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Article: CHARLIE IS A DARLING; Dream debut for Hodgson in record win ENGLAND 134 ROMANIA 0.(Rugby Union)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- November 18, 2001
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Byline: SIMON STONE
CHARLIE Hodgson made a spectacular start to his England career when he missed a world record by the thickness of a post as the milestones tumbled like autumn leaves on a misty afternoon at Twickenham.
The Sale fly-half, standing in for Jonny Wilkinson, scored 44 points as England predictably swept aside Romania, who in class and technique were light years away from a home side who had beaten world champions Australia last weekend.
Hodgson's tally was just one short of the world record of individual points by New Zealand's Simon ...