Flyhalf George Ford kicked England to a remarkable 27-10 World Cup victory over Argentina on Saturday in a performance full of intensity and tactical guile and all the more astonishing as the 2019 runner-up played with 14 men from the third minute.
Ford, starting in the place of the suspended Owen Farrell, scored all the points, including a record-equaling three drop goals in a 10-minute first-half blitz that seemed to sap Argentina's spirit.
England was unrecognizable from the team that had lost six of its nine games under coach Steve Borthwick, showing pace and invention in attack and fierce determination in defense.