Bowen is putting his hand up to cement his spot in the starting lineup. He is full of confidence and clearly is not lacking in pace and skill. He receives the ball out wide and makes easy work of his one-on-one situation before sprinting down the side of the field to score.

Jeff Williams rubs salt in the wounds of the Russians as he absolutely smashes Gaysin on his way to score the try.

England are ruthless today. They were expected to kick the ball out after the kickoff, but instead they want to put the nails in the coffin and De Carpentier makes yet another long range break and try for England.

The ball spills out the side of the English scrum and Mitchell gathers it. Surprisingly, there are no defenders in front of him, so Mitchell turns the afterburners on and goes 80m to score.

Another simple try for the English, they spread it wide from a lineout and Bowen gets the ball on the wing, steps his defender and scores in the corner.

De Carpentier gathers the ball from the kickoff brilliantly, they recycle the ball and swing it wide to Mitchell who takes a gap and scores under the poles. Perfect start to the match for the English.

Next up we have England who take on Russia. England have rested the majority of their starting lineup for this clash.