Owen Farrell: ‘I try to take the emotion out of it – you want to be in control’

England’s captain remains firmly stoic but he is desperate to spark Rugby World Cup mania back home with victory against TongaThere is all sorts of trouble to be had in Susukino if you know what you’re looking for and more if you’re not sure. Sapporo’s notorious entertainment district is a block of 20-storey tower blocks, neon from the pavement up: restaurants, bars, gaming parlours, cinemas, salons and love hotels, heaving with off-duty office workers and, for this weekend at least, several thousand English and Australian rugby fans. The England team are staying 10 blocks away, just the other…