England 43-29 USALate scores mean visitors manage four tries to hosts’ sevenThere were pass marks for England’s bright young things in a seven-try victory against
USA but not a great deal more than that. Joe Cokanasiga marked his first appearance since the
World Cup with two tries and, while there were some impressive individual showings among the new faces, there were also four tries against and ultimately a sense of anticlimax that a thrilling team on paper could not quite deliver the kind of performance expected of them.
Admittedly England’s side was raw but the USA have not played since the World Cup, they came together only at the start of the week and were missing their best player, AJ MacGinty, through injury. Seen against that backdrop, and considering the USA won the second half 26-17, this
England performance was acceptable rather than exceptional.