England account for Argentina in fiery affair

Rokoduguni was dropped after scoring two tries and being named man-of-the-match against Fiji, as he won his second cap last weekend.

Utility back Joaquin Tuculet believes a gruelling year for Argentina, featuring a maiden Super Rugby season for the country’s Jaguares side, may be having an effect on the team.

“We are obviously disappointed that Elliot was sent off but these things happen in games of rugby and you have to get on with it”, he said.

“It’s an exciting time to be an England player”.

Following a ideal 2016 thus far in terms of results, however, Owen Farrell, Billy Vunipola and George Ford have all been nominated for the accolade, and Jones is happy with the progression that is now being made to turn his players into world-beaters. They provide rugby fans to get a final taste of the action before Christmas, for the teams it is a chance to reflect on their performance that year and it’s their final preparations for competitive fixtures in the New Year.

It was a game in which two red cards and four yellow cards were brandished by referee Pascal Gauzere, with both sides playing with 13 men at one stage.

“It’s definitely a weapon that you can use and it can also work against you if you get it wrong”.

“That’s kind of the definition of an openside – get your head down, work, chase rucks, chase kicks and get stuck in”. “He’s a public schoolboy, holds up the trophy, has attractive manicured hair; he’s been one of those guys who’s done everything easily”. “If you move the ball and you are clever with it and take possession or make them have pressure situations. those are the kind of things that should help deal with that passion”.

They could complete an unbeaten calendar year with victories over Argentina on Saturday and Australia a week later, yet Jones insisted on Thursday that they are still a long way from where they need to be and delivered a damning indictment of player culture under previous regimes.

“He’s the referees boss, so I’ll go through the proper channels as opposed to making it an issue out here and see if we can get something, but I doubt it”. Glen used to sit on the tackle bag and Mark used to tackle him. You put your body on the line and that’s what I do best. “And he made England into one of the best attacking teams in the world because of his ability to attack from anywhere”.

“Because of that we know that when they come to Twickenham, they will not be lacking in motivation”.

Hourcade said the championship statistics bore out the fact that Argentina were second only to New Zealand in nearly all facets of the game and in some cases top.

“If they manage to slow us down in getting the ball out we’re in trouble and we look like an extremely predictable team and that’s what Wales managed to do and Scotland too at certain moments (and).I don’t doubt England will try to do the same”.

ENGLAND: M Brown; J May, J Joseph, O Farrell, E Daly; G Ford, B Youngs; M Vunipola, D Hartley (capt), D Cole, C Lawes, G Kruis, C Robshaw, T Wood, B Vunipola.