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England's returning Farrell 'has fun' in Chile rout / Photo: © AFP
England's returning Farrell 'has fun' in Chile rout
England captain Owen Farrell said on Saturday he had fun as the 2003 winners hammered Chile 71-0 to edge closer to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.
Fly-half Farrell, who had been suspended for his country's first two matches of the tournament, moved within a point of Jonny Wilkinson's England points record two weeks before their final group game against Samoa on October 7.
"It is always enjoyable to pull on an England shirt, but to do it like we did today was good fun," Farrell said.
"We want to keep on progressing at everything and that is the feeling we are getting from the group.
"There was a lot of changes today and we will enjoy this and we will go into the break and come back again," he added
England ended the victory with three playmakers on the field as George Ford came on from the bench to add to fly-half Farrell and livewire Marcus Smith, who was playing his first game for club or country at full-back.
"There are two good players on the pitch there and it is always good to have communication," Farrell said.
"That is one thing we wanted to get better at, the whole team has had the attitude of improving," he added.
F. Schulze--BTZ
