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England Earns Ninth Straight Win Against Physical Fiji
Autumn International Series
England (14) 38
Tries: Cowan-Dickie, Feyi-Waboso, Genge, George, Arundell, Itoje Cons: F Smith 5
Fiji (13) 18
Tries: Ikanivere 2, Muntz Pen: Muntz
England notched 4 tries after halftime to defeat a resilient Fijian team in their second fall test match.
This win continues the English team's undefeated streak to nine games and supports their triumph over Australia last Saturday.
England opened the scoring through Luke Cowan-Dickie before the visitors answered back with tries by Ikanivere and Caleb Muntz.
Fly-half the Fijian playmaker failed to convert either try but kicked a penalty goal to take the visitors further ahead before Feyi-Waboso crossed.
Ellis Genge and Ikanivere then exchanged tries to ignite an exciting second half.
Replacements Jamie George and Arundell, who demonstrated his scintillating pace, finished off tries to take the hosts clear.
Those scores came around Fijian halfback Simi Kuruvoli spilling the ball when attempting to score.
Skipper Maro Itoje, who also came off the bench, scored the last touchdown.
The English team now meet New Zealand next Saturday in their biggest challenge theoretically this autumn.
Fiji Start Fast to Pressure England
Before this encounter, the English team had claimed victory in 8 of their nine matches with Fiji – most lately taking 30-24 in the last eight of the last global tournament.
Their sole loss came two months prior the tournament in Europe and was a significant shift under the head coach.
With the Pacific Islanders on a five-game streak – their equal best run since 1999 – the fixture was always likely to be competitive.
Following smooth attacking phases, back rower Cunningham-South gained valuable meters before Cowan-Dickie forced his way over for the first try from short distance, with Ikanivere's try off the back of a driving maul providing a swift reply.
Nicknamed the flying Fijians, that was apparent in defense through powerful first-half midfield hits, with number fifteen Marcus Smith, deployed as a additional playmaker, in particular targeted.
But it was the vintage Fijian attacking flair that was the highlight in the first forty as offloads sliced through the English defense for the fly-half to score.
The winger sharply finished a cross-field kick by Fin Smith to take England ahead after he had been illegally challenged in the air by Ravutaumada, who was awarded a sin-binning following a video review.
The English Star Bench Delivers Again
England broke clear from the Wallabies last Saturday in the last twenty minutes through the strength of their replacements that contained six Lions tourists.
A much-changed starting lineup from the victory over the Wallabies did score the next try as Genge went over following a powerful run by Ollie Lawrence, who was returning to the national side after suffering his Achilles against Italy in March.
Nonetheless, after a clever set piece was finished by the Fijian, Borthwick unloaded several of his bench on the 54-minute mark – featuring Lions players Henry Pollock and Tom Curry.
With the match still in the balance, Fiji scrum-half the halfback lost control of the ball when stretching for the tryline to negate replacement the hooker's score.
Breakdown specialist Ben Earl, a try-scorer versus the Wallabies, produced a stunning game-saving stop to maintain a narrow lead between the sides.
It topped off another all-round impressive display by Earl, who picked up back-to-back player-of-the-match awards.
Arundell's pace to chase down a grubber kick demonstrated exactly why England's bench is so influential.
It is packed with stars and talent, which has helped secure victories in the final quarter that were lost versus the Wallabies and New Zealand last autumn.
Given the Scottish side pushed the All Blacks hard, the English team will feel confident of making a big statement next week.
Should they win, the bench will likely play another key factor.
Team Sheets
England: M Smith; Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Feyi-Waboso; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Heyes, Coles, Chessum, Pepper, Earl, Cunningham-South
Replacements: George, Baxter, Opoku-Fordjour, Itoje, T Curry, Pollock, Spencer, Arundell
Fiji: Rayasi; Ravutaumada, Ravouvou, Tuisova, Wainiqolo; Muntz, Kuruvoli; Mawi, Ikanivere, Doge, Nasilasila, Mayanavanua, Sowakula, Canakaivata, Mata
Replacements: Togiatama, Hetet, Tawake, Vocevoce, Murray, Wye, Armstrong-Ravula, Maqala
Sin-bin: Ravutaumada
Refereeing Team
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Assistant referee: Luc Ramos (France) and Katsuki Furuse (Japan)
Television match official: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
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