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Adam Radwan's first try was one of eleven for England in their comprehensive win over Tonga.
England v Tonga England: (29) 69 Tries: Radwan, George 2, May 2, Itoje, Youngs 2, Smith, Blamire, Mitchell Cons: Slade 2, Smith 5 Tonga: (3) 3 Pen: Takulua
England's Autumn Nations Series was launched with an 11-try demolition of Tonga before a packed Twickenham.
For the first time since March 2020, the 81,000 returned were treated to five first-half attempts by the hosts.
Before Marcus Smith's attempt, the pace slowed and got the crowd up. This set off an England-style onslaught.
After captain Owen Farrell had a positive Covid-19 Test, the dominant performance was achieved.
England faces Australia next Saturday, before facing South Africa, the world champions.
England's attack is lively in Farrell's absence
Eddie Jones, the head coach, has been working to improve his team with the 2023 World Cup in view. However, he had to make a larger change than he expected just before kick-off.
England announced just 82 minutes before the start of the game that George Furbank, who had never been at 10 in any of his previous international appearances, would replace Farrell as fly-half. This was after Captain Covid-19 was confirmed.
Many fans wanted to see Harlequins' star Smith get a start. However, Smith had only minimal training due to a minor injury to his leg and veteran George Ford was not allowed to train with the team.
Despite the late change England's attack was quick to get off to a good start. Adam Radwan, one of Jones' future World Cup stars, wriggled through defenders to score in right corner.
England was unable to sustain momentum after a Jamie George maul attempt, but they tried to counter it with exciting moments.
Furbank nearly silenced those who doubted his last minute selection with an impressive break which came dangerously close at an individual score.
England, who received Martin Gleeson as their new attack coach after a disappointing Six Nations, continued to work hard with sneaky offloads.
Manu Tuilagi eventually bulldozed through the Tongan defenders and proved he is back on the international stage, before Jonny May gave the fans the goods with a swan diving to score on the right.
England almost lost it with those offloads. Tonga's full-back Telusa Veainu seized an intercept and appeared certain to score. Courtney Lawes, stand-in captain, managed to save the day by putting in an amazing try-saving tackle.
Ellis Genge, who broke through the defenders to set Maro Itoje up for scoring before Ben Youngs scored his 110th cap.
Speedy Smith shines bright
Tier two side Tonga lost 102-0 to New Zealand earlier in the year and 60-14 last weekend to Scotland. This provided an opportunity for England to develop its new talent ahead of next World Cup.
After the break, the old guard also took part in the spotlight. Youngs, the scrum-half (who started with Raffi Quirke, Harry Randall and both young hopefuls) ripped the ball from Sione Vailanu's hands and covered half of the pitch to score his second.
The crowd was eager to see the next generation of talent and Harlequins fly half Smith took to the field in 53 minutes to huge cheers.
The 22-year old immediately demonstrated what he could bring to English rugby by screaming for a tap penalty and then distributing the ball directly to May, who was just short of the line.
Mark Atkinson, the Gloucester centre, was added to the matchday 23 as a last-minute replacement for Furbank. But Smith continued to impress.
The fly-half appeared to be playing fast-forward, and his quick hands were used for slow-motion replays on a big screen.
Youngs broke after Viliami Fine, Tonga's replacement for Smith, was sent off for elbowing Smith. May made an excellent offload to Youngs on his inside and the wing went over for his second attempt.
The game was in a lull. A Mexican wave broke out in try-starved stands. George crossed again from close range, before Smith's score. This truly woke up the crowd.
Henry Slade created a gap, and Smith was waiting to grab the ball from Smith and give the fans what appeared to be their favorite try of the afternoon.
England's other newcomers also followed their lead and Newcastle forward Jamie Blamire scored his third cap, just before Alex Mitchell scored his debut.
Henry Slade is the Man of the Match
England's key leader in midfield was Slade, who made 71m and eight runs as well as defeating five defenders.
Line-ups
England: Steward; Radwan, Slade, Tuilagi, May; Furbank, Youngs; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Hill, Lawes (capt), Underhill, Curry.
Blamire and Marler, Stuart, Ewels and Dombrandt are all available as replacements.
Tonga: Veainu; W Fifita, Hingano, Taumoepeau, Kata; Morath, Takulua (capt); Fisi'ihoi, Ngauamo, Tameifuna, L Fifita, Halaifonua, Timani, Kafatolu, Vailanu.
Replacements: Maile, Uhila, Fia, Funaki, Havili, Fukofuka, Faiva, Fine.
Sin-bin: Kata (32’), Fifita (46)’
Red card: Fine (69’)
