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England have sought to overcome any loss of momentum caused by the cancellation of their World Cup group decider by engaging in a full-blooded training session on the day they would have been facing France.<\/p>\nEngland have sought to overcome any loss of momentum caused by the cancellation of their World Cup group decider by engaging in a full-blooded training session on the day they would have been facing France.<\/p>\n
The all-Six Nations clash that was due to be played in Yokohama on Saturday fell victim to Super Typhoon Hagibis and was declared a draw, sending both teams into the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
England will almost certainly face Australia in Oita and have begun preparations in Miyazaki, the setting for their pre-tournament training camp.<\/p>\n
Just a few hours before they had been due to clash with France, all 31 members of the squad except the injured Billy Vunipola and Jack Nowell were involved in a practice session that developed into a game played at full throttle.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a tough session,\u201d Saracens hooker Jamie George said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of our game training sessions try to go above and beyond Test match intensity and that was pretty tough in the heat here.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was good, the boys looked sharp and we are building nicely towards getting to where we want to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe usually train at this intensity anyway so the fact the France game was off didn\u2019t make too much of a difference to us, but it was important to make sure we get a good hit out.\u201d<\/p>\n
England depart for Oita on Monday with Eddie Jones due to name his team on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese games are hugely exciting \u2013 there was a sense of that last week against Argentina and then there was bitter disappointment on the Thursday when we found out we wouldn\u2019t be playing France,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow there\u2019s the opportunity for us to turn that disappointment into excitement leading into Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gives us a few extra days to prepare and get our plans into place slightly earlier so that we can fly into the quarter-finals.\u201d<\/p>\n