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☆ Different feel as England Argentina meet again in bronze final
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Of course the one that spoiled that streak was the agonising one-point semi-final defeat by South Africa, but it is still an England team unrecognisable in confidence and execution from the one that endured a dismal August warm-up campaign. England eventually advanced as pool winners, then beat Fiji before their Springbok loss, while Argentina improved to beat Japan to clinch second place then see off Wales in the quarter-final. Borthwick and Pumas coach Michael Cheika followed their defeats by immediately stressing that they were treating the bronze final as a match they were taking very seriously. "Winning the bronze medal is very important for the future and the legacy of the most experienced players. England have also won all four of the teams' pool clashes at the World Cup.

Persons: Steve Borthwick, Tom Curry, flyhalf George Ford, Ford banged, Michael Cheika, Borthwick, Cheika, Owen Farrell, Ford, Marcus Smith, Henry Arundell, Freddie Steward, Juan Cruz Mallia, Emiliano Boffelli, Lucio Cinti, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Carreras, Tomas Cubelli, Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Pedro Rubiolo, Guido Petti, Francisco Gomez Kodela, Julian Montoya, Thomas Gallo, Agustin Creevy, Joel Sclavi, Eduardo Bello, Matias Alemanno, Rodrigo Bruni, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Nicolas Sanchez, Matias Moroni, Joe Marchant, Manu Tuilagi, Ben Youngs, Ben Earl, Sam Underhill, Ollie Chessum, Will Stuart, Theo Dan, Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Bevan Rodd, Dan Cole, David Ribbans, Lewis Ludlum, Danny Care, George Ford, Ollie Lawrence, Mitch Phillips, Christian Radnedge Organizations: England, Rugby, Fiji, Springbok, Japan, Borthwick, Pumas, Twickenham, Thomson Locations: Argentina, South Africa, England, Marseille, Wales, New Zealand, flyhalf

☆ Ford calls drop-goals 'crucial weapon' after England overcome Argentina
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Nick Said | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

They were aided early on by the trio of drop-goals from Ford that moved them into a 12-3 lead and transferred the pressure onto the South American side. "The crucial one was the third one, which took us more than seven points ahead," Ford told reporters. Ford said all the England flyhalves practice drop-goals at every training session in preparation for games like Saturday’s clash in Marseille. "It is such a crucial weapon and we have seen before how influential they are at World Cups." "We were laughing in the change-room, out of this squad (scrumhalf) Danny Care was the guy with the most drop-goals for England.

Persons: George Ford, Tom Curry, Ford, Beer, Jonny Wilkinson, Danny Care, Nick Said, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Rugby, Argentina, Saturday, England, Ford, France, Thomson Locations: MARSEILLE, France, England, Marseille, Africa

☆ Argentina coach Cheika ready to move on from England loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Nick Said | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MARSEILLE, France, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Argentina lacked rhythm and failed to take control of the game despite having a man advantage, but can learn lessons from their 27-10 Rugby World Cup Pool D loss to 14-man England, coach Michael Cheika said on Saturday. "Pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong," Cheika told reporters. "England managed the game very well, it was stop-start, which was how they wanted it. Argentina face Samoa on Friday in what is now a must-win contest in Pool D."The world is not over," Cheika said. We have many first-timers in World Cup games and they will take a lesson of how we need to be ready when the whistle blows."

Persons: Michael Cheika, Tom Curry, George Ford, Cheika, Ford, Julian Montoya, Nick Said, Ed Osmond Organizations: England, Samoa, Thomson Locations: MARSEILLE, France, Argentina, England

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