England have licence to thrill against Japan after acing audition against Australia | Ugo Monye

The Guardian

Steve Borthwick has picked a team to excite fans – let’s see them beat the Brave Blossoms at their own game on Saturday Based on England’s performance last week, there was part of me that thought about writing a piece that would light another fire under the squad. As predicted a week ago , England were galvanised by events leading up to the game against Australia and I cannot remember the last time when I came away from Twickenham so impressed by both the result and the performance . Pretty much every box was ticked. It was a complete showing. Discipline was on point, the set piece went well…