England dig deep for autumn clean sweep

ENGLAND were forced to dig deep to amass their 11th consecutive victory with Max Ojomoh instrumental in Argentina's 27-23 defeat at Allianz Stadium.

- By DUNCAN BECH

A first autumn clean sweep since 2021 hung in the balance until the final whistle as images of the Pumas’ stunning fightback against Scotland a week earlier raced through English minds.

The 17-0 lead built inside 25 minutes was frittered away as tension gripped Twickenham but to continue a theme of the campaign, Steve Borthwick’s men found a way to get over the line.

Henry Slade struck in the 65th minute to calm the nerves with a try that was set up by man-of-the-match Ojomoh, the two-cap inside centre who created another for Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and also crossed himself.

Much of the game was played in the air and while England dominated in the first half through the boots of Ben Spencer and George Ford, the tables were turned after the interval.