WORCESTER Warriors trio Ted Hill, James Scott and Beck Cutting helped England under 20s to a bonus-point 39-18 victory over Argentina in Narbonne.

Hill and Scott started in the forward pack, while Cutting came off the bench as England got their World Rugby U20 Championship campaign off to a winning start.

England led 19-15 at half-time through two Jordan Olowofela tries, a score for Henry Walker and two James Grayson conversions.

Argentina had responded with tries from Santiago Chocobares and Bautista Pedemonte as well as five points from the boot of Juan Bautista Daireaux.

But tries from Walker and Marcus Smith, both converted, as well as Tom Hardwick’s penalty helped seal victory for England with Joaquín de la Vega Mendía kicking Argentina’s only points of the second period.

England face Italy in Perpignan on Sunday before ending their Pool B fixtures against Scotland in Beziers.

England head coach Steve Bates said: “There were some really good bits in there.

“We scored some good tries, we scrummaged well, we got the ball from the lineout and scrum regularly, so all in all we’ll look back on that and say that’s not a bad start to the tournament.

“There is plenty for us to work on but that’s a tough, physical start, so we’ve got to be careful with our recovery now and move forward.

“I think it is really important in this competition that you’re not chasing points all the time so winning, particularly the first game, is massive and it’s very important to start with that.”