AJ Brimson catches a high ball but then knocks on. France scrum inside the England 30 metres line but a forward pass gives Brian McDermott's side the ball back

England get away with one by their own line as Junior Nsemba is judged to have not touched a high French kick. That would have been a set restart.

Paul Rowley
Castleford Tigers head coach on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The body language of England, they look a bit heavy legged, a bit tired, and France look more aligned. You can tell they play together at club level, and they're all on the same page. Really good start from France.

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AJ Brimson dives on a French grubber kick near his own line. England are under pressure here in more ways than one.

Luke Thompson knocks on. This has been a frustrating start for England.

France hold out as George Williams' cut-out pass is deemed to be forward on the left edge.

England are playing the ball early and get another six. They are now camped on the France line.

Harry Smith's kick is collected by Herbie Farnworth but it's a little shallow and France hold out.

Oh my word. How far forward is that? France half-back Theo Fages gifts England the ball back.

Paul Rowley
Castleford Tigers head coach on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The best chance France have got is to disrupt. And we've seen quite a bit of that. England have had opportunities. They've not been clinical enough yet, but it's still early. France won't withstand this sort of pressure.

England cough up possession as George Williams goes early and Brad O'Neill's pass is forward. France were 16-0 down this time last week against Samoa.

England offload a couple of times as they slice through the middle of the French defence but Harry Smith's kick on the last lacks a little bit of air time and goes unchallenged near the France line.

Paul Rowley
Castleford Tigers head coach on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

When you talk about chasing points, it's these moments where you rue those misses. A player of Matty Ashton's calibre should be putting that ball down.

England think they have scored as they move the ball left and Matty Ashton goes over in the corner but is his foot in touch and has he knocked on?

This is going to be reviewed and will not be a try.

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Paul Rowley
Castleford Tigers head coach on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

England don't have to win it in the first 10 minutes - we saw that in the Papua New Guinea game against Samoa earlier. It was close at half-time and then Samoa just racked up the points.

Harry Smith goes long on the fourth tackle and Matty Ashton gobbles it up and wins a penalty.

Away we go.

There are significantly more England fans than French supporters inside HBF Park as Brian McDermott's side begin their points chase.

Paul Rowley
Castleford Tigers head coach on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

It's a big game for England in terms of holding on to every last chance of qualifying, which is odds against, but we've seen too many twists and turns in this sport to give up on anything. They've got a job to do today. I think they'll do it comfortably. But they really need to be professional. Worry about the performance and the score will take care of itself.

I wonder if that scoreline from Samoa v Papua New Guinea has filtered through to the England camp?

Still at least if it has, they will know exactly what they need to do as the teams line-up for the national anthems.

A few shots of both teams in their dressing rooms. We are running slightly behind the advertised kick-off time for this match as the players make their way out in Perth.