Vancouver
By NICK VERDIER

Clincher: Dan Bibby

ENGLAND were pushed hard in their opening fixture but a four-try win over Kenya means they were in a good place to reach the quarter-finals in Vancouver last night.
Following a somewhat disappointing fifth place in Las Vegas last weekend, Simon Amor’s men made the short North-American trip to Canada eager to challenge for the gold medal again.
With the flying South Africans in their pool, too, England knew they had to beat Kenya in their opening fixture to put themselves in the best possible position to reach the last e...