Ellis Genge could forgive but not forget having his nose ‘splatted’ in a training ground bust-up. At Twickenham on Saturday he got even with the Georgian forwards who sparked last year’s infamous scrum brawl in Oxford.
England pointedly chose to go after the visitors in their area of strength, doing a number on one of Europe’s most renowned packs to go top of Nations Cup Group A.
Jamie George cashed in on England's forward superiority, becoming the first Red Rose hooker to score a hat-trick of tries and leaving boss Eddie Jones to declare: “We won the most important contest of the game. “In every game of rugby there’s a key contest you have to win," he added. "Psychologically we wanted to take the scrum away from Georgia.” Nobody enjoyed
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