England 27-10 Argentina – Rugby World Cup LIVE: George Ford plays game of his life as Red Rose stun Pumas – reaction
GEORGE FORD played the game of his life for England as they choked the life out of Argentina - despite being a man down.
Tom Curry was shown a RED CARD after a head-on-head collision just minutes into the Rugby World Cup campaign.
But Ford scored all of England's points, including THREE drop goals.
- Kick-off time: 8pm UK
- TV channel: ITV
- Live stream FREE: ITV X
- England XV: Steward; May, Marchant, Tuilagi; Daly; Ford, Mitchell; Genge, George, Cole, Itoje, Chessum, Lawes (c), Curry, Earl.
- Replacements: Dan, Marler, Stuart, Martin, Ludlam, Care, Smith, Lawrence
- Argentina XV: Gallo, Montoya, G Kodela, Alemanno, Lavanini, Matera, Kremer, Gonzalez, Bertanou, S Carreras, M Carreras, Chocobares, Cinti, Boffelli, Mallia
- Replacements: Creevy, Sclavi, Bello, Petti, Rubiolo, Bruni, Bazan Velez, Moroni
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Game on a knife edge with bookies
Such is the recent form of Steve Borthwick's England that this game is seen as somewhat of an even affair, with Argentina slightly fancied to edge it:
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Draw - 20/1
Argentina - 10/11
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Argentina replacements:
16. Agustin Creevy, 17. Joel Sclavi, 18. Eduardo Bello, 19. Guido Petti, 20. Pedro Rubiolo, 21. Rodrigo Bruni, 22. Lautaro Bazan Velez, 23. Matias Moroni
Argentina starting XV:
15. Juan Cruz Mallia, 14. Emiliano Boffelli, 13. Lucio Cinti, 12. Santiago Chocobares, 11. Mateo Carreras, 10. Santiago Carreras, 9. Gonzalo Bertranou, 8. Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7. Marcos Kremer, 6. Pablo Matera, 5. Tomas Lavanini, 4. Matias Alemanno, 3. Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2. Julian Montoya (c), 1. Thomas Gallo
England replacements:
16. Theo Dan, 17. Joe Marler, 18. Will Stuart, 19. George Martin, 20. Lewis Ludlam, 21. Danny Care, 22. Marcus Smith, 23. Ollie Lawrence
England starting XV:
15. Freddie Steward, 14. Jonny May, 13. Joe Marchant, 12. Manu Tuilagi, 11. Elliot Daly, 10. George Ford, 9. Alex Mitchell, 8. Ben Earl, 7. Tom Curry, 6. Courtney Lawes (c), 5. Ollie Chessum, 4. Maro Itoje, 3. Dan Cole, 2. Jamie George, 1. Ellis Genge
Welcome to England vs Argentina
The Stade Velodrome hosts the final game of the day as England and Argentina get their World Cup campaigns started.
Alex Mitchell and Jonny May have been recalled due to injuries, one of whom is the influential Jack van Poortvliet.
Owen Farrell is set to miss the first two matches after receiving a red card against Wales for a high tackle which was appealed after first of all finding out there would be no further suspension.
Billy Vunipola saw red against Ireland but he will be available for the game against Japan.
Ben Earl will be coming in to fill in for Vunipola, while Courtney Lawes will be filling in at captain with the suspension of Farrell.
Thomas Gallo, Francisco Gomez Kodela, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Santiago Chocobares, Lucio Cinti and Mateo Carreras will all be making their debut starts in the rugby World Cup.
Julian Montoya will skipper the Pumas in this game.