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• England have opened each of their last six World Cup campaigns with a win; the last time they lost their opening game of the tournament was a 1991 defeat by New Zealand at Twickenham.
• England have won only two of their last five games at men’s World Cups, including a 60-3 triumph over Uruguay in their most recent match at the tournament.
• England have surpassed 40 points scored in a game on three occasions thus far in 2019; the last time they did so more times in a calendar year was in 2003 (7), including two instances in their triumphant 2003 World Cup campaign.

Becky Grey
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Fresh fruit has been quite hard to come by in Japan but happily organisers provided us with some 'beautiful Japanese apples' in the press room.

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Australia wing Reece Hodge has been cited for his controversial tackle on Peceli Yato in the Wallabies' World Cup Pool D victory over Fiji on Saturday.

Hodge appeared to make contact with the Fijian flanker's head in a no-arms tackle in the 25th minute in Sapporo.

World Rugby says Hodge will attend a hearing before an independent judicial committee in Tokyo.

You can read the full story here.

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As well as the queuing systems, the signage game is pretty strong.

Although let's hope your headteachers are not watching this...

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BBC Sport at Sapporo Dome

The word of the moment around the ground is ‘queue’. The lines of people waiting for food and drinks are so long that they all merge into one snaking round the stadium.

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There are a lot of people wanting to buy merchandise too.

This may look like a scrum, but there is a very clever system of white lines on the floor showing them where they need to stand to keep the queue nice and orderly. I love Japan.

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Becky Grey
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Just had a little walk around the dome. It’s a jungle out there. Some great outfits on show though.

It could feel like a home crowd for England tonight. Plenty of fans have made the journey and most Japanese supporters seem to have thrown their lot in with Eddie Jones' side too.

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It's been another jam-packed schedule of World Cup rugby.

Ireland got their campaign up and running with a comfortable 27-3 victory over Six Nations rivals Scotland in Yokohama.

James Ryan, Rory Best, Tadhg Furlong and Andrew Conway all crossed the whitewash in their bonus-point win.

Earlier in the day, Italy also secured the bonus-point with a 47-22 win over Namibia, the competition's lowest ranked side.

Over to you then England...

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Tonga have picked seven England-based players, including record-breaking fly-half Kurt Morath and captain Siale Piutau.

Doncaster Knight's Morath, who is Tonga's all-time leading scorer with 340 Test points, and Bristol's Piutau are two of four players to have survived from the Polynesian kingdom's final match of the 2015 tournament - a defeat by eventual champions New Zealand in the group stage.

Tonga:Halaifonua; Pakalani, Piutau (c), Vuna, Lolohea; Morath, Takulua; Fisiihoi, Sakalia, Tameifuna, Lousi, Fifita, Kalamafoni, Kapeli, Vaipulu

Replacements: Maile, Talakai, Fia, Faleafa, Manu, Fukofuka, Faiva, Tu'itavake

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The BBC's rugby correspondent Chris Jones has been speaking to Eddie Jones before the match.

"It's massively exciting to be part of this tournament and play in this great stadium. We've prepared well and are ready to rip into it," Eddie told his namesake Chris.

"I want my players to play their best and have a great experience as a team.

"Some guys are enormously excited, some are nervous but they will be at their best.

"They have a good focus to them."

You can listen to live commentary of this match via BBC Radio 5 live, the top of this page, the BBC Sport app, the BBC Sounds app.

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This match will be an emotional one for Billy Vunipola. The England number eight was six years old when he travelled to Twickenham in 1999 to watch England play Tonga in their last World Cup meeting.

Or rather watch Tonga play England.

Vunipola's uncle Elisi was playing for Tonga from fly-half. At hooker - as captain - was Billy's dad Feʻao.

"My mum was so scared of us getting lost in the crowd. Coming from Tonga and going there was just scary. We were so used to everything being small," said Vunipola junior.

"It was our first time on a plane, so our first trip into London itself was the same thing: don't let go of each other's hands because you might get lost. They were very, very cautious."

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George Ford will start at fly-half and Owen Farrell at inside centre as England begin their World Cup campaign against Tonga.

Coach Eddie Jones has also picked the youthful combination of Tom Curry at blind-side and Sam Underhill at open-side for Sunday's game in Sapporo.

Farrell will captain the side as scrum-half Ben Youngs wins his 90th cap, with Manu Tuilagi at outside centre.

England: Daly; Watson, Tuilagi, Farrell (c), May; Ford, Youngs; Marler, George, Sinckler, Lawes, Itoje, Curry, Underhill, B Vunipola

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Cole, Kruis, Ludlam, Heinz, Slade, Joseph

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at Sapporo Dome

Japanese fans with tickets to this game seem to be particularly embracing England. We've seen loads of supporters with shirts on but this family with roses on their hats is my favourite so far.

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The atmosphere has been building all day in Sapporo.

Top marks for the Japanese public transport users giving John Bull a poker face reception on the metro.

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BBC Sport at Sapporo Dome

There are signs all over the place that the Sapporo Dome isn't normally home to rugby. It is usually shared by baseball team Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and football team Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

I can't understand any of the Japanese symbols around pictures of footballers and baseball players hanging on the walls, but the letters MVP suggest these guys are quite good.

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Racing 92's Paris La Defense Arena, with one end dominated by a massive screen, might run it close but the Sapporo Dome is about as high-tech as sports grounds come.

The turf for the grass-based events is kept outside when not in use and then brought in by the way of hanger-like door in one side of the stadium.

The platform the grass is transported on hovers on air jets as well. Obviously.

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And in 2019, he is returning to Japan with an England side that has aspirations to win the whole thing.

"Physically, I haven't seen the side better and we have a really tight squad," he said on Friday.

"At the moment, we are at the top of the roller-coaster and everyone is excited, and you get down to the bottom and you are not quite sure if you are going to throw up or hang on.

"The players have equipped themselves to ride the roller-coaster because there are going to be some turns, some accidents and some fun. We want to enjoy all the things that come along and the team is equipped to handle it."

Strap in and keep your eyes on the screen at all times. The ride is about to begin. England v Tonga at the Sapporo Dome is a little more than half an hour away.

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And if anyone knows their way around the World Cup block, it is Eddie Jones.

In 2003, he guided his own Australia past New Zealand and to the final...

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In 2007, he took some revenge for that defeat by England as part of the South Africa staff that oversaw a victory in the final in France.

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And in 2015, his Japan side scored victories over Samoa, the United States and, famously, the Springboks.

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"World Cups are always emotional. You get to do something that is pretty special.

"To coach a nation and to be responsible for a nation at a World Cup, where you know it's not just rugby fans watching.

"Families watch World Cups. It becomes an event for the country, rather than an event for rugby followers.

"You are playing seven rugby games so it's no different than anything else, but it is in extraordinary circumstances."