Full-timepublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 22 September 2019
England 35-3 Tonga
Fourteen phases on the meter. And there is the Tonga knock-on!
Game over.
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England beat Tonga 35-3 in their first World Cup match in Sapporo
Tuilagi powers over for two tries in first half
Hookers George & Cowan-Dickie score in second half to seal bonus point
Eddie Jones 'happy with players' attitude' but admits team lacked cohesion
Full-timepublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 22 September 2019
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England 35-3 Tonga
The crowd want a Tonga try.
The men in red are 15m out.
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England 35-3 Tonga
Tonga have a penalty for some front-row silliness.
And another for Dan Cole getting off is feet.
Tonga kick down into the England 22m. Are some of the England minds already back in the dressing room?
They need to keep sharp here to keep their tryline untrampled.
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Tom Gumbleton: Bonus Point secured. Doesn't matter how you win, just that you do. Plenty to work on going forward. But some good positives :)
Philip West: This is the fourth World Cup in a row where England have scraped through their opening pool game in utterly unconvincing fashion, and it’s totally unacceptable. Eddie Jones needs to give these players a rocket
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England 35-3 Tonga
The gong has sounded to mark 80 minutes gone.
Last play with Tonga putting into a scrum just outside their own 22m.
Caution-to-the-wind thrust for a consolation try? Or boot into touch and head back to the hutch?
Postpublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 22 September 2019
England 35-3 Tonga
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at Sapporo DomeLooks like a lot of fans have decided there will be no more action in this match. People are streaming out of the stadium.
The nearest Metro station is pretty small to be fair.
'Lovely stuff from England'published at 13:08 British Summer Time 22 September 2019
Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 LiveLovely stuff from England. Lewis Ludlam's had some impact. Every time he touches the ball he seems to make something happen.
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Converted try - England 35-3 Tongapublished at 76 mins
Luke-Cowan Dickie (con Farrell)
You can almost see the lactic leaking out of the Tongan defence.
Jonathan Joseph spots a soft shoulder and an over-match Tonga forward, swerving outside and cantering into space.
Options left and right for the Bath centre. Surely they can't butcher this? They don't.
Luke Cowan-Dickie gleefully dives under the posts.
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England 28-3 Tonga
That certainly looked like it will be discussion point in the video debrief.
Dagger looks between Slade and Daly.
'That was as basic as you'll see'published at 13:05 British Summer Time 22 September 2019
Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent at the Sapporo DomeThat was as basic a two-on-one as you'll see. They're gesticulating at each other but if England do that in a knock out game it would be curtains...
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England 28-3 Tonga
Becky Grey
BBC Sport at Sapporo DomeWell that woke everybody up. It was all getting a bit sleepy in the Sapporo Dome.
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England 28-3 Tonga
What a break from Anthony Watson! Gas, step, step, gas and three, four, five Tongan defenders between.
The red defence is in tatters. This should be a walk in for the fourth try and the bonus point.
No! Henry Slade and Elliot Daly get their wires horribly crossed with the former's pass floating straight into touch.
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England 28-3 Tonga
Tom Curry tries to inject some urgency and win some possession as he upends a Tongan.
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Smallsy: From what I can tell so far England’s plan for this tournament is to bore everyone into surrender, then if that doesn’t work make so many subs the game loses any fluidity.
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England 28-3 Tonga
Tonga are emptying their bench now with Coventry's Daniel Faleafa trotting on to make his Japan 2019 bow.
'They haven't done as well as we expected'published at 13:00 British Summer Time 22 September 2019
Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 LiveYou'd expect a player of Maro Itoje's quality to take that. They're building well and have found some nice shape but they haven't done enough of it to tire the legs out of Tonga so they haven't done as well as we expected.
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England 28-3 Tonga
Maro Itoje knocks on as he takes the ball into contact off a flat pass from Owen Farrell. There was not much sympathy on that from Farrell though.
Not much shape, rhythm or spectacle to the game right now.
Less than 10 minutes to go.
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England 28-3 Tonga
England make their eighth and final change. Jonathan Joseph comes on for George Ford.
Which must mean that Henry Slade has said he is good to keep going out there.
Owen Farrell to 10, Joseph and Tuilagi in the centres, Daly and Watson on the wings and Slade at full-back. Funky.
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Stephen MCP Brogarth: Worrying performance from England, a better side would punish these handling errors. Look short of ideas in the backs as well
SeriousFace: Bit of a sloppy performance from England, a number of basic handling and decision errors. But realistically between now and the final, plenty of time to get them right.
'It doesn't help the spectacle'published at 12:56 British Summer Time 22 September 2019
Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 LiveWe're eating up two minutes of the game with these constant resets but it's difficult when you've got a new front row in. It doesn't help the spectacle.
I reckon this might be the worst game of the World Cup so far spectacle wise. Thoughts? Hit us on #bbcrugby on Twitter or 81111 on text.