JAMIE GEORGE ran in a hat-trick of tries as England battered Georgia 40-0 in their opening Autumn Nations Cup tie.
Jack Willis opened the scoring with a try on his debut in as the Red Rose dominated at Twickenham.
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OWEN'S ANALYSIS
Owen Farrell has this to say on his sides performance:
“Obviously tough conditions against a tough opposition, when the weathers like this it's an up front battle against Georgia, obviously a big challenge, but I thought our forwards especially stood up to it today.
“Obviously we said that Georgia pride themselves on their set piece but so do we, and to do what we did in the first ten minutes in the amount of scrums we had and the amount of opportunities we got off the back of it was brilliant.”
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JAMIE'S JOY
Speaking after the match man of the match Jamie George says:
“Great team performance you know, it was brilliant.
“We were fully aware of the threat that Georgia posed in terms of up front, how much pride they take in their set piece, how physical they were going to be there, so the most pleasing thing for me was forwards wise we stepped up to the plate.”
On England's dominance up front:
“It's something that we pride ourselves on, we spoke it before the game.
“We're back here at Twickenham, obviously we're missing the crowd massively but at the same time we always take a huge amount of pride in our set piece, and constantly try and push it and it was great to be able to get it over the line.”
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MOTM
Jamie George scoops the man of the match award after becoming the first hooker to score a hat-trick for England.
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FULL TIME: ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
England prevent Georgia from scoring a point, and take an early lead at the top of Pool A in the Autumn Nations Cup.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
80. Georgia penalty.
Sinckler is penalised for collapsing the scrum.
Georgia try to put the ball into touch for one last attack but it fails to go out.
May keeps the ball in play as the clock goes red and Dobson kicks the ball away.
That's full time, and a convincing opening win to the Autumn Nations Cup for England.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
80. England's defence causes Georgia to knock the ball on and Robson will feed into the scrum with less than a minute to play.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
79. Georgia are being met with firm England resistance, and are being driven further back by England with every tackle.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
78. England concede a rare penalty for not releasing the ball after being tackled.
Perhaps Georgia will have one more chance to get some points on the board.
They kick the ball downfield into touch and will throw the ball in.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
77. England knock on.
The hosts squander the chance to score and knock the ball forward.
Georgia collect and kick the ball away, so Nigel Owens plays advantage instead of blowing for a scrum.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
75. Georgia give away another penalty for slowing the ball down.
Farrell quickly collects the ball and puts it in the corner, he fancies another try before the end of the game.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
74. Georgia secure possession from the scrum, and clear the ball up the pitch.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
73. England come up the pitch, but Launchbury's next involvement is to knock the ball on and England can't capitalise on the penalty.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
72. England penalty.
Georgia don't look like scoring any points though, Launchbury does brilliantly at the break down to force a penalty for Georgia not releasing the ball.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
71. Georgia get the game back underway.
They've got ten minutes left to get some points on the board.
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ENGLAND 40-0 GEORGIA
69. Replacement scrum-half Dan Robson spots a gap in the Georgia defence, and dives over for his first international try.
Farrell adds the two points, and England are forty points ahead.
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ENGLAND TRY!
DAN ROBSON SNEAKS OVER THE LINE!
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
68. England play the ball through the hands of the backs, before Slade kicks the ball forward and sets off after it.
He doesn't reach it, but the ball is carried over their own line by Georgia and touched down so it will be a five metre scrum.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
67. We'll have another scrum after England knock the ball on again.
Georgia put the ball in to the scrum, but Naraishvili is adjudged to have collapsed it, and England have another penalty.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
66. Hat-trick hero Jamie George's day is done, as Tom Dunn jogs on to replace him.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
65. A high tackle from Jonny May gives Georgia a penalty, and the chance to put the ball into the England half.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
63. Max Malins is on for England to make his international debut.
He replaces Ollie Lawrence.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
63. Another handling error sees Ewels drop the ball as it's passed to him, meaning the teams set up for yet another scrum.
Georgia will have the put in at this one.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
61. Youngs chips a kick over the top, that is gathered by Sharikadze.
He tries to kick the ball back where it came from, but it skews off his boot and England have a line-out deep in Georgia territory.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
60. There's still twenty minutes left at Twickenham, it could be a long last period for Georgia.
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ENGLAND 33-0 GEORGIA
58. England's rolling maul is irresistible again, with George powering over the line again for his third try of the afternoon.
He's the first hooker to ever score a hat-trick for England.
Farrell adds the extra two points and England pull further away from Georgia.
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