The definitive review of a frenetic opening weekend

09/11/23 • 53 min

After witnessing a frenetic start to the tournament, Chris Jones, Ugo Monye, Chris Ashton and Johnny Beattie discuss the best and worst performances. They analyse winning starts for England, Wales and Ireland and assess what the likes of Scotland and New Zealand need to do in order to improve on their opening losses.

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England kick start their World Cup campaign with a win thanks to fly-half George Ford. Chris Jones, Chris Ashton and Matt Dawson reflect on England’s opening game of the World Cup and discuss a statement performance from George Ford. Hear from their star man and from head coach Steve Borthwick, as well as Argentine international Martín Landajo to discuss how Argentina fared. 01:10 England chat 11:40 George Ford 20:40 Martín Landajo 26:55 Steve Borthwick 32:55 Looking ahead to Sunday

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