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Really what is the point of starting Ford at 10. What on earth does M Smith need to do to get a game at 10?

ENGLAND XV FOR JAPAN 1. Genge 🐻 2. LCD 🦈 3. AOF 🦈 4. Itoje 💫 5. Martin 💫 6. Coles 😇 7. Earl 💫 8. Pollock 😇 9. JVP 🐯 10. Ford 🦈 11. Murley 🃏 12. Ojomoh 🛁 13. Slade ✖️ 14. Joseph 🍒 15. Steward 🐯 Subs: Dan, Iyogun, Heyes, Clark, Curry, Fisilau, McParland, M Smith

RIL COMBINED XV: 🇫🇷 FRA v RSA 🇿🇦 1. Nche 🇿🇦 2. Marx 🇿🇦 3. Louw 🇿🇦 4. Nortje 🇿🇦 5. De Jager 🇿🇦 6. Du Toit 🇿🇦 7. Woki 🇫🇷 8. Wiese 🇿🇦 9. Lucu 🇫🇷 10. Dupont 🇫🇷 11. LBB 🇫🇷 12. De Allende 🇿🇦 13. Kriel 🇿🇦 14. Arendse 🇿🇦 15. Willemse 🇿🇦

🐐 Dupont at 10 vs the Boks! An injury crisis means the best player in the world will be out of position against South Africa. Will be an exciting watch

🌹 Caluori needs to play v Japan. This weekend, their wingers were Kippei Ishida, who is 5ft6 and Inoke Burua, who is 5ft10. Get Fin practicing those cross kicks.

🌹 IFW out of the rest of the Autumn tests. Such a shame after an incredible 40 minutes. Caluori should slot straight in and get the experience. Bring the X-factor.

🌹 Max Hicks is in the England squad! Hopefully we see him get a run out against Japan. With Chessum out with a shoulder injury, he could slot in very nicely in that 6 spot. Exciting pick!

Ashton might be right here. Sua'ali'i is obviously incredibly physically talented, but for some reason he's just not becoming the star we all hoped. He's played predominantly 13, and is now on the wing, but 15 just feels like it makes more sense.

An interesting story about how balanced Northern Hemisphere rugby has been recently, and how conversely unbalanced the South has been. Much better to have a situation like the North where everyone is beating everyone.

🌹 RIL ENGLAND XV FOR Japan 1. Baxter 🃏 2. LCD ✖️ 3. Heyes 🐯 4. Itoje 💫 5. Clark 🍒 6. Chessum 🐯 7. Pollock 😇 8. Fisilau ✖️ 9. JVP 🐯 10. F. Smith 😇 11. Freeman 😇 12. Ojomoh 🛁 13. Joseph 🍒 14. Caluori 💫 15. Furbank 🃏 Subs: Jibulu, Genge, Stuart, Martin, Coles, Earl, Englefield, M Smith

🌹 This is such a fun move from England for Pollock's second try, but it's made by really good attacking discipline. The supper runners stay close enough to take a short pop and not overrun, but deep enough give them enough time to remain available when the carrier reaches contact, whilst not enough to allow Aus to reset properly. Each carrier presents a proper running threat, commits a defender, then releases to someone with momentum. Excellent handling, made possible by what the players without the ball are doing.

Feyi-Waboso in a boot. Not what any England fan wants to see.

FT: 🌹 ENG 45 - 22 AUS 🦘 England terrific, Australia abysmal. Lots of improvement since the summer. Pollock on the wing is just such fun. Hoping Atkinson and IFW injuries aren't serious!

🐐 Who else but the GOAT?

HE IS INEVITABLE

🚨🚨🚨🚨 POLLOCK ON THE WING CLAXON 🚨🚨🚨🚨

JVP has definitely inherited the sideways step from the ruck from Ben Youngs… Invites opportunities like that for the intercept.

HT: 🌹ENG 19 - 10 AUS 🦘 England looking much much better, with Australia nowhere to be seen. Real intensity, staying on the right side of the law. Very poor lapse from JVP at the end. IFW, Itoje and F Smith particularly impressive.

It’s working…

Feyi-Waboso with three touches in four minutes. England clearly getting their most attacking threat the ball as much as possible. Not often we see that. Very few kicks so far!