England have ended their recent losing run by picking up their first triumph of this year's Autumn Internationals with a 28-9 victory over Samoa at Twickenham.
The visiting side managed to edge ahead with three minutes on the clock courtesy of Tusi Pisi's penalty following an offside infringement, although he failed to double his side's advantage shortly after when missing the sticks under similar circumstances.
A sloppy England side then managed to level up the contest on the 18-minute mark when George Ford kicked over, while Jonny May crossed the whitewash for the game's opening try minutes later.
May managed to burst through after being picked out by Mike Brown, and, after much deliberation from the officials over whether or not it was a forward pass, the points were awarded to give England the lead for the first time.
Ford was on hand to kick over the extras to cement the cushion, which was soon reduced when Pisi added another three points from the boot.
That proved to be the end of the scoring in the opening 40 minutes, with Ford's narrow penalty miss proving to be the end of a somewhat frustrating first half for Stuart Lancaster's side.
England, who were this evening sporting their red kit in London, made lighter work of their opponents in the second half.
Anthony Watson offloaded the ball nicely to Brown, who dived over on the right six minutes after the restart, before May touched down for a simple finish to put the hosts well in control.
It did not spark the rout that many had hoped for, though, with Samoa finishing the stronger, but unable to add to their tally.
In the end it mattered little as Lancaster's men saw out the game to pick up a much-needed win ahead of their final November fixture against Australia next weekend.
Daniel Lewis
