England was reduced to fourteen players after just eight minutes in the first half, however, George Ford's boot and their scrums secured England's 27-10 win against the ill-disciplined Argentina in Marseille.
A yellow card each resulted in Emiliano Boffelli (Argentina) and George Ford (England) converting penalties within the first ten minutes of the first half. Tom Curry's (England) yellow card was changed to red, reducing England to fourteen players for the rest of the match.
Three brilliant drop goals in quick succession by George Ford resulted in England leading 12-03, going in the second half.
George Ford continued his fine form with the boot converting five penalties in the second half to comfortably beat Argentina 27-10. Rodrigo Bruni scored Argentina's first try of the match with time up on the stadium clock.
Scorers:
England: Penalties: George Ford (6). Drop Goal: George Ford (3).
Argentina: Try: Rodrigo Bruni. Conversion: Emiliano Boffelli. Penalty: Emiliano Boffelli.
Teams:
England: 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Jamie George, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 Ollie Chessum, 6 Courtney Lawes (c), 7 Tom Curry, 8 Ben Earl, 9 Alex Mitchell, 10 George Ford, 11 Elliot Daly, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 13 Joe Marchant, 14 Jonny May, 15 Freddie Steward. Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Will Stuart, 19 David Ribbans, 20 Lewis Ludlam, 21 Danny Care, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Ollie Lawrence.
Argentina: 1 Thomas Gallo, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela, 4 Matias Alemanno, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 6 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 8 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 10 Santiago Carreras, 11 Mateo Carreras, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 13 Lucio Cinti, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 15 Juan Cruz Mallia. Replacements: 16 Agustín Creevy, 17 Joel Sclavi, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Guido Petti Pagadizabal, 20 Pedro Rubiolo, 21 Rodrigo Bruni, 22 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 23 Matías Moroni.
