England drop to eighth on this planet rankings after their 30-22 defeat to Fiji in Saturday’s last Rugby World Cup warm-up sport; they open World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Argentina in Marseille on Saturday September 9
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England misplaced to Fiji on Saturday at Twickenham
England have dropped to eighth on this planet rankings after their defeat to Fiji in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup warm-up match – registering their joint-lowest place within the standings’ 20-year historical past.
Fiji, alternatively, have climbed from ninth to seventh on the again of their beautiful victory at Twickenham whereas Argentina – England’s foremost pool rivals in France – are up one place to sixth.
Eire prime the rankings forward of second-placed South Africa with the 2 heavyweights’ presence in Pool B alongside fifth-placed Scotland highlighting probably the most lop-sided draw within the competitors’s historical past.
England are within the best group however given their latest run of 5 defeats in six Exams, their assignments in opposition to Twelfth-placed Samoa and 14th-placed Japan now appear to be banana skins.
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After a primary Take a look at defeat to Fiji, England head coach Steve Borthwick praised the ‘Flying Fijians’ for his or her dominant efficiency
After a primary Take a look at defeat to Fiji, England head coach Steve Borthwick praised the ‘Flying Fijians’ for his or her dominant efficiency
They face Argentina in Marseille on Saturday September 9 of their World Cup opener.
Other than their kind on the sphere, which is underpinned by a leaky defence, they’ve suffered from a sequence of suspensions and accidents which have disrupted their build-up.
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Whereas the rankings change after each spherical of Exams matches, England’s lowly place is symbolic of how far they’ve fallen and mirrors expectations over how they may carry out on the World Cup.
Borthwick himself defined the significance of the rankings heading into the event when he introduced his 33-man squad on August 7.
“For those who may lay it out and say to me ‘what would you need to be proper now?’, I might use [former England coach] Clive Woodward’s phrases that you just need to be one of the best crew on this planet,” Borthwick stated.
“Ranked primary, the favourites. That is what Eire have proper now. Why? Since you need to be sure you’re one of the best crew. Now that is not our scenario, our scenario is totally different.”