Look England to face Fiji
England said Daly had an “upper body injury”, with No 8 Vunipola battling against “upper body soreness” and Fiji-born back-row Hughes trying to overcome a lower leg injury following their 37-21 victory over South Africa at Twickenham last weekend.
The Grand Slam champions extended their triumphant run to 12 Tests after routing Fiji 58-15 in the second of the autumn’s four internationals at Twickenham, amassing nine tries against the outgunned Islanders.
They are now just two victories away from England’s best ever winning streak which was the 14 under Clive Woodward.
The 29-year-old, who now plays for Bath, joined Lytchett Minster in 2008 and helped them gain promotion to Hampshire One while training with the Army at Bovington camp.
“We put an emphasis on the first 20 minutes to get a good start, we let ourselves down a little bit there last week so we are happy to make improvements in that area but fair play to Fiji, to be honest, it was a tough game and it took some doing”.
“Playing them at Twickenham is always a very exciting prospect”.
‘But that is the next step of a team going forward – that is what we want to achieve. We don’t want to have a kava party, we want to eat fish and chips, so we will be making sure we eat fish and chips on Saturday.
A passive Fijian defence waved them through at every opportunity, but either side of half-time it became the hosts’ turn to crumble as Nemani Nadolo, Leone Nakarawa and Metuisela Talebula plundered soft tries.
Joseph picked off an intercept after a wild pass by Josh Matavesi and with England’s superior fitness beginning to tell, Ford sent Rokoduguni strolling over to complete the scoring.
Elliot Daly made his first start last week and impressed at centre and was also on the scoresheet from the wing against Fiji.
“Billy loves playing. My experience with Tongan players is that they love playing and they want to play”, Jones said.
It has been 743 days since Semesa Rokoduguni made his England debut and the Bath wing described by George Ford as the most risky player he has ever seen has had to bide his time to win a second cap.
Harrison has ousted Northampton team-mate Tom Wood at openside and edged out Nathan Hughes to win the third cap of a career that appeared destined for an inglorious end when he was replaced 31 minutes into his most recent appearance.
Fiji have no new injury concerns, but have been left fuming over the meager pay-check their players will be receiving for this game, with some players receiving only £400 for a game that will net the RFU £10 million.
Suddenly Fiji were awake and a real threat.
Farrell again converted to move past the 500-point mark, behind only Jonny Wilkinson (1179) on England’s all-time scoring list.
“I’m not frustrated by the three tries we conceded”, insisted Jones.
“If they are offered a job I will encourage them to take it and work out how to beat New Zealand – because that is one of our aims”.