England ready for a romp

PERTH: England have spent the last few weeks speaking of their respect for Georgia but no amount of coach Clive Woodward's whitewash can disguise the fact that the sport's number-one team are going to thrash the World Cup debutants in their first pool C game today. 

Woodward has named a full strength line-up, drawing on the players who have beaten Australia and New Zealand on their own grounds, who swept all before them in the Six Nations and who have every right to call themselves favourites for the tournament.