
George Ford took 14-man England back to the nineties with an old-school, drop-goal barrage to seize Rugby World Cup lift-off with a 27-10 victory over Argentina in Marseille.
Fly-half Ford booted all of England’s points and piloted his team so well around the Stade Velodrome that Steve Borthwick’s side coped comfortably with Tom Curry’s red card less than three minutes in.