Eddie Jones’ men will be looking to kick off their autumn Test series with a convincing win over Argentina at Twickenham this afternoon.
But the Australian knows his side will be in for a difficult test.
“They know how to move the ball and they can kick well so we know it’s going to be a tough old game,” he said of today’s opponents Argentina.
England XV: M Brown (Harlequins); A Watson (Bath), J Joseph (Bath), H Slade (Exeter), E Daly (Wasps); G Ford (Leicester), B Youngs (Leicester); M Vunipola (Saracens), D Hartley (Northampton, capt), D Cole (Leicester), C Lawes (Northampton), G Kruis (Saracens), C Robshaw (Harlequins), S Underhill (Bath), N Hughes (Wasps).
Replacements: J George (Saracens), E Genge (Leicester), H Williams (Exeter), J Launchbury (Wasps), S Simmonds (Exeter), D Care (Harlequins), A Lozowski (Saracens), S Rokoduguni (Bath).
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Argentina XV: S Garcia Botta, A Creevy, N Tetaz, M Alemanno, T Lavanini, P Matera, M Kremer, T Lezana, M Landajo, JM Hernandez, R Moyano, SI Gonzalez, M Moroni, E Boffelli, J Tuculet (all Jaguares).
Replacements: J Montoya, L Noguera Paz, E Pieretto, B Macome, L Senatore, G Bertranou, N Sanchez, S Cancelliere (all Jaguares).
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20: Argentina steal the ball back at the ruck before Hernandez’s clever kick puts them 10m from the England tryline.
17: Watson and Robshaw lead another England attack before Joseph puts the ball into touch. Argentina have a lineout on their own 10m line.
Some early frustration for the visitors so far.
ENGLAND 6-3 ARGENTINA
14: Ford gives his side the lead for the second time in the match with another kick after Matera was penalised for not allowing Joseph to release the ball.
Argentina need to cut out the silly mistakes before half-time if they want to challenge.
11: Swing low, sweet chariot rings out for the first time in the match as England launch an attack but a Hughes knock-on forces the first scrum of the day.
ENGLAND 3-3 ARGENTINA
8: Hartley is penalised for not rolling away at the ruck and Boffelli shoots from distance to level the scores.
ENGLAND 3-0 ARGENTINA
5: Argentina concede another careless penalty and Ford makes no mistake this time round.
3: Owen Farrell watches on as George Ford misses an early penalty kick as his strike hits the post from around 45m.
Kick-off: We are underway at Twickenham.
Moments away
Not long until kick-off now as the teams make their way out at in front of a packed out Twickenham crowd.
The players and everyone inside the stadium observe a playing of The Last Post in honour of our fallen heroes along with a minute’s silence.
The national anthems will follow and then the rugby can begin.
And Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade?
“We have had some ups and downs. But we have done very good things during the Championship. What we need is to play at the same level for 80 minutes,” he said.
“England are a complete team, really efficient, but they have some weak points. The strategy will be to attack those weak points.
“You are always under pressure at the top level. The pressure is perhaps more on England. They are No 2 in the world, we are No 10. We are playing here, in the last part of our season. I think England have the pressure on top of us.
“If we lose it would be logical but if they lose it wouldn’t. They have the pressure.”
What’s Eddie Jones been saying then?
“They (Farrell and Itoje) hated not being selected, which is a great reaction,” he said.
“They hate it because they want to play every Test. They love playing for England. They are proud of playing for England and they want to be part of a winning team. Both unhappy. That’s why they are such great players because they are so competitive.
“At the end of the day not everyone is on the same level and at the end of the day they have got to understand I run the team. I make the decisions. And I make those decisions in the best interests of the team and for the individual.
“We had to convince them, not just me but the rest of the staff, that it is in their best interests for this period of time. Then for next week we will try to work out what is in their best interests.”
Welcome
Saturday afternoons and 3pm kick-offs… that’s the norm for Premier League football fans.
But today it’s all about the rugby!
England host Argentina at Twickenham and it’s bound to be a cracker!