Summary

  • Reaction after England start Autumn Nations Cup with emphatic win

  • Hooker Jamie George scores hat-trick of tries at rainy Twickenham

  • Wasps flanker Jack Willis scores first try on debut

  • Elliot Daly dives over after Jonathan Joseph break

  • Replacement Dan Robson goes over from close range

  1. Postpublished at 7 mins

    England 0-0 Georgia

    Jack Willis thinks he has scored.

    The Wasps flanker looks up expectantly at referee Nigel Owens but it is not a clear enough picture for the official to award the five.

    Scrum five England.

  2. Postpublished at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

    England 0-0 Georgia

    Chris Ashton
    Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    I don't want Jonathan Joseph to get lost in midfield, because he has been there so long as a centre I think he might end up in the midfield a lot today.

  3. Postpublished at 6 mins

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    England knocking on the door as Will Stuart picks, rolls and is dragged down just a couple of metres short...

  4. Postpublished at 4 mins

    England 0-0 Georgia

    Jack Willis with some early ball in hand on his debut. A decent rumble.

    Then Ollie Lawrence plucks a duff Henry Slade pass off his bootstraps. Good from the new boys.

    And Ben Youngs' canny box-kick puts Georgia under pressure in their own 22m...

  5. Postpublished at 1 min

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    A kit set-up to catch out the late-comers. England are sporting their away blue, Georgia are in white.

    No mistaking Jonathan Joseph's class in the backline though. The Bath man loops, dummies and coasts through a gap.

    His pass to the wing can't find hands though.

  6. Kick-offpublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

    England 0-0 Georgia

    We are up and running.

  7. Postpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

    England v Georgia (15:00 GMT)

    Becky Grey
    BBC Sport at Twickenham

    Instead of the usual Twickenham roar after the anthems, the stadium fell silent and an England player - I think Billy Vunipola - went for a half-hearted, "come on boys".

    Weird.

  8. Pre-match activitypublished at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

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    EnglandImage source, Getty Images

    The Rugby Football Union has organised several activities as international rugby returns to Twickenham for the first time since March, including:

    • Music chosen by the players, which the RFU said would make the stadium feel as if it is "theirs"
    • Around 300 club shirts will be displayed in the stands to recognise the importance of grassroots clubs to the game
    • A moment's silence before kick-off to mark Remembrance Day
    • Five virtual mascots introduced on the big screen
  9. Team newspublished at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

    England v Georgia (15:00 GMT)

    GeorgiaImage source, Getty

    Look out for Beka Gorgadze - one letter different from the great and retired Mamuka Gorgodze, but with the same abrasive back-row style.

    Giorgi Javakhia, who has been called in late to the replacements, will be hoping to get on.

    "I have never played against teams of such level," he said.

    "England is my favourite team, Maro Itoje is my favourite rugby player and I would be most happy to play against him.“

    Georgia:Khmaladze; Tabutsadze, Kveseladze, Sharikadze (capt), Svanidze; Abzhandadze, Aprasidze; Nariashvili, Mamukashvili, Gigashvili, Jaiani, Kerdikoshvili, Saginadze, Tkhilaishvili, Gorgadze.

    Replacements:Bregvadze, Gogichashvili, Kaulashvili, Giorgadze, Jalaghonia, Lobzhanidze, Javakhia, Todua.

  10. Georgia's forwards shake the Twickenham turfpublished at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

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    Becky Grey
    BBC Sport at Twickenham

    Georgia just did a warm-up scrum on the opposite side of the pitch to me and it was so loud. Quite a ferocious-looking prospect for England's forwards.

    Straight after, England decided to scrummage too. Coincidence? It's going to get fiery later.

  11. 'I don't want to be a one-trick pony'published at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

    England v Georgia (15:00 GMT)

    Jack WillisImage source, Getty

    Jack Willis is coming into this set of internationals on the back of an astonishing domestic season.

    He secured 46 turnovers in the Premiership for Wasps. The next best player had less than 20. Can he supply ball in similar cartel-sized quantities on the international stage?

    We caught up with him and his England under-20 coach to find out more about the new man.

  12. Team newspublished at 14:34 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

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    Jack WillisImage source, Getty Images

    Here is today's cast list. Plenty to look out for the hosts,

    Wasps' Jack Willis will make his England debut against Georgia in the Autumn Nations Cup on Saturday, while Ollie Lawrence gets a first Test start.

    Willis lines up at open-side flanker with Maro Itoje on the blind-side and Billy Vunipola at number eight.

    Lawrence, who came off the bench for his debut in the Six Nations win over Italy,is at outside centre and partners Henry Slade in the midfield.

    Uncapped Bristol back Max Malins is named among the replacements, while Ellis Genge gets a start at loose-head prop.

    England: Daly; Joseph, Lawrence, Slade, May; Farrell (capt), Youngs; Genge, George, Stuart, Launchbury, Ewels, Itoje, Willis, B Vunipola.

    Replacements:Dunn, M Vunipola, Sinckler, Earl, Curry, Robson, Malins, Marchant.

  13. Box-fresh Eddiepublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

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    Becky Grey
    BBC Sport at Twickenham

    Eddie JonesImage source, Getty Images

    Ollie Lawrence, who makes his first England start today, and Joe Marchant came out to have an early look at Twickenham before the warm-ups.

    Then the boss himself Eddie Jones stepped out into the middle of the field in a pair of trainers with soles so white they made me squint from all the way up in the stands. It's been raining all day in South-West London though, so doubt they'll stay that way for long.

  14. All quiet on the south-west London frontpublished at 14:22 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

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    England arriveImage source, Getty Images

    The autumn internationals are usually a big cash cow for the Rugby Football Union, with the money generated from ticket sales, hospitality, bar receipts and the rest helping fund the grassroots game.

    Not this year.

    The game is behind closed doors. With just a handful of media knocking around the rolling stands.

    TwickenhamImage source, Getty Images
    BarImage source, Getty
  15. Last night in Pool Apublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

    Ireland 32-9 Wales

    Ireland v WalesImage source, Getty

    This is the second match in Pool A of the Autumn Nations Cup - the jazzy stand-in tournament taking the place of the usual southern hemisphere tours.

    Last night, Ireland blew Wales clean out the water in the first.

    A 32-9 victory which is a statement of intent before Andy Farrell's men arrive in south-west London next weekend.

    For Wales though, it is a sixth straight defeat. For head coach Wayne Pivac, whose contract has a ripcord escape clause in 2021, things are getting a little pinchy.

  16. Georgia on my mind...published at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2020

    England v Georgia (15:00 GMT)

    GeorgiaImage source, Getty

    You can always expect a tight battle when it comes to Georgia.

    A neck-and-neck contest with controversy, intrigue, disputes and tantrums.

    And no-one conceding any ground.

    But enough about last weekend's election aftermath in the United States.

    Let's get down to Twickenham where England are in home action for the first time since beating Wales back in March...