Eddie Jones is eager for his team to stick to their plan and arrive at the knockout stages with gathering momentum
Compared to their last three Rugby
World Cup campaigns things are going almost unnervingly smoothly for
England at present. They have no major injury concerns, the squad are relishing each other’s company in
Japan and their lineup to face
Argentina has an increasingly settled, confident look to it.
Big tournament life is not supposed to be so serene, as England know from weary experience. By this point in 2007 they had been beaten 36-0 by South Africa; in 2011 the wheels were already beginning to wobble in New Zealand. Four years ago they were in the process of losing to Wales and Australia on consecutive Saturdays, a grim old period for all concerned.