It’s South Africa once again for England at the Rugby World Cup. The Springboks have handed the English more painful losses than anyone else on the sport’s biggest stage. They beat them in two of the last four World Cup finals, drop-kicked them out of the tournament in the 1999 quarterfinals and handed them their biggest ever World Cup defeat.
England’s players huddle as they celebrate their victory in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between England and Fiji at the Stade de Marseille in Marseille, France, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. England’s defence coach Kevin Sinfield speaks during the media briefing on the outskirts of Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. England’s Ollie Chessum speaks during a media briefing on the outskirts of Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.
“If we are going to be anywhere near South Africa at the weekend, that number needs to be massively increased,” Sinfield said.“We saw the game,” Sinfield said, “... and were in awe of the physicality that they brought.”England’s confidence has been rebuilt on the back of its run to the semifinals. It is the only unbeaten team in this Rugby World Cup, chiefly due to a kind draw that has seen Steve Borthwick’s team avoid all of the world’s top five in the pool stage and quarterfinals.
“Steve is superhuman in terms of preparation, in terms of plans,” England No. 8 Ben Earl said. “It never surprises me that everything is completely in hand.The problem is, you can plan all you want against the Boks. But it’s hard to stop pocket-rocket winger Cheslin Kolbe, to get through the midfield defense of Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel, to overpower a pack led by Eben Etzebeth and then deal with the “Bomb Squad” off the bench.
“Clearly he was disappointed, as anyone would be, missing out on a quarterfinal, but he’s responded as we’d expect him to,” Sinfield said of Steward.
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