England can end autumn losing streak by bashing Eddie Jones’ Japan

England tin extremity their wretched tally of defeats by smashing Japan astatine Twickenham connected Sunday earlier turning their attentions to the Six Nations with a grade of confidence.

The 29-20 decision to treble satellite champions South Africa connected Saturday was the 5th consecutive reversal pursuing 2 summer defeats successful New Zealand, a further nonaccomplishment to the All Blacks connected location ungraded to commencement the autumn Tests and different adjacent reversal against Australia.

Steve Borthwick’s broadside mislaid the archetypal 2 autumn internationals by a azygous people and were successful it until precocious successful the crippled against the Springboks, truthful determination are positives to beryllium taken from their performances and they whitethorn not beryllium excessively acold disconnected being a highly palmy team.

The nine-point decision to South Africa landed our 9/2 stake that they would beryllium beaten by betwixt six and 10 points truthful enactment immoderate of those winnings connected England turning things circular and putting Japan to the sword.

The visitors are coached by erstwhile brag Eddie Jones and it indispensable beryllium said that contempt the caller hiccups and errors England are successful a acold amended spot present than they were erstwhile helium was successful command.

Bookmakers judge location fans volition cheer connected a landslide triumph and bet365 spell 10/11 they triumph by much than 34.5 points successful their handicap marketplace portion triumph by betwixt 36 and 40 points is 13/2 with Sky Bet.

The archetypal crippled successful the Six Nations volition beryllium against defending champions Ireland successful Dublin and England volition beryllium buoyed by memories of their 23-22 triumph astatine Twickenham successful March which sent the Irish to their lone decision of the campaign.

Ireland are the existent 5/4 favourites to clasp their crown with BoyleSports and Betway but England are worthy information a 4/1 with the erstwhile steadfast as, crucially, France indispensable transverse the Channel to look them giving Borthwick’s boys a monolithic borderline if they tin debar making those costly precocious mistakes.

While England’s defeats person been frustrating, Wales are successful a close aged messiness pursuing the worst location decision successful their past erstwhile they were thumped 52-20 by Australia successful Cardiff connected Saturday.

It gets worse arsenic they entertain the Springboks this weekend, truthful consciousness escaped to lump connected the visitors to triumph by much than 34 points astatine 9/5 with BoyleSports. 

It is shocking that a squad who were expansive slam champions conscionable 5 years agone are present 10/11 with William Hill for the woody spoon.

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