England ended a five-Test losing streak with an emphatic 73-8 victory over Fiji in the Nations Championship in Liverpool, running in eleven tries in what was their largest ever win against the Pacific Islanders. The result relieved pressure after recent defeats, though the report stresses that the win must be weighed against a poor, ill-disciplined Fiji performance, with the visitors reduced to 14 men for half the match after scrum-half Simione Kuruvoli was sent off for a kick at Ellis Genge.

Replacement Henry Pollock was the standout, scoring a second-half hat-trick, while Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's acrobatic finish and two try-scoring debuts from the bench — Bristol's Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Saracens teenager Noah Caluori — thrilled the 50,209 crowd at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. England led 35-3 at the break, aided by a fortunate opening try when Fin Smith's kick bounced off the corner flag for Marcus Smith to pounce, and capitalised on a disintegrating Fiji scrum and disorganised defence. The defeat spared England what would have been their worst run of form in 20 years, having previously lost to South Africa the week before.