Kevin Sinfield delivers injury update on England squad ahead of Japan clash

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“We showed a bit of what we're about. I still feel there's lots of improvement in us and I was disappointed to concede at the end, but I thought we did a really professional job.

On any injury updates from England's game against Argentina on Saturday, Sinfield said: “We’ve come through really well ... so far so good.”

Sinfield said: “It was a masterclass. He really grabbed hold of the game for us (and) managed it really well.

“He was faultless with the boot. He brings a calmness to us. You want your leaders to step up in a variety of different ways in big games and George certainly did that.

“His relationship and partnership with Freddie (Steward) at the back was special as well in a different way. The pair of them were outstanding and did a really good job.”

“We knew that performance was coming and to have to do the vast majority of it with 14 men shows the fight and the spirit that we have spoken about for some time now - however, it hasn't transferred onto the field for us.

“We knew it was going to be a challenging game for us. We also knew that Argentina are a fantastic team and they’re going to cause some teams some real issues this World Cup but we got through and we took a step forward yesterday.”

Here are RUCK's predictions for the England squad to face Japan, in Pool D of the Rugby World Cup this Sunday.

15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)

14. Henry Arundell (Racing 92)

11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)

13. Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)

12. Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks)

10. George Ford (Sale Sharks)

9. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)

1 Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)

2. Jamie George (Saracens)

3. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)

4. Maro Itoje (Saracens)

5. Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)

6. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)

7. Ben Earl (Saracens)

8. Billy Vunipola (Saracens)

16. Theo Dan (Saracens)

17. Joe Marler (Harlequins)

18. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)

19. David Ribbans (Northampton Saints)

20. Jack Willis (Toulouse)

21. Danny Care (Harlequins)

22. Joe Marchant (Stade Francais Paris)

23. Marcus Smith (Harlequins)