England capped their World Cup celebrations by beating the New Zealand Barbarians 42-17 in an entertaining yet bruising encounter in front of a 73,000 full house at Twickenham today.
Both sides ran the ball from all areas despite the wet and windy conditions, with Ben Cohen claiming two of England's six tries.
The Barbarians led 10-3 after lock Troy Flavell exploited a kink in the defensive line to go over in the left corner.
England, though, who began with only four of their World Cup final XV, stormed back as flyhalf Paul Grayson turned down a simple penalty to punt to the right corner, winger Ben Cohen outjumping two defenders to touch down.
Grayson then barged over following a searing midfield break by centre Stuart Abbott to give England a 13-10 halftime lead.
They dominated thereafter as the Baa-Baas tired, with Cohen crashing over from a five-metre penalty, prop Matt Stevens running in and winger James Simpson-Daniel sneaking over on the left.
Centre Keith Lowen scored late on for the Barbarians before Mike Tindall replied for England.
The game often resembled exhibition rugby but there were also plenty of serious confrontations, with England flanker Richard Hill twice forced off with blood pouring from his face, the second time after a punch.
England paraded the World Cup around Twickenham after the match.