Eleven tries from England, with five coming from Henry Arundell, secured a dominant 71-0 Rugby World Cup victory over Chile in their Pool ‘D’ match played at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on Saturday.
Despite a tricky opening 20 minutes, England took control in the second quarter as Arundell’s first two tries, first Test tries for Theo Dan and Bevan Rodd, and a moment of Marcus Smith magic gave them a very comfortable 31-0 lead at the break with the bonus point already wrapped-up.
With Chile’s Matias Dittus sent to the sinbin in the opening exchanges of the second half, England continued to dominate, a second try for Dan coming before Arundell went over three more times for Steve Borthwick’s side. England’s attack then went into cruise control, with a second Smith try and Jack Willis’ close-range effort, plus 16 points from the boot of Owen
Farrell, wrapping-up the 71-0 win.
The victory sees England keep control of Pool ‘D’ as their unbeaten run continues, putting them one step closer to a quarter-final spot. It was a difficult start to the encounter for England as despite having most of the early territory they couldn’t convert it into points, Chile
threatening on the counter with some free flowing passing to keep the score at 0-0 after the first 15 minutes.
Despite a poor opening quarter, the settling moment finally came for England in the 21st minute as Arundell finished off a scrum penalty in the corner from a flowing Farrell pass over the top to give England a 5-0 lead. Just three minutes later Dan crashed over from the ever-dangerous England driving maul, Farrell adding the extras to increase England’s lead and make
the game a much more ominous one for Chile. England are back in action on October 7 as they face Samoa in their final Pool ‘D’ match in Lille and for Chile, a big match against Argentina awaits on September 30 in Nantes. (C.D)
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