK.

No. Not quite sure what

happened.

I think he had run out of

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his 22 when he kicked it. But he has

checked it and now he has give it

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the full distance.

Daly definitely

inside. This touchline has been

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consider kind to Daly. Robshaw will

look to get on to that. Was he

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tackled without the ball? But it is

in England possession.

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Lawes is making metres.

He is

crawling there.

Lawes again meaning

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business after coming off the bench.

England deep in Samoan territory,

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looking for a fourth try. Turned

over illegally by Fonotia. How

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quickly things can change, because

if Nanai-Williams had made touch it

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would have been a five metre

line-out to Samoa, now England you

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would match will put this into the

corner and try and take the game

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almost out of sight.

Yes, if you

judge from what they did last time.

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It will be interesting to see if

they have something up their sleeve.

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George finds Lawes. The Twickenham

crowd imploring the forwards to

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drive.

Again fantastic defence from

Samoa.

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Lozowski, has he lost that forward?

He has. That will be half time,

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unless Samoa fancy going from their

own tryline. Fonotia will kick. Good

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kick.

One of the best things they

have had in the game. Maybe they

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should try it more often.

An

entertaining half. England with

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three tries. Brown, Lozowski and

Ewels. At half time England lead

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22-7.

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Nanai-Williams kicks. Samoa off from

left to right. Under it is Ewels,

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who scored England's third try in

that first half. And that rolling

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maul that brought a fair bit of

success for England set up.

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Daly's kick is scooped up by Perez

as if he was in the gully. He is

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tackled just short of half way by

Lozowski and Genge.

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Polataivao with a strange kick which

has taken well by May. Gives England

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width. Brown is through. He has

support from Lozowski and Care.

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Lozowski to Care. Just behind the

England scrum-half. Would have been

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a beauty of a score if Care had

gathered it running that tracking

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line. But Brown showing why he is

one of Eddie Jones' first names on

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the team sheet.

Fantastic work by

May keeping the ball in and the two

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passes to give them space. Mike

Brown takes advantage of a mismatch,

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but it is a shame those two passes,

great support work up the middle and

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that pass just goes behind Care.

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Clearing their line was a problem

for the visitors in the first half

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and now Polataivao is back to

Nanai-Williams. He does make ground

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with that kick. Brown is under and

will love to run it back.

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If you come back into a team, you

want a confidence-booster and they

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are giving him that, they are

allowing him to run it back.

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Lozowski winning just his fourth cap

today. Ewels off to one of the

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cocaptains in Chris Robshaw.

A great

ball again by Care. Skipping that

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first easy ball-carrier and moving

the point of attack.

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England probing in this second half.

But Cole went in at the side and

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some respite for Samoa as England

are penalised.

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Always tough for the referee, it is

a penalty that doesn't really affect

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the game. But in the legal sense of

it, it is illegal to come in from

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the side. But I think referee's

sometimes forget how hard it is to

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clear out an 18 stone man. Sometimes

you need an angle.

Perhaps a tougher

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call to come through the gate. But

it is a penalty to Samoa. And

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Nanai-Williams takes play up to half

way. Can Samoa strike in this second

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half.

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This is where you think Samoa could

put pressure back on England. But

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Cole has wrestled it from the

Samoans and he looks for that little

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kick. He is such a deft kicker of

the ball. As he showed against

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Australia last weekend.

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Jonny May screaming that he wanted

that little dink behind. As any good

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half-back does, he gives his window

what he wants. Managed to run into

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touch, because Jonny was chasing

that lack a greyhound.

Looking to

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attack, flat ball to Sam Simmonds,

who has had plenty of it. The

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23-year-old on his first start at

number eight.

I'd like to see a bit

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more from England of that. Itoje

gets the ball, and I'd like the

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option of that little ball on the

outside. If somebody is on his

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outside to get a little lift, that's

where I'd want them to shift it a

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bit wider and get more success.

Jonny May, good tackle coming in,

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and again the ball didn't find its

way to the hands of Danny Care, who

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has been looking for a try the

afternoon, the scrum-half. He has

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been tracking, but not quite falling

for him. It looks like an England

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player who is down. It will be May,

I imagine. Our view is slightly

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obscured, but I think it's Jonny May

getting some treatment after coming

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on at that angle and taken the ball

from Ford.

England line-out has

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functioned all afternoon long. For

Jonny May, it doesn't look great,

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but hopefully he isn't too sore and

will be able to stay on, because I

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think he'll be hoping for another

try. He likes accumulating the

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numbers.

He's got his first try at

Twickenham in a year last week, and

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as we see Sam Simmonds, who has been

an ever willing ball-carrier in the

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absence of Nathan Hughes. Samoa's

defence has been solid. They have

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missed tackles, but the ones they

have made have been quite firm, and

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May is on his feet after taking a

hit, but it is May coming off with

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concussion. A permanent replacement,

so the referee has made that call.

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He isn't even going to have an

assessment. Joe Marler at the back.

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Jamie George, Chris Robshaw lending

support.

I think they got a great

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setup going forward. They just need

to rebuild it. You could say that I

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discovered it, because they need to

start moving, and Danny Care has had

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to run around the whole back of the

bit that broke.

Well tackled by

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Nanai-Williams. Leading trade

turnover. After being penalised a

0:32:330:32:40

moment or two, Nanai-Williams, this

time he does a good job, holding up

0:32:400:32:48

Lozowski. I suppose that is where

this slightly like England midfield,

0:32:480:32:54

brilliantly skilful in Lozowski and

Slade, but no big ball-carrier in

0:32:540:32:57

the Mike Tindall mode...

It's an

experiment. Slade has played very

0:32:570:33:03

well at Exeter this year. He has

heard that role. I think he wants to

0:33:030:33:07

see a bit more of Alex Lozowski, and

he's getting to see that. I think

0:33:070:33:14

he's played pretty well today,

Lozowski. They are a bit light, but

0:33:140:33:17

with somebody like Rokoduguni coming

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

0:33:170:33:23

food a bit harsh, giving the ball,

because he never really became

0:33:230:33:26

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

to use.

Nanai-Williams looking for

0:33:260:33:35

space. Brown came forward, trying to

take it on the fall, but he had to

0:33:350:33:42

let it bounce. He wants to chase it

himself, but he gets blocked. The

0:33:420:33:47

ball has ricocheted, and Brown might

be onto this. Back those Paul Perez,

0:33:470:33:51

doing well, the Samoa vice captain.

Wrestled to the floor by Henry

0:33:510:33:57

Slade. That could have gone

anywhere, when the ball shot

0:33:570:34:02

through. Polataivao, back to

Nanai-Williams, who built it down

0:34:020:34:11

the field, and Ford gestures to to

come outside. Rokoduguni in space.

0:34:110:34:18

Daly over the 22. He tried to get

inside to Lozowski and couldn't

0:34:180:34:22

lift. Samoa countering well, and

they turned it over. Frustrating for

0:34:220:34:28

England at Eddie Jones. They made

the break but they were isolated,

0:34:280:34:35

and Samoa poured through to steal

the ball back, and they are managing

0:34:350:34:38

to scramble well, Samoa. They did it

a few times in the first half and

0:34:380:34:42

they did here, as Tuala looks to the

century of touch.

Oh, we are away

0:34:420:34:50

again.

The only way that Mike Brown

knows is to run. Now Rokoduguni. If

0:34:500:34:57

England come right, they have got

some Samoan bodies perhaps tired and

0:34:570:35:03

retreating. Itoje, a willing and

focal point of attack. He is holding

0:35:030:35:07

on, and again Samoa scramble the

defence pace. They win the penalty,

0:35:070:35:14

as Itoje holds the ball on, and

Samoa can clear their line again.

0:35:140:35:21

And breeze.

I think Eddie Jones will

be frustrated at what is happening

0:35:210:35:27

at the breakdown. Great technical

work from Samoa, but if you players,

0:35:270:35:33

Courtney Lawes in that instance,

just a bit too late, allowing them

0:35:330:35:37

to get over the ball. Great counter

ruck, whoever made the tackle, I

0:35:370:35:42

couldn't see his number, bounces

through the feet and pushes through,

0:35:420:35:46

and they have already gone a metre

beyond, making an easy turnover for

0:35:460:35:50

Samoa.

At the breakdown, Samoa

getting the better of England a

0:35:500:35:55

couple times, and winning the

line-out. Almost an intercept for

0:35:550:35:58

Robert Rock. Nanai-Williams had a

chance to attack, almost. -- almost

0:35:580:36:05

an intercept for Chris Robshaw. A

combination of Cole and Itoje. The

0:36:050:36:15

England chance to counter ruck, and

they had turned over, down the

0:36:150:36:18

blindside. Danny Care. Here is the

Simmonds. He makes a couple of

0:36:180:36:22

metres, tackled by Sasagi, the

replacement prop. The off-load to

0:36:220:36:29

Robert Rock. -- the off-load to

Chris Rock troubled their -- the

0:36:290:36:37

off-load to Chris Robshaw. Tackled

my the 22. England looking for a

0:36:370:36:44

fall from the first point of this

second half. Samoa have won the

0:36:440:36:52

penalty again. Three or four times

in the second half that England have

0:36:520:36:57

made inroads and then the visitors

have worked and scrapped and managed

0:36:570:37:02

to force the turnover.

Fantastic

work from Samoa at the breakdown,

0:37:020:37:07

scramble, desire, great work, and

that's a penalty with the ball drop

0:37:070:37:15

in on hands, but great work by

England, and then Courtney gets the

0:37:150:37:20

ball up and under way.

England

looking to try and put this game to

0:37:200:37:27

bed on the hour mark. Shortfall

differences. Now Chris Robshaw, the

0:37:270:37:33

co-captain. Working as hard as ever,

Chris Robshaw. Loads of now. His

0:37:330:37:38

59th cap at Harlequins. Looking to

go through Joe Marler, finding

0:37:380:37:46

Williams, massive hit coming in.

Williams does well to set it up, as

0:37:460:37:54

England crowd towards the 22 Henry

Slade, to Brown, giving Rokoduguni a

0:37:540:38:00

bit of space. Inside the 22 foot

Youngs, quick ball, Simmonds,

0:38:000:38:08

tackled by Polataivao.

Simmonds has

been a constant carrier for England

0:38:080:38:13

today.

As has Courtney Lawes, back

in centre field for England. Options

0:38:130:38:18

left and right for Youngs. Williams

couldn't quite get it away to Joe

0:38:180:38:25

Marler, but just a few metres short

now, England Ford to Daly. Over the

0:38:250:38:30

line, Elliot Daly scores. His fifth

for his country, Daly. Scorer last

0:38:300:38:36

week and again today. And England

well clear now.

Fantastic patience

0:38:360:38:43

for England all the way, and that

something they can learn from

0:38:430:38:47

playing Samoa. When they have had

possession, they have returned the

0:38:470:38:51

ball -- retained the ball and

they've created the space and a

0:38:510:38:56

clinical finish at the end. Some

tightness in the Samoan defensive

0:38:560:39:02

line, giving Rokoduguni, even though

he gets to the outside, and a quick

0:39:020:39:07

ball, George Ford, flat at the line,

great line from Williams, and

0:39:070:39:11

getting the ball up, and a great

finish. No right to score from

0:39:110:39:18

there, dances inside to people, and

a fantastic finish.

Ford timing his

0:39:180:39:22

pass nicely on the line, and Daly

skipped inside and crossed, and

0:39:220:39:30

England have a 20 point lead which,

you feel, will be more than

0:39:300:39:33

sufficient.

From an England point of

view, they are now really going to

0:39:330:39:38

lift that tempo. I think they will

see that Samoa are tiring or tied,

0:39:380:39:42

and they've just brought on most of

the bench, and they've got to lift

0:39:420:39:47

that tempo. You felt it in the last

couple of minutes. They will try and

0:39:470:39:55

continue that.

Flying kick from

George Ford. England 29-7 to the

0:39:550:39:59

good. Williams, the decoy, Ford to

Itoje. Samoa over the top, turning

0:39:590:40:11

it over. They've done that through

name 15, but illegally so, and he

0:40:110:40:18

might be in trouble. -- they've done

that through Faasalele. The Samoan

0:40:180:40:26

number six got off his feet to kill

the ball, and Samoa will play the

0:40:260:40:30

bulk of the rest of the match with

just 14 men. Hartley at the back of

0:40:300:40:35

the ball. Youngs has Rokoduguni on

the decoy, and Rokoduguni, the dummy

0:40:350:40:45

runner, and Slade dances over. Under

the post, England pass fifth try,

0:40:450:40:52

and they could put Samoa away at

this attempt.

Fantastic work in

0:40:520:41:01

terms of knowing your job, your

role, where the line-out isn't quite

0:41:010:41:05

great, the line-out drive isn't

quite functioning, having three

0:41:050:41:09

people running at the line, making

defenders make a decision, what a

0:41:090:41:12

great pass. We talked about Danny

Care's passing and skipping and

0:41:120:41:18

floating the ball in front of

people, and again, Ben Youngs comes

0:41:180:41:23

on, great line that we have seen all

year from Slade, and he walks in

0:41:230:41:29

uncontested. Rokoduguni is doing his

job in terms of holding

0:41:290:41:35

Nanai-Williams, Piers Francis doing

his job, the ball always he went in

0:41:350:41:40

front of Paul Perez and there was no

chance for him to step in and make

0:41:400:41:43

that hit.

Samoa playing without

Faasalele, their blindside flanker.

0:41:430:41:52

Jack Lam, their talismanic number

eight, is being replaced. There is

0:41:520:41:57

Lemalu, replacement in the second

row. Tuala goes quickly, nicely done

0:41:570:42:04

by him. Quick thinking, and they go

through the middle, through

0:42:040:42:07

Christopher Vui. They have won

another penalty, as Chris Robshaw

0:42:070:42:12

doesn't run away. And Samoa, with 14

men, will be happy to play the next

0:42:120:42:21

few minutes in this part of the

pitch.

They will want the ball for a

0:42:210:42:25

little bit. I don't think they have

seen much of it in this area off the

0:42:250:42:31

field. Hopefully they'll try and get

something a bit creative from the

0:42:310:42:34

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

for a drive, maybe something a bit

0:42:340:42:37

more adventurous, and hopefully

they'll have room to get another

0:42:370:42:42

score on the board and give them a

bit more energy and enthusiasm.

0:42:420:42:48

Leiataua. Finds his man in the

middle of the line-out. Dummy from

0:42:580:43:06

Treviranus. Dietrich and try line

begging. Clever move from Samoa. --

0:43:060:43:14

the Twickenham try line begging.

Lovely dummy, Treviranus. And then

0:43:140:43:23

Leiataua left it behind.

We're going

to look at whether have got this

0:43:230:43:29

forward, know whether it's going to

be a penalty try. -- at whether

0:43:290:43:34

England have got this forward. It

could be a try, because it went

0:43:340:43:38

backwards.

I have a decision, you

may award the try.

No clear

0:43:380:43:49

knock-on, try is good, Captain.

Try

for some other, their second, and

0:43:490:43:56

you can't rush the captain that. --

try for Samoa. He has led from the

0:43:560:44:03

front in a difficult cause all

afternoon. His first international

0:44:030:44:05

try.

For Christopher Vui to get

round there after taking that

0:44:050:44:11

line-out, that's fantastic.

Nanai-Williams and a smattering of

0:44:110:44:20

supporters, now they have something

to really cheer. A fine five minutes

0:44:200:44:26

from Vui. Simmonds, Ford, a bit of

space for Francis, Itoje with a load

0:44:260:44:34

of space outside him. Nanai-Williams

does well and perhaps breaking up

0:44:340:44:39

for England. Forward to Francis

again, with plenty of ball since he

0:44:390:44:46

came on as a replacement. Ford on

the gain line, could be an overlap

0:44:460:44:51

for England. Slade, wide to Daly.

Still going, Elliot Daly foot Daly

0:44:510:44:59

for his second! What a finish,

Elliot Daly! Magnificent pace and

0:44:590:45:05

balance from the England winger, and

Twickenham on its feet.

What a

0:45:050:45:08

finish. People must know he's going

to step to the inside, but they

0:45:080:45:15

still can't defend it. He is always

so good stepping off that left foot,

0:45:150:45:20

and then he has the afterburner to

flick the ball and get himself home.

0:45:200:45:26

Probably blowing a bit now, but they

worked it so well again, using the

0:45:260:45:30

outback passes. Steps on, little

friend, and flip on those

0:45:300:45:38

afterburners and catch me if you

can. -- steps on, little fend.

Rate

0:45:380:45:42

a rapid return from a knee injury,

suffering just before the autumn.

0:45:420:45:51

And he's come back in to make a big

impression across three Test

0:45:510:45:54

matches. England past 40 with Ford's

conversion, and they scored six

0:45:540:46:00

tries. Final play, potentially, at

Twickenham.

Piers Francis has done

0:46:000:46:08

well. Some difficult passes, and he

has stepped up but he's looked

0:46:080:46:13

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

looked strong.

Turned over by Samoa.

0:46:130:46:23

It will be Samoa that have the final

say, potentially, and they have

0:46:230:46:28

already tapped and gone.

Nanai-Williams see some space.

0:46:280:46:34

Isiekwe tried to make the tackle,

and the replacement prop is Lemalu.

0:46:340:46:44

Time is up. It's been knocked

forward, so a last chance for

0:46:440:46:48

England. Youngs, loose prop. Hartley

was in the wide channels. Good

0:46:480:46:54

off-load. Simmonds off-loads to

Brown, and a lovely pick-up from

0:46:540:47:01

Daly. Inside to Hartley. Hartley

tries to link with Youngs. Great

0:47:010:47:08

pick-up, brilliant by Francis.

England have one more opportunity

0:47:080:47:11

inside the Samoan 22. Slade, it's

two on one, he will not score

0:47:110:47:18

himself, he gives the pass to

Rokoduguni, and he skates in

0:47:180:47:22

unopposed, easy as you like. England

a couple of points away from 50.

It

0:47:220:47:31

will not get any easier for

Rokoduguni than that. The pick-up,

0:47:310:47:35

fantastic pick-ups by England

players throughout that move, just

0:47:350:47:39

to keep the ball alive. Went wrong,

Dylan Hartley had to pick it up,

0:47:390:47:46

control it, a lovely off-load, and

they had the ball off the floor, and

0:47:460:47:50

the tired Samoan defence cracked. We

are used to him scoring wonder

0:47:500:47:58

tries, and it's always nice to have

a little one you just have to trot

0:47:580:48:02

over the line.

He's had a bit of a

disjointed England career,

0:48:020:48:08

Rokoduguni, winning just four caps

in three years, but he's scored four

0:48:080:48:12

tries, so no complaints about his

strike rate. He scored against

0:48:120:48:17

Argentina a fortnight in a and again

today. -- a fortnight ago and again

0:48:170:48:22

today. The Twickenham crowd very

happy on this November night. He's

0:48:220:48:28

had a good game, George Ford,

pulling the strings, kicking his

0:48:280:48:32

goals, and this would bring up a

half-century of points to cap a

0:48:320:48:38

satisfactory afternoon for Eddie

Jones's side.

0:48:380:48:41

Not quite to be! Seven tries for

England. Brown, Slade, Lozowski,

0:48:440:48:54

Ewels, Rokoduguni and a couple from

Daly. But England far too strong.

0:48:540:49:00

They have won at Twickenham 48-40.

We started well. Probably got

0:49:000:49:11

seduced by the perceived easiness

and Scott doing the small things

0:49:110:49:14

well, at a flat period in the middle

and finished strong.

Some handling

0:49:140:49:19

various at strong at times. Your

highlights?

Greatest opportunities

0:49:190:49:25

and didn't convert them all, which

goes back to unstructured handling.

0:49:250:49:28

I thought Elliot Daly was good,

Simmonds was good, George Ford was

0:49:280:49:33

good. A lots of positive things.

We've learned a lot about ourselves

0:49:330:49:38

and grow as a team. It was a good

side. There's plenty to work on from

0:49:380:49:43

today. Early on, discipline, weren't

quite clinical enough, but overall,

0:49:430:49:49

an review, I think we've grown as a

team and I'm happy.

A bit let down,

0:49:490:49:54

it didn't go as smoothly as have

liked. We were slightly off the

0:49:540:49:57

pace. We knew it was going to be

tough, so pretty happy autumn.

Any

0:49:570:50:06

frustrations for you around the

breakdown?

The forwards didn't work

0:50:060:50:11

hard enough to get our second man

in, which was disappointing but

0:50:110:50:15

before this game, we've been good in

that area.

Everything that we do, we

0:50:150:50:21

never give up. Even though the

score, the 30 or so point lead, but

0:50:210:50:30

we never stopped trying.

What the

players want going forward for

0:50:300:50:34

support?

The boys had no doubt. It's

stuff that we can't control. The

0:50:340:50:41

boys are here to play rugby, and

represent their country as best as

0:50:410:50:47

we can.

They had a good game plan

and stuck to it. Didn't make life

0:50:470:50:53

easy for us. We probably didn't make

life easy for ourselves sometimes as

0:50:530:50:57

well. You saw that our fitness game

is up there. We put some more points

0:50:570:51:03

on at the end.

What will you work on

the head of the six

that's a

0:51:030:51:08

different competition. These tests

are played in a more open way. The

0:51:080:51:14

Six Nations is winner rugby, knock

them down, set piece, grind it out.

0:51:140:51:19

We are looking to get ready for it.

England are all finished now for

0:51:190:51:26

2017, and they finished this autumn

campaign with three victories. To

0:51:260:51:31

help us pick through everything that

happens, I'm joined by former

0:51:310:51:35

England international and former

British and Irish Lion Simon Shaw.

0:51:350:51:39

What did you think of it?

It was

interesting. If you look at the

0:51:390:51:43

scoreline, you would probably have

predicted about that for I suddenly

0:51:430:51:47

thought that would be the case. In

terms of the manner and how they

0:51:470:51:51

went about their work, England, it

was slightly unpredictable. They

0:51:510:51:56

started the game well, two tries

early on, and finished well with two

0:51:560:52:01

tries. In between, it was fits and

starts and they looked on forced

0:52:010:52:04

errors and mistakes. Possibly people

trying a bit too hard.

Comment from

0:52:040:52:08

both Eddie Jones and Chris Robshaw

that, particularly around the

0:52:080:52:14

breakdown, Samoa appeared to have

the upper hand. What did you think?

0:52:140:52:19

They made it a torrid time for

England in that area by committing

0:52:190:52:23

numbers. Possibly that was a tactic

they set out to having watched the

0:52:230:52:26

Premiership this season, where teams

haven't committed as many players do

0:52:260:52:31

that area. They disrupted England

for a while, but I think more than

0:52:310:52:38

that, what happened in the middle of

the game, it was a result of two

0:52:380:52:43

early tries, but it was the easy

tries coming England's way and

0:52:430:52:48

people trying to force the issue a

bit too much, perhaps players,

0:52:480:52:53

individuals, playing more for

themselves then the team, trying to

0:52:530:52:56

get in a deep's head and get

selection forced a bit more in their

0:52:560:53:01

favour. -- trying to get in Eddie

Jones's head.

Two tries for Elliot

0:53:010:53:07

Daly, and Eddie Jones singled him

out. He is a former team-mate of

0:53:070:53:11

yours. How has he bedded himself

into the England shirt was to mark

0:53:110:53:16

he is a classy player and classy

individual. He's always going to

0:53:160:53:20

create excitement when he gets the

ball in his hands. It enables him to

0:53:200:53:23

have the ball more often in these

games, which is what England should

0:53:230:53:28

be looking at doing, and doing that

after some hard work upfront. It

0:53:280:53:32

looked today... England were trying

to force the pace of the game and

0:53:320:53:39

force the passes a bit too much

early on, and he had scraps, really.

0:53:390:53:44

The two opportunities he got, he

took, which shows his class.

When it

0:53:440:53:50

comes to locks, so much has gone on

throughout the campaign, with George

0:53:500:53:54

Kruis being dropped. Who in your

mind going forward are the big names

0:53:540:53:59

in that position for England?

You

made a mistake early on by saying

0:53:590:54:03

that my favourite position was

second row, but it's more

0:54:030:54:05

scrum-half. Undoubtedly a positional

strength for England, and incredible

0:54:050:54:12

to have so many options in that

position. The standout out of all

0:54:120:54:15

those guys for me, and has been for

a number of seasons, barring injury,

0:54:150:54:20

always seems to be the guy that's

there at the end in the man of the

0:54:200:54:25

match sort of juggle, is Joe

Launchbury. Everybody talks about

0:54:250:54:33

Itojes and Kruiss and these guys,

but he seems to be the standout

0:54:330:54:39

performer for me every time.

Samoa

had plenty of bright points, but

0:54:390:54:44

there was a lot of build-up to this

match that involved their financial

0:54:440:54:49

situation. Going forward, how

important is it that we have strong

0:54:490:54:53

Pacific island sides?

It's crucial

for rugby worldwide that we have

0:54:530:54:57

strength in all teams. The Samoans

and Tongans and Pacific Islands have

0:54:570:55:06

incredible ability to play the game,

but they need their best players on

0:55:060:55:10

the pitch, playing for Samoa, Tonga

and Fiji and, if finances come into

0:55:100:55:15

it, and they are forced to look

elsewhere to earn their crust, it

0:55:150:55:18

means there is a lesser Samoan team,

which deprives the public of a

0:55:180:55:24

greater spectacle, and it deprives

them of a chance of getting scalps

0:55:240:55:30

against big teams, which they

deserve to be able to do.

Had played

0:55:300:55:34

with aplomb, and they kept fighting

until the end, and it might be the

0:55:340:55:37

end of the autumn internationals for

England, but that doesn't mean the

0:55:370:55:42

autumn internationals are over yet

Wales have one match remaining, that

0:55:420:55:46

will be in Cardiff with South Africa

at 2pm next Saturday. Then the

0:55:460:55:54

Varsity matches from Twickenham on

Thursday the 7th of December.

0:55:540:55:59

Don't forget, you can download the

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0:56:050:56:09

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0:56:090:56:16

and guests from across the game,

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0:56:160:56:19

action. Download it to any of the

usual places. Simon, tell me, what

0:56:190:56:27

have we learned about England

throughout this unbeaten or to

0:56:270:56:29

national period? -- unbeaten Orton

international period. Villa not much

0:56:290:56:36

apart from results being everything.

They have got the results they

0:56:360:56:41

wanted and the school and everybody

might have expected. I team have

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lacked the consistency it would take

to consistently beat the top teams,

0:56:450:56:52

the New Zealand and Australias.

Going into the Six Nations, that is

0:56:520:56:57

what Eddie Jones will want to see

from his team, and I think possibly

0:56:570:57:01

the inclusion of lots of new

players, different combinations,

0:57:010:57:04

trying Slade and Lozowski at centre,

and making sure he's got a sort of

0:57:040:57:10

second string combination, it's

caused disruption, but this is all

0:57:100:57:18

part of the learning process that

will take them forward as a squad,

0:57:180:57:22

and hopefully by the Six Nations

everything will be settled and we'll

0:57:220:57:24

be looking at another run of

fantastic fixtures.

0:57:240:57:29

Talk of the Six Nations, what do you

think that Eddie Jones in particular

0:57:290:57:33

will work on, and where does he rank

as a coach of England? He now has 22

0:57:330:57:41

wins out of 23 outings, pretty good

statistics.

It's amazing, and the

0:57:410:57:46

fact that we are critiquing England

sides that are consistently winning

0:57:460:57:49

shows our expectations of them, it

shows how good they hope to be. I

0:57:490:57:58

think has obviously got them

incredibly driven, their work ethic

0:57:580:58:02

is without doubt, but as I say I

think the thing he will most be

0:58:020:58:09

looking for going into the Six

Nations is getting his starting 22

0:58:090:58:14

absolutely bang on and heating that

tournament full throttle. I think

0:58:140:58:19

this was a testing ground for a lot

of players. Hopefully, he'll have

0:58:190:58:22

settled on a side coming into the

Six Nations, and they'll get that

0:58:220:58:29

level of performance they are

looking for.

Thank you for your

0:58:290:58:32

time, and your company at home. That

is it for England in 2017. The next

0:58:320:58:38

time we see them in action will be

against Italy in the Six Nations.

0:58:380:58:41

Goodbye for now

0:58:410:58:46

Sit!

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