Will Joseph scores five tries as England beat Japan 78-15

Will Joseph scored five tries as England beat Japan 78-15 in a Nations Championship match, matching England's record for most tries in a single game.

A try is worth five points and is scored when a player touches the ball down in the opponent's in-goal area, behind the try line. Joseph now shares the England mark with Douglas Lambert, Rory Underwood, Josh Lewsey and Henry Arundell. Four years ago, he was a late replacement on his England debut against Australia. He has now reached the same tally as some of the names in the record books.

England made a fast start. They led 32-3 inside the first 20 minutes and were 49-10 ahead at half-time, according to the BBC. Japan's tries came from Dearns and Helu.

The match also turned on a moment of discipline. Japan second-row Harry Hockings was shown a red card for shoulder-to-head contact on Ellis Genge. A red card means a player leaves the pitch, and in this case Hockings was off for 20 minutes rather than for the rest of the match. Contact to the head is taken seriously in rugby, and Japan were left a player short for a stretch of the game.

England's other tries came from Steward, Genge, Murley, Earl, Martin, B Curry, M Smith and Fisilau. Genge, who was the player on the receiving end of Hockings' challenge, was among the scorers too.

There was also a debut to note. Archie McParland, a scrum-half from Northampton, came on as a replacement and made his England debut. The scrum-half is the player who takes the ball from the base of the scrum or ruck and sends it out to the backs, so it is a role that shapes how quickly a team can attack.

For England, it was a result that rolled on from the first whistle. For Joseph, it was a day he will remember for a long time, and one that places him alongside players who have scored five tries for England before him.