England outclass USA in dominant win amid lightning delays in Washington DC

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On a perfectly unlovely summer's day in Washington DC, amid lasering sunshine, lowering clouds, debilitating humidity and lengthy lightning delays, Steve Borthwick's Lions-light England sweated to a six-try win over the US Eagles.

Borthwick expressed satisfaction, telling reporters his men did well in the challenging conditions, two lightning breaks, so the game lasted effectively a long time. There's a scenario that none of us had faced before. We wanted a short half-time to deal with that but it wasn't possible, but that's six new caps in today."