Roko stars in England win over Fiji

The Fiji-born winger scored two tries and was one of the stars of a dominant 58-15 win at Twickenham on Saturday as England continued their superb 2016.

Furthermore, Tom Wood has rejoined the squad to provide injury cover having been sent back to his club on Tuesday, although the Northampton captain is now struggling with illness.

England beat Fiji on Saturday for their 11th win from 11 games under Jones and are next scheduled to face the All Blacks in 2018. We have to make sure we have a game we can play under any conditions, whether they be a typhoon, a monsoon, a hurricane, snow, 35C or 85% humidity.

The visitors’ defence was split apart twice again as first Rokoduguni and then Launchbury crossed with no tackler in sight as England cruised to victory.

He remarked: “England at Twickenham is the game Fiji will have targeted on their tour”.

Before Saturday’s kick-off, Jones had called on England to play “fish and chips” rugby in order to prevent a Fijian “kava party” at Twickenham and after seeing the hosts run in nine tries he said: “It was the best fish and chips in England!” Only the try was ruled out by obstruction.

Rokoduguni looked a threat nearly every time he had the ball in hand and scored two tries on his second appearance as England ran out 58-15 winners. Back the ball came, and fullback Alex Goode scored England’s sixth try from an overlap.

Four players scored their first global tries as England ran in nine, with Semesa Rokoduguni grabbing two in a man-of-the-match performance in his second test, two years after the first.

Fiji’s players will only be paid £400 each for the match, which former England scrum-half Matt Dawson says is “farcical”.

Each England player was receiving 22,000 pounds for the match, compared to 400 pounds for each Fijian. “Thank you very much for the kind contribution'”.

However, the Saracen has been cleared to start in a back row that sees Teimana Harrison displace Tom Wood at openside in the only change to the pack that subdued South Africa 37-21 last weekend.

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.

Switched from outside centre to left wing, Elliot Daly showed the type of adaptability that could be a crucial ingredient of the 2019 World Cup squad.

‘When you have had a hard personal experience like he had two years ago he came back today and was really nervous before the game.

He follows Nicky Little (71), present captain Akapusi Qera (51), and Seremaia Bai (50) to the mark, 11 years after his debut. The Fijians will be as keen to end their winless run against England, as England were at the weekend against the Springboks.