England see off dangerous Fiji to set up All Blacks clash

Rugby Union Weekly

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Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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England have now won nine Test matches in a row after they finished strongly to beat Fiji 38-18 in Twickenham and set up a huge meeting with New Zealand next weekend. Chris, Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson react on-the-whistle from the Allianz Stadium, and we are also joined by England’s Jamie George and Fiji boss Mick Byrne. How much have England progressed over the past twelve months, and what areas will they need to improve on before next weekend? And who has presented Steve Borthwick with a selection dilemma? We also discuss Scotland’s heartbreaking defeat by the All Blacks and ask what lessons Gregor Townend’s side can take going forward.

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0:48.3	18.
0:49.3	Still plenty of fans in, looking to get autographs and selfies with the England players and Fiji players that are milling around the tunnel.
0:56.0	An entertaining game won by England in the end by 20 but at times at half time 1413 and then on the hour mark Fiji waiting for a score
1:06.0	that could have taken it to one point game but it was disallowed, like last week, finishing very strongly in the final 20 to set up a game against the All Blacks next Saturday.
1:18.6	That promises so much after the All Blacks beat Scotland in a Titanic tussle in Edinburgh.
1:24.6	We'll talk Scotland, we'll talk Italy, Australia, we'll talk France, Africa, which is kind of about to kick off. So we'll have loads more on that on the pod on Monday. But Matt Dawson, Paul Grace, and our top team as ever with us on five sports extra and now on the Roveyne Weekly podcast. The verdict, Grace. For one horrible minute, I thought you're going to ask us to predict what's going to happen.
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1:46.5	That's actually Dorses tactic last week was to do that with the New Zealand Ireland game.
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1:54.0	Well, I was a forward pass away from it being, I think, pretty much spot on 20 points I said 12
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