England began its 2019 Rugby World Cup campaign with a hard-fought 35-3 win over Tonga on Sunday. The 2003 champions are among the favorites to lift this year’s trophy and started on the front foot as ...

It was far from perfect, and at times not that pretty, but England took maximum points from their opening Rugby World Cup match against Tonga. Today’s back pages: Man Utd are ‘so bad it’s scary’ and ...

Tonga's Sam Lousi is held aloft as he wins a lineout during the Rugby World Cup Pool C game at Sapporo Dome between England and Tonga in Sapporo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ...

England open their Rugby World Cup pool C campaign against Tonga on Sunday and there are two certainties: Eddie Jones’s side will win and they will be hit hard by the Tongans. 2019 Rugby World Cup: ...

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - England was relatively comfortable in beating Tonga 35-3 with a four-try bonus point at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday without the former champion being compelling in the opening ...

England have waited four years to put the misery of 2015 behind them and while Tonga are unlikely to inflict more World Cup pain on Eddie Jones's side on Sunday the coach knows only too well the ...