- England coach Eddie Jones selects first-choice side
- ‘The focus has been about getting right for Tonga’
George Ford and Owen Farrell have been named together in England’s starting XV for their Rugby World Cup opener against Tonga, with Eddie Jones unleashing his first-choice side in Sapporo on Sunday.
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Written by Gerard Meagher in Sapporo
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