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Porter at the double as England overwhelm Japan

Guy Porter scored his first two Test tries as England revived their Autumn Nations Series campaign with a dominant 52-13 win over Japan at Twickenham on Saturday.

England ran in six tries in total, all converted by captain Owen Farrell, as well as being awarded a penalty try, in an enterprising display far removed from their turgid 30-29 loss at home to Argentina in their Autumn Nations Series opener last weekend.

This was only the second match between the teams in the professional era, with England winning 35-15 at Twickenham when they last met four years ago after the Cherry Blossoms led 15-10 at half-time.

But there was no repeat on Saturday, with the dry conditions and Japan's desire to play a running game of their own making it easier for England to attack than it had been against Argentina.

England forced Japan to concede several costly scrum penalties, as they scored three first-half tries through full-back Freddie Steward, fly-half Marcus Smith and Porter to lead 24-6 at the break.

England coach Eddie Jones, a former Japan boss, had made several changes, with wing Jonny May, scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet and Sam Simmonds all recalled in a bid to inject extra pace into the team.

But England suffered a setback shortly before kick-off when Jack Nowell was ruled out by an abdominal injury, with his place on the right wing taken by Joe Cokanasiga.

Farrell opened the scoring with an early penalty before England had their first try in the 12th minute.

From an attacking line-out off a scrum penalty, England won possession and the ball was worked quickly from Farrell to Smith, with the No 10 sending in Steward on an angled run that left the Japan defence flat-footed.

Farrell converted and England led 10-0.

Smith had a kick charged

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