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Dominic Young has present scored 4 tries for England astatine this World Cup| England (18) 42 |
| Tries: Hall 2, Thompson, Whitehead, Radley, Young 2 Goals: Sneyd 7 |
| France (12) 18 |
| Tries: Mourgue, Pelissier, Romano Goals: Mourgue 3 |
England each but secured their spot successful the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a comfy 42-18 triumph implicit France successful Bolton.
Shaun Wane's broadside person 2 wins from 2 games aft thrashing Samoa successful their opening lucifer and person a points quality of 78 astatine the apical of Group A.
They volition purpose to implicit a flawless transition to the knockout stages erstwhile they look debutants Greece successful their last radical crippled successful Sheffield adjacent Saturday.
Winger Ryan Hall extended his try-scoring grounds for England with 2 successful the opening 11 minutes, finishing disconnected swift squad moves into the corner, and Luke Thompson added a 3rd try.
After their mediocre start, France deed backmost arsenic Arthur Mourgue reacted quickest to a ricochet from his ain grubber footwear and Eloi Pelissier burrowed implicit from adjacent scope for a 18-12 half-time deficit.
But Elliott Whitehead and Victor Radley crossed aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional and winger Dominic Young added 2 more, including a superb length-of-the-field try.
Arthur Romano scored a consolation for France precocious on.
More to follow.
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