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England scored seven tries — but conceded a worrying four — as a virtual reserve team beat a spirited United States 43-29 in an entertaining though ragged Twickenham clash on Saturday.
England were without 13 players on Lions duty and several others being rested, and starting with eight debutants, they led 26-3 at half-time after two tries for Joe Cokanasiga and one each for Sam Underhill and Ollie Lawrence.
The second-half was an end-to-end affair with some loose England defending allowing Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz, Cam Dolan, Hanco Germishuys and Christian Dyer all to score for a battling American team playing their first match since the 2019 World Cup.
Debutant trio Jamie Blamire, Marcus Smith and man of the match scrum-half Harry Randall all scored for England, but Lewis Ludlam’s late effort was ruled out for an earlier infringement, as they did enough to send the 10,000 crowd home happy.