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17th November 2018
04:46pm GMT

They'd put some amount of energy into that first half with men like Sakate and Van der Walt in particular hurling themselves into, on top of and all around anything that moved in an England jersey.
Time for a breather. Relax lads.
Rather than relaxing and devising a plan to do in the second half what they did in the first, they were back out onto the field after spending less than ten minutes in the dressing room.
They were out on the Twickenham pitch five minutes early and they were lining out for lineouts and they were carrying out set-piece moves.
The Sky Sports commentators weren't the only ones surprised by this tactic from the Japanese.
In the end, it didn't work out too well for them with England turning on the style in the second half. The Japanese, in contrast didn't even register a score with England running out 35-15 winners.Explore more on these topics: