Top work from the United States in defence as wing Blaine Sculley goes limbo low to chop down a rampagaing Joe Cokanasiga and then John Quill limpets over the top to secure the turnover.

Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

That's what pacey rugby looks like. You can't mark it all. Ford strolls under the posts. That's what we're after.

Billy Vunipola runs back a kick and makes metres despite a big hit from Tony Lamborn...

A spot of aerial ping-pong as George Ford exchanges boot bombs with AJ MacGinty. Call that one a draw and a line-out on halfway.

Trouble for the United States. Teenage loose-head prop David Ainuu is hobbling off after picking up a knock in that opening set-piece.

Olive Klifi is coming on in his place. Probably not pronounced like Olive Oyl.

Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's already encouraging for England. Straight away they're playing at a pace we didn't see against Tonga.

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First chance for the England pack to test their scrum strength on the United States machine.

They have the United States crumpling like a car bonnet in the front row.

But scrum-half Willi Heinz is too eager to press home the advantage and is pinged by referee Nic Berry - not that one - for tackling the man without the ball.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at Kobe Misaki Stadium

In every stadium we've been to so far an anouncer shouts 'yooooo', then fans start doing a very organised sequence of claps.

I like it as a way to start a rugby match.

England's George Ford kicks off down the middle. A hounds-of-hell chase from a revved-up Piers Francis who lands a big collision on Will Hooley.

The American full-back sucks it up though and retains the ball.

Anthems done. Big decibels on all sides. Time to bring the real noise though.

Kick-off is next.

Edward: Rugby's coming home! Problem is - I don't know when. Not this time, I think.

Alex: USA to beat. Quarter finals beckon us. Can we do it? Yes!

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Speaking to ITV, England head coach Eddie Jones said: "It's a marathon. We are looking for a measured performance. We know the USA are going to play with pride and passion but we might have a bit more pace. In the autumn, we prepared against Japan within four days so the players are in great condition.

"The Wold Cup is about a squad of 31. We are already seeing sides lose players and we know the game is more physical, so having squad that is in tune, is so important.

"We haven’t done that much training but our run out yesterday was pretty sweaty. It is a warm night so it's a test of your focus to do the simple things well."

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

These boys will believe they're going to win. If they don't believe that they'll get smashed out of the park.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at Kobe Misaki Stadium

My phone tells me it's 26C in here.

It feels very sweaty. I would not want to play rugby in this.

George Ford is at the head of a red-clad England queue. Blaine Scully is captaining the Americans.

Here come the drums...

And the two teams stroll out into a sticky Kobe evening.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at Kobe Misaki Stadium

If you're from America, why are you a rugby fan?

Elaine from New Hampshire has her reasons.

“I’m one of the few US fans, to my knowledge, that has been to every World Cup since 2003 in Australia and that’s because I married a Scotsman,” she said.

“I like the camaraderie, I like how you can be sat right next to somebody from the opposing team and it’s just fun.

“The game itself looks like it’s aggressive and violent and dangerous but if you actually know what’s going on it’s not - American football is much more aggressive and violent.”

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• England and the USA have met five times before with England winning all those games, three of those clashes have come in Rugby World Cup fixtures in 1987, 1991 and 2007.
• The last meeting between England and USA was at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, England winning 28-10 in Lens with Olly Barkley scoring 18 of England’s points that day (1 try, 2 conversions, 3 penalty goals).
• England have won all 17 of their Rugby World Cup matches against non-Tier 1 opposition, those wins coming by an average margin of 41 points.
• The USA have won just three of 25 previous Rugby World Cup matches (L22), a pair of wins over Japan (1987, 2003) and a victory over Russia in 2011.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at Kobe Misaki Stadium

Kobe is a long way to travel for most England fans and Patrick McIntosh decided to go round the long way.

After surviving three types of cancer, the 62-year-old embarked on an expedition from his home in Surrey to Tokyo by bike.

McIntosh is no stranger to adventure - he climbed Kilimanjaro and walked to the South Pole during his treatment - but admitted “it was an extraordinary relief” to arrive at Tokyo Stadium for the opening ceremony on 18 September.

“I arrived in good health and with the knowledge that I had achieved all of my objectives and broadcast so much positive news to people who so desperately need encouragement especially when they have cancer,” he said.

“The Japanese are putting on a wonderful World Cup tournament: the organisation is quite extraordinarily efficient, the stadiums have been brilliant and the games have been exciting.”

Enjoy the match Patrick!

Alternatively England drew their last match against Scotland.The United States won their's by a single point back in June 2018.