Great work from Kyle Sinckler to dump dangerous wing Mateo Carreras out of touch on halfway. The Newcastle back has been in excellent touch in the Premiership.

The rain may have eased off a touch actually, Ben Youngs deals with his first kick out from under pressure.

Santiago Carreras lands one deep in England's backline and Freddie Steward claims with authority. Plenty of early boot on ball.

And we're off! Santiago Carreras gets us up and running.

Anthems time in the packed-out arena. Terrific volumes, terrible weather.

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This is the first time that coach Eddie Jones has picked a 10-12-13 combination of Marcus Smith, Owen Farrell and Manu Tuilagi, which he hopes will gel before next year's World Cup in France.

England take on Japan, New Zealand and South Africa on successive weekends after their meeting with the Pumas.

It really is wetter than an otter's pocket out there now. Handling errors could be crucial, those with the teflon hands could easily stop any momentum from being built.

Still, next year's World Cup will be at this time of year, in this hemisphere...

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This will be Manu Tuilagi's 47th cap for England, 11 years after his debut. So many games missed.

He played alongside Jonny Wilkinson and Mark Cueto back then; today he'll line up with new face Alex Coles.

An enigma.

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Michael Cheika is looking forward to renewing the rivalry with his long-term friend and former Randwick team-mate Eddie Jones having pitted his wits against him on seven previous occasions as Wallabies boss.

Now overseeing Argentina until the end of next year's World Cup, he is eager to get one over a sparring partner he belives has made a positive impact at Twickenham.

"I always look forward to putting myself up against one of the great coaches and also a good mate," Cheika said.

"He's been England's coach for seven years and that hasn't happened very often there. That takes some substance - it's not just luck.

"He's had a fair bit of success. Reaching a World Cup final isn't too bad and he's won a fair few Six Nations trophies. They won again in Australia this year so he's gone OK."

Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Twickenham

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The heavens have opened.

Owen Farrell and Marcus Smith are teeing it up and hitting practice place kicks through a deluge.

This could get old-school up-the-jumper very quickly come kick-off.

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Argentina coach Michael Cheika has certainly had a full diary.

The 55-year-old has also been leading Lebanon in the Rugby League World Cup, taking place in England.

The son of parents who emigrated from Lebanon to Australia before he was born, he speaks with immense pride about his Lebanese heritage.

Lebanon were knocked out by Australia on Friday, and before the tournament started the coach admitted he couldn't plan too much ahead.

"At this stage, you just prioritise by day," said Cheika, who led Australia to the 2015 World Cup final in rugby union. "Whichever game is first goes first, and then we'll work the rest out from there.

"I'll be honest, I haven't looked to see the dates."

Probably best...

It's absolutely teeming down at Twickenham now. England are all in black, if not all blacks, as the visitors wear their iconic jerseys...

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It's noticeable that there is a big push around the ground to get the rugby-watching public back playing.

Adverts promoting the Rugby Football Union's Return To Rugby drive and touch rugby initiatives adorn pitchside and toilet wall alike.

Some figures suggest that participation in the club game is down by over half between 2016 and the end of the 2020-21 season., external

Eddie Jones can equal Clive Woodward's record of 59 wins as England coach today. Some effort...

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England ran in six tries against the 14 men of Argentina to make it three bonus-point wins from three and guarantee themselves a place in the World Cup quarter-finals of 2019.

With Tomas Lavanini sent off early for an illegal tackle on England captain Owen Farrell, Eddie Jones' side cut loose and first-half tries from Jonny May, Elliot Daly and Ben Youngs established a 12-point lead.

George Ford, Luke Cowan-Dickie and the returning Jack Nowell added further tries during a more subdued second half in sweltering conditions in the Japanese capital Tokyo.

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BBC Sport at Twickenham

The Heathrow-bound air traffic is passing through a sky the colour of dishwater overhead.

But at least it isn't belting down as it has been for much of the 36 hours beforehand.

The pitch looks like a carpet. But I suspect it is as soggy and sticky as a closing time dancefloor underfoot.

There could be some churn and work to do for the groundstaff with matches against Japan, New Zealand and South Africa to come on successive weekends.

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Speaking of South Africa, Ireland underlined their credentials as the world's number one side as they held off a late fightback to take a deserved win in Dublin last night.

Josh van der Flier and Mack Hansen crossed early in the second half as the hosts emerged victorious from a brilliantly brutal contest .

Tries from Franco Mostert and Kurt-Lee Arendse hauled the Springboks back into the game, but Ireland held on.

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Are England on the right track? Or set up to be derailed in the next nine months or so?

Who are favourites for the Webb Ellis right now? Let us know on the usual channels...

England: Steward; Nowell, Tuilagi, Farrell (c), Cokanasiga; Smith, Youngs; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Sinckler, Coles, Hill, Itoje, Curry, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Singleton, M Vunipola, Heyes, Ribbans, Simmonds, Willis, Van Poortvliet, Slade

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Argentina: Mallia; M Carreras, Moroni, De la Fuente, Boffelli; S Carreras, Bertranou; Gallo, Montoya, Gomez Kodela, Alemanno, Lavanini, Gonzalez, Kremer, Matera.

Replacements: Ruiz, Tetaz Chaparro, Bello, Paulos, Isa, Morales, Talbornoz, Morlando.

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Eddie Jones has designed this autumn schedule as a "mini World Cup".

Next weekend, they will face Japan, fellow denizens of Pool D.

After that it is New Zealand, who they beat in the 2019 semi-finals, and South Africa, who they lost to in the final a week later.

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Those two matches headline this autumn's bill, renewing old rivalries and setting new precedents in a world order that has become fiendishly difficult to unpick.

But first is Argentina, who England will take on in their tournament opener in Marseille on 9 September.

It will be no easy loosener then. And it won't be this weekend either.

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It's a shade under nine months until Eddie Jones' England start their World Cup campaign in Marseille against Argentina.

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This afternoon, in leafy Twickenham rather than red-hot southern France, the two sides come together for a shakedown. It's a stretch to call it a dress rehearsal, but it's certainly a costume fitting.

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Do England know all their lines for next year's grand performance? Or are they still very much a work in progress?

Let's get this curtain up and find out...