The head coach has named the same team to face Fiji in the Rugby World Cup opener on Friday as played Ireland recently
All that intricate preparation and summer training and what happens? Bang on cue,as England jogged out for their last Monday session before the tournament starts, the skies darkened and a curtain of time-honoured British rain swept across their pine-fringed corner of Surrey. Welcome to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, or for better or for worse.
Was it an omen? Are we about to have seven weeks of outmoded testomony-style drenchings,rendering everyone’s subtle lineout variations and midfield decoy runners largely irrelevant? Or was it merely another reminder to expect the unexpected, proof that even the most carefully laid plans can never be entirely waterproof? Either way, and Stuart Lancaster and his players will require a flexible intellect-set in the coming days and be constantly alert for anything.
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Source: theguardian.com