I saw a great advancement in the consistency of his game in the Six Nations. What I see of him now is physically a guy who is in great shape. mins: England move the ball left through Farrell and Slade, who grubbers long for May to chase. The winger steams after the ball as it bounces into the in-goal, but it rolls dead just moments before he can ground it! Is not being scared of mistakes the key to playing with freedom? “That’s part of it. It’s more about playing to our strengths. If a bloke jumped off a spaceship he’s coming from Mars, and we’re playing in an orange jersey, you’d want him to be able to say: “That’s England playing.” Last week we were sort of in-between playing like England and trying to adopt a newer style. Which we need to do, but sometimes that gets you confused. Today it looked like England. We even had white shirts on today which probably makes a difference. Mako Vunipola, meanwhile, admitted yesterday that the end of Alex Lozowski's England career following a mistake against Japan serves as a vivid reminder of the danger in underestimating Saturday's opponents.

They will have a lot of numbers in the line, with probably a little wider spacing between them because they want to fill the field," he said.Manu Tuilagi is "100 per cent on board" with being rested against Japan, according to Eddie Jones, who has made five changes to England's starting XV on Saturday. Japan Replacements:Kosuke Horikoshi, Craig Millar, Yusuke Kizu, Wimpie van der Walt, Lappies Labuschagne, Naoto Saito, Seung-sin Lee, Siosaia Fifita.

He's exceptionally strong and he's moving really well. I sense the hunger in him and a desire in him to want to do exceptionally well for England in this World Cup." View from Japan's campJapan have lost their past eight games against Six Nations teams by an average margin of 22 points. mins:Japan win a penalty and from the line-out, Riley hits a great line to make a half-break. England do eventually turn it over though, and Smith's clearance from his own line is a belter, travelling well into the Japanese 22 and giving the hosts some breathing space.