England vs Japan LIVE: Rugby result, latest updates and reaction after Will Joseph stars in rout

Rugby’s Nations Championship continues at Twickenham after Wales’ historic upset of New Zealand, as England face a Japan side coached by Eddie Jones. The hosts are heavy favourites to record another strong win and get one over on their former long-time boss, having eased the latest pressure on Steve Borthwick with a record rout of Australia last weekend. 45 points was the most they have ever scored in a game against the Wallabies, who were blown away by seven tries.
England pledged to come out fighting for Borthwick after headlines over an alleged rift in camp and did just that, making it three wins in a row after finishing the summer with victories over Fiji and Argentina. They should take care of Japan in a warm-up for next weekend’s showdown with the wounded All Blacks, though as ever there have been plenty of mind games from Jones, who says his team want the “sky to fall in” at Twickenham as they target a first-ever win over England.
Borthwick has made 10 changes to the side that thrashed Australia for his 50th game in charge, including starts for the likes of Henry Pollock, Max Ojomoh, George Ford and Will Joseph. Follow England vs Japan live below!
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Will Joseph scores record-equalling five England tries as Japan thrashed
Well, how do you even begin to sum up that one?
A complete and utter mismatch - one of the most one-sided Test matches you will ever encounter.
The game was effectively over inside the first 60 seconds, when Will Joseph scored the first of a record-equalling five tries on his first-ever England start and second cap - four years after his first.
Japan’s misery was quickly compounded by the 20-minute red card to Harry Hockings for a high shot on Ellis Genge and it just kept getting worse from there as Eddie Jones endured a horrifying return to Twickenham.
THIRTEEN tries in total from rampant England in their highest-scoring performance for some 25 years, with Freddie Steward, Genge, Cadan Murley, Ben Earl, George Martin, Ben Curry, Marcus Smith and Greg Fisilau - superb off the bench - also crossing the whitewash.
Japan’s two scores came from co-captain Warner Dearns and Opeti Helu.
The only negative for England was their very rough day from the tee, with just five of those 13 tries converted.
They would have had 94 points if they had converted all of them.
England 78-15 Japan
Try-scoring prop Opeti Helu limps off late on to compound a truly harrowing afternoon for Japan at Twickenham.
They are asking questions as the final seconds tick down, but will run out of time.
It’s all over.
Will Joseph named man of the match after five-try haul
England 78-15 Japan
Will Joseph’s older brother - and former England international - Jonathan Joseph beams from the stands as his sibling is unsurprisingly named as the man of the match after his stunning five-try haul.
There is still time for a record sixth.
We neglected to mention that Arthur Clark also came on for only his second England cap a little earlier, in place of captain Maro Itoje.

TRY! England 78-15 Japan | Greg Fisilau 73'
73 mins: He deserves that.
The try is awarded after a long TMO check on the grounding.
Henry Slade can’t put through the conversion from wide on the left.
The kicking from the tee has been the only downside on an otherwise remarkable afternoon for England, who would have more than 90 points if they had made all their conversion attempts.
Greg Fisilau making monster tackles
England 73-15 Japan
Greg Fisilau is not interested in the slightest in taking things easy on battered Japan here.
He continues to deliver some bone-shuddering hits and is carrying with formidable power.
A serious cameo on his second cap for the Exeter back row.
TRY! England 73-15 Japan | Marcus Smith 67'
67 mins: England’s players are queuing up to score even more tries here after dominant work at scrum time.
Archie McParland goes close to a debut try and Will Joseph looks likely to break the record with a sixth, but it’s Marcus Smith who is eventually sent through.
Henry Slade converts.
TRY! England 66-15 Japan | Ben Curry 66'
66 mins: There is still no end to the misery for Japan.
That is try number for England, scored by replacement flanker Ben Curry from close range after the hosts kick for a lineout following a breakdown infringement.
That is Curry’s first Test score.
Henry Slade misses the conversion.
Marcus Smith on at fly-half for England
England 61-15 Japan
There has been no let up in the relentless physicality from England here, despite their enormous lead.
They are still putting in some monster tackles.
For the record, England’s highest-ever score was 134-0 against Romania at Twickenham in November 2001 under Sir Clive Woodward.
Marcus Smith is on at fly-half for England, while Theo Dan replaces Max Ojomoh with starting hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie in the sin bin for a cheap yellow card.
Joe Heyes and Ben Curry are also on. Henry Pollock off.
TRY! England 61-15 Japan | Will Joseph 55'
55 mins: A fifth score for Will Joseph as he races through following an intercept.
He’s equalled the all-time England record for tries in a single game on a fairytale afternoon.
Henry Slade has taken over kicking duties and nails his first attempt.
Try-saving tackle by Henry Pollock
England 54-15 Japan
52 mins: Archie McParland is quickly into the thick of the action as he aims a clever kick in behind for the run of Joseph, but there’s too much on it.
The towering figure of Japan lock Michael Stolberg then tries to race away after an intercept, but he doesn’t quite have the legs to make it and he’s eventually dragged down by a combination of Henry Pollock and Henry Slade.
