England vs Japan LIVE rugby: Result and reaction as impressive England notch big win to finish autumn

England look like they’re going to score after quick hands to the right sends Fin Smith gliding through. He cuts inside the final man but is stopped a couple of metres from the line...

That’s another nice score by Japan. Gorgeous hands from Tevita Tatafu sends Tomoki Osada gliding through the line.

A phase later, the ball is offloaded to Kazuki Himeno and he dives over the line. Really good stuff.

Indeed it is. Itoje claims the lineout, the maul rumbles forward and Luke Cowan-Dickie goes himself off the right edge.

He seems to be stopped but spins through one tackle and then powers through another for the try. Not great Japanese defence but good resilience from Cowan-Dickie on what has been a prolific day for the England hookers!

Smith hits the left post with the conversion.

Takato Okabe caught offside and England have a penalty just outside the 22, which Marcus Smith - who is now playing at full back with Fin Smith coming on at 10 - duly kicks to the corner.

Try number seven incoming?

Big moment for 20-year-old Asher Opoku-Fordjour, as the Sale Sharks prop comes on for his England debut.

He’s a super-talented youngster, who has shone at under-20s level, and there’s debate over whether he’ll be a tighthead or loosehead in the long term but he’s playing tighthead today. Go well, big fella.

Tommy Freeman that is sublime! England’s sixth try and the Northampton man has come up with a moment of magic.

From the overthrown lineout, England spread the ball quickly right, Smith pokes a grubber kick through and Freeman gives chase. He grabs the ball and is careering into touch but flicks an offload behind his back, out the back of his hand and George Furbank is on hand to catch and dive over the line.

Lovely stuff! Smith misses the conversion but what a piece of skill by Freeman!

England playing more a territory game so far in the second half and doing so fairly effectively. Putting boot to ball to make decent gains - they haven’t had a sustained spell of possession yet to flex their attacking muscles though.

Fin Baxter on for Ellis Genge in the front row and Baxter immediately seizes upon an overthrown lineout

England stop tthe Japanese maul. They’re keeping it tight in the forwards in the 22 but the England defence now on top and has driven them back a few metres.

They resort to a fairly aimless kick, Freeman calls mark and then boots the ball into touch ten metres in the Japan half. A territory gain of 45 metres there by England - good stuff.

The scrum wheels and it’s England who are pinged. The referee says Japan were going forward first. Whoops and hollers from the Japanese pack. They’ve got a base to build from with a lineout on the 22.

Scrappy is the word for this second half so far. England have another scrum near halfway and they’ll have a new scrum-half and hooker for it.

Luke Cowan-Dickie on for two-try Jamie George and Jack van Poortvliet takes a breather as Harry Randall enters the fray. This could be the sort of game where the nippy Bristol No 9 thrives.