Will Joseph (five), Freddie Steward, Ellis Genge, Cadan Murley, Ben Earl, George Martin, Ben Curry, Marcus Smith, Greg Fisilau score tries as England post huge Nations Championship victory, with Eddie Jones' Japan alarmingly inferior in contest; Joseph on first appearance since July 2022

Will Joseph scored five tries on his first England appearance since 2022 as the hosts destroyed Japan at Twickenham

Will Joseph scored five tries on his first England appearance since 2022 as Steve Borthwick's side destroyed Japan 78-15 in Saturday's Nations Championship.

Joseph (five), Freddie Steward, Ellis Genge, Cadan Murley, Ben Earl, George Martin, Ben Curry, Marcus Smith and Greg Fisilau each scored tries on a day when Japan appeared alarmingly inferior to the hosts, copping a 20-minute red card to lock Harry Hockings after just a minute of play.

Indeed, England's points total would even have been 16 greater had eight conversions not been missed off the kicking tee - George Ford missing six, Henry Slade two.

Japan scored tries through lock Warner Dearns and replacement prop Opeti Helu, but it was a rather sombre return for former England head coach Eddie Jones to Twickenham, with his side falling well short of professional standards.

Story of the match

The Test could hardly have started worse for Japan: Joseph sprinting and powering clear down the right in acres of space to score inside a minute, and the TMO bringing Hockings' high tackle on Genge to the referee's attention before Ford even took the conversion.

Joseph got over England's opener inside 60 seconds of the Test

That left Japan down to 14, and by the sixth minute news came from the bunker Hockings' yellow had been upgraded to a 20-minute red.

Two minutes later, England captain Maro Itoje somewhat bizarrely chose to kick for three points off the kicking tee after a scrum penalty, but Joseph soon had his second, collecting a clever Steward grubber-kick angled towards the corner.

Naoto Saito kicked over a 40-metre penalty for Japan to get onto the board, but England had their third try in the 15th minute: Steward finishing after Martin had bulldozed his way forward.

Freddie Steward scored England's third in the 15th minute as they made Japan pay for an early 20-minute red card

Within moments, Genge stormed over for England's fourth as England cut through at will and he handed off a succession of Japanese defenders, with Joseph completing his hat-trick inside 20 minutes seconds later, flying over in the corner again.

Prop Ellis Genge wrestled his way past and over a succession of Japan defenders to score

The Gloucester wing continued to show off his pace and power, bamboozling Japan to score his fourth in the 24th minute, before opposite wing Murley slid over for a try in the corner for England's seventh inside half an hour.

Joseph acrobatically finished to score his fourth try of the first half

With Japan missing out on a try when tighthead Shuhei Takeuchi was held up, the visitors were next to score in any case as Dearns finished strongly from close range.

Cadan Murley got in on the act as England scored seven tries within 30 minutes

England had the final say of the first period, however, as a dominant rolling maul saw Earl get in on the scoring act for a half-time score of 49-7.

Into the second half, Ford produced a stunning 50:22 to earn England a five-metre lineout chance - one which they always looked likely to score from, and duly did through Martin.

The impressive George Martin powered his way over for a second-half England try

Japan lock Michael Stolberg then made a break up the middle of the pitch from deep and was caught by Henry Pollock, but England's Luke Cowan-Dickie was sin-binned for playing the ball while offside after the line-break.

It mattered little as Japan overthrew their five-metre lineout, and Joseph soon remarkably had his fifth try of the Test after plucking an intercept and running clear.

Joseph celebrates running in his fifth try - equalling the record for an England player

When Curry and Smith went over for England's 11th and 12th tries off lineout attacks, England's home support barely cheered, such was the disparity between the two sides.

Replacement back-row Fisilau was then awarded England's 13th try with seven minutes left, despite appearing to be held up, completing the scoring.

'Speechless' Joseph: A very special day for me

England wing and player of the match Will Joseph told ITV:

"Today was, personally, a very special day. I loved every minute of that.

"I loved the way the team moved the ball today. It was a joy to be part of. I'm speechless - it was a pretty perfect day.

"There were a few changes, and it was a short turnaround, but we got together really quickly. The performance we put in today just shows how hard we've been working behind the scenes.

"I'm going to enjoy today, then we'll be in Sunday and get our heads round the All Blacks. That's another challenge I'm looking forward to being part of - if selected!"

'Proud' Itoje: I don't even know how many tries Joseph scored!

England captain Maro Itoje told ITV:

"The performance was very good.

"Japan are a tricky team who gave Wales problems last week but we dealt with those problems.

"I'm super proud of our guys - the guys who came in, Archie [McParland] making his debut, Will making his second cap - I don't even know how many tries he scored!

"I'm just so proud of the team."

What's next?

For England, they next face New Zealand in their third Nations Championship Test of the autumn at Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Saturday, November 21 (2.10pm kick-off).

Japan travel to face Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh for their next Test, also on Saturday November 21 (2.10pm kick-off).