![]() “We know exactly what they are going to bring and the motivation they have.” ![]() “We know how good England are, how they play in World Cups, and the team has changed and we’ve seen how hard they work,” South Africa captain Siya Kolisi said. ![]() This is his biggest test, however, and he’ll need to come up with a plan to rattle the experienced Springboks, who have 15 survivors from that title match in Yokohama four years ago. Maybe he was right all along because they are this tournament’s only unbeaten team. Steve Borthwick, England’s coach of less than a year, always warned the critics to judge his players at the World Cup, not before. The threats are everywhere and they have a game plan come rain or shine, and the weather might be wet in Saint-Denis on Saturday night.Įngland, though, can never be discounted at a Rugby World Cup – even if that’s exactly what many were doing ahead of the tournament, which the team entered on a run of just four wins in its previous 13 games. The forwards are still as uncompromising as ever – a match for anyone – but they’ve a more polished operation out wide these days, underlined by the presence of an attacking flyhalf in the form of Manie Libbok. The Boks are the same tough, mean, well-run machine as in 2019, when they won the world title for a record-tying third time.
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