England pulls away late against Fiji for Ninth straight win
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England player ratings vs Fiji: Cunningham-South stars, Arundell makes instant impact on return
Chandler Cunningham-South 9: Impressed on his first England start at No8, matching Fiji’s physicality, and making some huge driving runs with the ball in hand. Made a crunching tackle to put an end to a dangerous Fiji attack early in the second half.
It was scratchy, sloppy and scattergun at times but England roll into an encounter with New Zealand that will define their November with their winning run still intact. Steve Borthwick and his staff will not necessarily take great heart from an evening against Fiji where more went wrong than right but there can be no greater runway on which to build speed into a collision with the All Blacks than a smooth approach of nine consecutive victories.
Fiji won 30-22 in what was England's final warm-up game before the 2023 World Cup. It was Fiji's first ever win over England. It was also England's fifth defeat in six - their defence was fragile and their attack outclassed.
England survived a scare against Fiji to come from behind and keep their noses in front before a late flourish to secure a 38-18 Autumn Nations Series victory.
An end-to-end Autumn Nations Series match at Twickenham ended in England’s ninth successive win as Steve Borthwick’s well-stocked hosts eventually proved too much for a fearless Fijian group to handle.
Henry Pollock, who has scored three tries in his first two England appearances, knocks on at the base of the scrum and Fiji survive for now. With the game probably won now, England and Lions captain Maro Itoje is going to come on for the final 10 minutes.
LONDON - England withstood a testing physical assault from a fired-up Fiji before their Bomb Squad again helped them take control to secure a 38-18 victory at Twickenham on Saturday, their ninth successive win,