Henry Arundell's five tries put England on verge of Rugby World Cup quarters

Winger Henry Arundell became just the fourth player to score five tries in a Rugby World Cup game as England beat Chile 71-0 on Saturday to all but guarantee their spot in the quarter-finals.

Arundell's contributions helped the 2003 winners move clear at the top of Pool D and a victory over Samoa on 7 October would secure their spot in the knock-out phase.

"I can't believe it, it's a bit surreal. I finished the game and thought 'how did that happen?'" Arundell said.

"We can't get ahead of yourselves, we are focusing on Samoa now and we want to win the group.

"The future can be whatever we want it to be," he added.

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Captain Owen Farrell, back after suspension, moved to within one point of Jonny Wilkinson's England points-scoring record.

Chile though lost a third straight match, conceding 11 tries, in their first appearance at a World Cup.

England head coach Steve Borthwick made wholesale changes from last weekend's victory over Japan as Marcus Smith started a Test at full-back for the first time.

Chile coach Pablo Lemoine also rotated his outfit as his side, known as Los Condores, played England for the first time in their history.

Smith showed his ability with ball in hand after just six minutes, his goose-step and grubber kick ended up with an England scrum on Chile's five-metre line but Borthwick's outfit, 16 places above the South Americans in the world rankings, failed to make the most of the chance.

England had to wait until the 20th minute to open the scoring as Chile defended superbly, with Arundell crossing in the corner after a looped Farrell pass