Eleven-try England thrash sorry Fiji to end losing run

Eleven-try England thrash sorry Fiji to end losing runImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Henry Pollock and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso were among the try-scorers as England ran rampantByMike HensonBBC Sport rugby union news reporterPublished7 minutes ago13 CommentsNations Championship - round twoFiji (3) 8Try: Ikanivere, Pen: MuntzEngland (35) 73Tries: M Smith, George, Pepper, Janse van Rensburg, Atkinson, Feyi-Waboso, Pollock (3), Slade, Caluori Cons: F Smith (9)Replacement Henry Pollock scored a second-half hat-trick as England cruised to victory and ended a five-Test losing streak against an ill-disciplined and disjointed Fiji in Liverpool.Playing against 14 men for half the match after scrum-half Simione Kuruvoli was shown a straight red for a kick out at Ellis Genge, England raced away to their largest ever win over Fiji.Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's acrobatic finish down the left wing and Pollock's treble, all celebrated in style, brought loud cheers from the Hill Dickinson Stadium's 50,209-strong crowd after the break.Elsewhere Bristol's South African-born centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Saracens' teenage wing sensation Noah Caluori made try-scoring Test debuts from the bench.England were as comprehensive winners as the scoreline suggested, but the value of the victory has to be assessed in the context of a rabble of a performance from Fiji.The Pacific Islanders famously beat England at Twickenham in August 2023, and came close to doing so again when the teams met in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals a few weeks later.When they met in the autumn, in the midst of an England winning streak, Fiji had been within three points on the hour mark, before fading to a 38-18 loss.This version however, never looked like having the consistency and cohesion to condemn England to a sixth successive Test defeat – a run of form which would have been their worst in 20 years.More to followFiji: Rayasi; Karaivalevu, Ravouvou, Tuisova, Wainiqolo; Muntz, Ku...