Daly gets England out of muddle with double

LIVEWIRE wing Elliot Daly scored two excellent tries as England overcame a stodgy middle period to produce another strong finish and complete a hattrick of victories in their November internationals.

Mike Brown, Alex Lozowski and Charlie Ewels had a somewhat experimental England 22-7 ahead at half-time and they piled on the points in the final quarter as Daly, twice, Henry Slade and Semesa Rokoduguni completed the rout.

It was far from plain-sailing, however, as England were second-best at the breakdown all day and for long periods struggled to impose themselves on a team beaten by Romania last week.

‘It was a bit of a muddling performance from us,’ England coach Eddie Jones said. ‘We started well but got a bit seduced by the perceived easiness of the game and got hauled back.

‘We have a hell of a lot of work to do, we don’t have the consistency of doing the small things right, but we’ve got time to get it right.’