 Quick combination with Smith led to Steward's try. Good turnover led to Porter's first try and he created Porter's second with a left-foot chip behind. One hammering tackle. Very good, aside from one poor grubber. 8 11 Jonny May Swapped wings after half an hour and had a good take under the high ball against Yamanaka, but then yellow carded for killing the ball scrambling back to stop Riley. Little threat in attack and looked rusty. 6 10 Marcus Smith Floated an early wide pass nicely to May and clicked with Farrell for the first try. Some of his short-range kicking was quite poor and was also intercepted. But took hi){kind=link}
Full-back Freddie Steward was star of the show in Autumn International at Twickenham
England put last week’s ragged defeat by Argentina firmly behind them to run in six tries, plus a penalty try, and played some highly-entertaining rugby along the way to overwhelm Japan at Twickenham.
Full-back Freddie Steward was the star of the first half as he claimed the opening try and had a hand in scores for Guy Porter and Marcus Smith as England led 24-6 at the break and stretched that lead in the second half through Ellis Genge and Porter.
England lost their way for 20 minutes, allowing Naoto Saito to score Japan’s only try, before a penalty try and a second from Smith finished things off for the hosts.
Owen Farrell landed all six conversion attempts as well as an early penalty.