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Tunisia scare for Varndell and Co

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Tom Varndell took less than 30 seconds to open the scoring in England's second game of the Rugby World Cup Sevens against Tunisia, but they had to survive a major scare before clocking up a second successive win.

Tigers wing Varndell also set up a try for Ben Gollings as they led 19-7 at the break, and grabbed a second of his own, charging 62 metres to go over the line as the lead stretched to 26-7.

But it was all Tunisia for the rest of the game, running in three tries and one conversion to take England down to the wire at 26-24.

Varndell said: "We let our standards go a little bit but there were positives to take from the first half. We need to step up for the Kenya game."

England face Kenya today at 7.06pm local time, GMT +4.

England: Isoa Damudamu (British Army/London Wasps), Rob Vickerman (Leeds Carnegie), Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers), Ollie Phillips (Newcastle Falcons), Kevin Barrett (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Gollings (Gold Coast, Australia), Chris Cracknell (Exeter Chiefs). Replacements: James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby)
Tries: Varndell (2), Cracknell, Gollings
Conversions: Gollings (3)