Summary

  1. Postpublished at 17:56 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 7-5 Fiji

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    You can now see development in the way that England are running.

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:55 GMT 8 November 2025

    #bbcrugby, WhatsApp 03301231826, text 81111 (UK only, standard rates apply)

    Great that Marcus Smith is playing but he is not a full-back.

    Sheila, Coventry

  3. Postpublished at 14 mins

    England 7-5 Fiji

    England are back on the offensive and putting Fiji fly-half Caleb Muntz under pressure.

    Ollie Lawrence bundles him into touch and England will have a line-out in an attacking area, about five metres out.

    But that opportunity fizzles out as Ben Earl knocks on at the ruck.

  4. Postpublished at 17:53 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 7-5 Fiji

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It was the speed of which Fiji did that. England seemed to lose sense of where Fiji were with the ball.

  5. Postpublished at 17:53 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 7-5 Fiji

    Matt Dawson
    Former England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    England have got to be sharper around the fringes!

  6. try

    Try: England 7-5 Fijipublished at 10 mins

    Tevita Ikanivere

    The rolling maul does the trick from the line-out for Fiji!

    Tevita Ikanivere emerges from it to dive over near the corner.

    The conversion is wide but that's just the reply that Fiji would have wanted.

    Fiji scoreImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 9 mins

    England 7-0 Fiji

    Fiji will now get their first chance to attack, as winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is deemed to have blocked an opponent from trying to catch a high crossfield kick from Caleb Muntz.

    Kicked to touch.

  8. Postpublished at 17:49 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 7-0 Fiji

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Every play England played there, it was dangerous. Good work from England early on.

  9. Postpublished at 17:49 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 7-0 Fiji

    Alastair Telfer
    BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium

    Marcus Smith got smashed leading up to that try. He bounced back up and got involved straight away again.

    Hard as nails in that second playmaker role.

  10. try

    Try: England 7-0 Fijipublished at 6 mins

    Luke Cowan-Dickie (con Fin Smith)

    Luke Cowan-Dickie burrows over from close range and England are on the scoreboard.

    England go through numerous phases and gradually get themselves closer and closer, and eventually the dam breaks.

    A great start for the hosts.

    Luke Cowan-DickieImage source, Getty Images
  11. Winning runs on the linepublished at 4 mins

    England 0-0 Fiji

    Both sides go into today's match on long winning runs.

    England have won their past eight games, matching a sequence they achieved in 2020. If they make it nine in a row, it will be their best run of wins since an 18-game streak between 2015 and 2017.

    Fiji have won their past five matches, which is their best run since 1999.

    They have never before won six successive internationals.

    Fiji oppose englandImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 3 mins

    England 0-0 Fiji

    That line-out doesn't come to too much and Fiji have a scrum about 10 metres from their own try line.

  13. Postpublished at 17:44 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 0-0 Fiji

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I think Steve Borthwick is right to pick Fin Smith today - he is articulate, measured and thoughtful.

  14. Postpublished at 2 mins

    England 0-0 Fiji

    England are on the attack immediately and they earn a penalty in the middle of the field.

    It's kicked out for a line-out inside Fiji's 22.

  15. Postpublished at 17:41 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 0-0 Fiji

    Matt Dawson
    Former England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The players will be licking their lips with this opportunity. You can imagine the physicality that England will put on Fiji because everyone is expecting Fiji to be very powerful and very elusive. It will be a great contest.

  16. Postpublished at 17:41 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 0-0 Fiji

    Alastair Telfer
    BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium

    If this isn't a full house then it is not far off.

  17. Kick-offpublished at 17:41 GMT 8 November 2025

    England 0-0 Fiji

    England full-back Marcus Smith kicks and the match is under way.

  18. Postpublished at 17:39 GMT 8 November 2025

    England v Fiji (17:40 GMT)

    After a rendition of God Save The King, Fiji's players begin their pre-match challenge - the cibi - to England on the Twickenham turf.

    Fiji pre-match challengeImage source, Getty Images
  19. Postpublished at 17:35 GMT 8 November 2025

    England v Fiji (17:40 GMT)

    And now the national anthems, starting with that of Fiji.

  20. Postpublished at 17:32 GMT 8 November 2025

    England v Fiji (17:40 GMT)

    Before the anthems, with Remembrance Day approaching, the two sets of players and those in attendance at Allianz Stadium will fall silent.

    Both teams' shirts feature images of poppies.

    England shirt displaying poppy for remembrance dayImage source, Getty Images