England vs Argentina live: Latest score and updates as hosts bid to finish year on a high in tricky test against Pumas

The 33-year-old Daly returns on the wing to make his first appearance since breaking his arm on the British and Irish Lions tour in July, taking the place of the injured Tom Roebuck.

The left-footer adds considerable playmaking abilities to a backline full of creative threat with fellow veterans George Ford and Henry Slade also included.

But Borthwick dismissed any suggestions of short-term thinking and backed Daly to make a third World Cup in Australia in two years’ time.

Our current understanding, incidentally, is that England will play South Africa in Johannesburg and then Fiji in Pretoria before heading to Argentina next July as they start the Nations Championship. It’s a demanding itinerary with three Tests back-to-back – though it appears that Fiji might play their two games either side of the England clash in Europe, making their schedule just as arduous.

This is the last year of the traditional autumn internationals for a little while, with 2026 seeing the introduction of rugby’s new Nations Championship. What is it, you may ask? Well, there are a fair few details still to be ironed out, but it will all culminate in a finals weekend here at Twickenham next November.

Need a reminder of every result this November, and the (few) fixtures still to come?

In Cardiff, meanwhile, there was plenty to like about a battling Wales performance – even if their wait for a win over the All Blacks goes on.

We’ll begin the build up to today’s clash more fully in a bit, but let’s have a look back at yesterday’s action – starting in Dublin, where cards, chaos and carnage couldn’t stop South Africa finally conquering Ireland in Ireland.

Most of us have been there. A dull throb as the eyelids slowly open; a desperate fumble for the Berocca; a slow roll out of bed and search for a packet of bacon, a pair of running trainers or whatever happens to be one’s particular cure of choice. Slowly, the hazy recollections emerge into a heavy head – perhaps a night to be remembered, perhaps one to forget.

For England, a ninth-ever win over New Zealand falls firmly as the former, and there might have been a few in need of nursing last Sunday morning. Publicly, the players were given licence to celebrate a performance that proved their progress as they wished as Steve Borthwick recognised the importance of allowing his squad to let off some steam after what feels a significant victory in the growth of a side increasingly looking in encouraging shape. An eight-day turnaround to their final fixture of 2025 was helpful; an environment that has perhaps found a better balance between light and shade than some past groups, too.

Borthwick would not have overly indulged either in the celebrations – the head coach is fonder of an orange juice than anything stronger – or in the suggestions that his team are a significantly changed entity to a week ago. Come Tuesday, it was back to Bagshot, back to work and a job to be finished with one last outing against Argentina to come. One would not wish to stumble at the final fence with an unbeaten year at home within reach.

England will look to sign off a strong 2025 in style as they take on Argentina at Twickenham in their final outing of the autumn. Steve Borthwick’s side are unbeaten at home this year and bouncing on the back of 10 consecutive wins which continued last week with a superb victory over the All Blacks – can the Pumas catch them off guard to puncture the optimism around them?

Kick off at Twickenham is at 4.10pm GMT.