Kabeya's forward thinking puts gloss on tough battle

TAND-IN skipper Alex Matthews admitted there is room for improvement as England’s Rugby World Cup campaign survived a slight scare at the seaside.

- By James Toney

The 40-point winning margin over Australia looks a solid return from this day trip to Brighton, but you don’t need to dig too deep into the stats to realise it was far from flawless.

The win sets up a quarterfinal with Scotland in Bristol next week and means John Mitchell's side will avoid either defending champions New Zealand or world No.2 Canada until the Twickenham final.

But perhaps this was the feisty arm-wrestle required after blowout wins over the USA and Samoa.