England Overcome Lightning Delay To Beat Us

United States (0) 5

Tries: Klein

England (19) 40

Tries: Langdon, Northmore, Murley, Van Poortvliet, Randall, Oghre Cons: Ford 4, Atkinson

England cruised past nan United States successful a lucifer successful Washington that had almost 2 hours of delays because of lightning strikes successful nan area.

Kick-off successful nan US superior was held up by an hour, pinch play successful nan one-off Test starting astatine 18:05 section clip (23:05 BST) connected Saturday.

England led 14-0 successful nan 29th infinitesimal erstwhile much reports of bad upwind forced Scottish referee Sam Grove-White to return nan players disconnected nan section for a further 40 minutes.

On some occasions, supporters wrong nan 20,000-capacity Audi Field successful Washington were told to "exit nan seating bowl" and "seek shelter successful nan concourse" connected a connection connected nan stadium's video screen.

Despite nan upwind delays, England still managed to shine, scoring six tries to extremity their circuit of Argentina and nan United States pinch a cleanable three-win record.

Steve Borthwick's broadside started nan lucifer well, taking nan lead done Curtis Langdon aft a maul successful nan 11th minute, while Luke Northmore crossed nether nan posts 7 minutes later. Both tries came pinch nan USA down to 14 players pinch Chris Hilsenbeck successful nan sin-bin.

Alex Dombrandt and debutant Joe Carpenter past had tries chalked disconnected aft TMO reviews, earlier Cadan Murley deservedly added England's 3rd people by crossing connected nan near helping connected nan changeable of half-time.

Straight aft nan restart, Jack van Poortvliet went complete while replacement Harry Randall produced a superb dummy to people successful nan 62nd minute.

Gabriel Oghre vanished England's sixth try, but nan Red Roses were incapable to wholly unopen nan US out, arsenic Shilo Klein collapsed complete successful nan area correct astatine nan end.

Alongside Sale full-back Carpenter, Bath centre Max Ojomoh, Gloucester 2nd statement Arthur Clark and Gloucester fly-half Charlie Atkinson each made their England debuts.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso besides returned after his two-match ban arsenic Borthwick made 12 changes to nan England broadside who hit nan Pumas successful San Juan successful their 2nd Test.

Earlier astatine Audi Field, nan USA's women survived a precocious complaint to hit Fiji 31-24.

Several sporting fixtures successful nan US this summertime person been delayed because of adverse upwind conditions.

Washington is 1 of 27 cities, including Chicago, New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, to person expressed an liking successful staging matches erstwhile nan United States hosts nan 2031 Men's and 2033 Women's Rugby World Cups.

Last month, in nan Fifa Club World Cup, lightning strikes delayed Benfica's lucifer pinch Auckland City successful Orlando, Florida, by almost two-and-a-half hours.

Later successful nan aforesaid tournament, Benfica's lucifer against Chelsea successful Charlotte, North Carolina, was held up by 1 hr 53 minutes against Chelsea because of lightning.

Storms besides delayed nan United States' 31-20 nonaccomplishment to Spain successful Charlotte past Saturday.

USA: Storti; McLean, Besag, Pittman, Fricker; Hilsenbeck, De Haas; Lindenmuth, Geiger, Davis, Redelinghuys, Naqali, Bonasso (c), Daniel, Fa'Anana Schultz.

Replacements: Klein, Iscaro, Kofe, Helu, Poidevin, Alikhan, Smith, Futi.

England: Carpenter; Feyi-Waboso, Northmore, Ojomoh, Murley; Ford (c), Van Poortvliet; Rood, Langdon, Opoku-Fordjour, Coles, Clark, Cunningham-South, Pepper, Dombrant.

Replacements: Oghre, Baxter, Davison, Hill, B Curry, Randall, Atkinson, Beard.