Good scrum from England, they turn on the pressure and Japan crumble. Penalty to the hosts which Owen Farrell puts into the corner.

Dylan Riley almost breaks the line for Japan with a flat run from the line-out, England's defence getting an early exam. And they win the ball back, great work to rip the ball back and Marcus Smith puts boot to ball.

Japan's first spell of play with ball in hand, England now stray offside and it's Ellis Genge who is the guilty man.

It's back on halfway so Japan kick it towards the corner.

Owen Farrell dinks it over and England have the first points on the board.

Marcus Smith sees a kick charged down as he looks to put it across the park and Japan have a breakaway - but no, it's pulled back for offside. Owen Farrell will kick this one.

England get an early penalty at the breakdown and they kick it to the corner in an early sign of intent.

England back in traditional all white today after defeat in charcoal last weekend. Conditions are immaculate as we hit our first bit of Swing Low in the stands.

Under way!

Anthems o'clock now. Great look and feel to proceedings at a packed out Twickenham. Let's hope the players serve up a spectacle to match.

England's men are in rugby league action today as well - of course. You can check out that one over here.

The sides are out, the sun is certainly out.

We'll have a blast of the bugle for The Last Post and then a moment of silence to mark Remembrance weekend.

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Of course, Eddie Jones had one of his finest days in the game as coach of Japan when he led them to a staggering 34-32 win over South Africa at the 2015 World Cup.

'Arguably the biggest upset in rugby union history,' we said at the time.

South Africa recovered pretty well, of course.

Matt Dawson
Former England scrum-half

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The defeat by Argentina last weekend is not the end of the world. It may even help the England team's trajectory towards the rest of the autumn, the Six Nations and the Rugby World Cup next year.

But, not for the first time, there was an inability to take the initiative and read the flow of the match mid-game.

England didn't seem to be able to recognise the pressure they were coming under from the opposition and find a solution. They seemed to be waiting for instruction rather than taking the game by the scruff of the neck.

They had control of the game, but not the scoreboard and they sleepwalked into a dangerous situation where they were vulnerable to a lapse in concentration or a purple patch from the Pumas.

England coach Eddie Jones on Prime Video: "It’s a good challenge, Japan are very well coached and we expect them to bring their best. We have been clear in how we want to play, last week maybe the message wasn’t quite right. I’m sure we are going to be on the ball.

"I don’t really know what pressure is."

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Livewire full-back Ange Capuozzo scored a brace of tries as Italy claimed a historic first ever victory over Australia with a 28-27 triumph in Florence.

Ben Donaldson had the chance to convert a late Australian score for the win, but put his effort wide of the posts to signal jubilant celebrations from the Italian players.

Winger Pierre Bruno also scored a try for home side, who were full value for the victory and might have won by a greater margin had they not missed out on 14 points with kickable penalties and conversions.

Australia scored tries through winger Tom Wright, flanker Fraser McReight, prop Tom Robertson and locks Cadeyrn Neville, but gave away too many penalties through indiscipline and were poor on their own set-piece when in attacking positions.

England women's winning streak came to an end in the most important game of all as New Zealand won the World Cup for a sixth time on a historic night for women's rugby at Eden Park.

In what has to be one of the most dramatic World Cup finals of all time, the Red Roses went down to 14 players when Lydia Thompson was shown a red card in the 18th minute and led for most of the game.

Watch and savour. It was an epic...

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They've done it! Italy have beaten Australia...

A word on the weather too. Last weekend Twickenham was absolutely sodden. There are perople watching in t-shirts out there today. It's glorious.

No excuse for slack handling today.

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England and Japan have played only two previous Tests with their most recent meeting taking place at Twickenham four years ago.

On that day Eddie Jones’ team were given a scare as they trailed 15-10 at half-time before rallying, but it was a performance that ended the Test careers of Alex Lozowski and Zach Mercer and meant four years in the international wilderness for Danny Care.

“Japan played really well in that game. We were a little cold and didn’t adapt to how they were playing as quickly as we’d have liked,” Maro Itoje said.

“That game highlights to me that this is not a team to be taken lightly. If you look at their results in the last four or five years, they have taken some big scalps and they are a good team. If you take them lightly, they will punish you."

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BBC Sport

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England scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet says England need to act on attacking instinct, rather than over-thinking, to bounce back with a win over Japan.

England lost to Argentina in their autumn opener, prompting more questions about their tactics and direction.

"We want to just free ourselves up a bit, make sure we are not overthinking things," said the 21-year-old.

"It is a mindset. We really want to hit the ground running and bring that real physicality and aggression."

Defeat by Argentina follows a trend of England losing the first matches of a series or tournament.

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What do England need to work on before the World Cup? Anyone you'd like to see in/out of the side? How will they fare in the Six Nations?

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