Five-try Joseph stars in England rout of Japan

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And when Joseph went over in the 57th minute off an intercept, he became just the fifth player to score five tries in a Test for England after Douglas Lambert, Rory Underwood,…

Will Joseph marked his first Test start with a record-equalling five tries as England thrashed Japan 78-15 in their Nations Championship clash at Twickenham on Saturday.

The recalled Gloucester wing, winning just his second cap, seized his chance to stake a claim for a place in England coach Steve Borthwick's squad for next year's Rugby World Cup in Australia in style.

The younger brother of former England international Jonathan Joseph, Will struck as early as the opening minute.

England crossed Japan's line eight times in a first half that finished with Borthwick's team out of sight at 49-10 and Joseph having run in four of England's eventual 13 tries.

An utterly lopsided encounter saw England post both their highest score and record-winning margin against Japan, surpassing a 60-7 success at the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Joseph had a hat-trick inside an opening quarter when England scored five tries as they capitalised on a man advantage after Japan lock Harry Hockings was given a 20-minute red card for a high tackle on Ellis Genge.

And when Joseph went over in the 57th minute off an intercept, he became just the fifth player to score five tries in a Test for England after Douglas Lambert, Rory Underwood, Josh Lewsey and Henry Arundell.

England kicked off having made 10 personnel changes to the starting side that overwhelmed Australia 45-22 at Twickenham last weekend ahead of next week's clash with New Zealand.

Henry Pollock was in at No 8 after scoring two tries off the bench against the Wallabies having replaced injured wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso at half-time.

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