England brush off Barbarians

England scored three tries to beat the Barbarians 28-14 at Twickenham on Sunday.

The hosts led 13-0 at the break thanks to a try from Nathan Earle, and a conversion and two penalties from George Ford.

The Baa-Baas hit back after the break with a converted try by Adam Ashley-Cooper, but another Ford penalty and Nick Isiekwe's try extended England's lead.

Joe Tekori scored a late converted try for the Barbarians, but Danny Care's last-minute try sealed victory for England, who will play two Tests in Argentina on 10 and 17 June.

England – Tries: Nathan Earle, Nick Isiekwe, Danny Care. Conversions: George Ford (2). Penalties: Ford (3).
Barbarians – Tries: Ashley-Cooper, Joe Tekori. Conversions: Ian Madigan (2).

England – 15 Mike Brown, 14 Nathan Earle, 13 Sam James, 12 Alex Lozowski, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford (cc), 9 Danny Care, 8 Josh Beaumont, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Chris Robshaw (cc), 5 Nick Isiekwe, 4 Charlie Ewels, 3 Will Collier, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Ellis Genge.
Subs: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Mark Wilson, 22 Richard Wigglesworth, 23 Mike Haley.

Barbarians – 15 Alex Goode, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Yann David, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Kahn Fotuali’i, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Jeremy Thrush, 4 Patricio Albacete, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili.
Subs: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Chris King, 18 WP Nel, 19 Joe Tekori, 20 Gillian Galan, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Robbie Fruean, 23 Horacio Agulla.

Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images

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