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<blockquote data-quote="TopTen2003" data-source="post: 1160131" data-attributes="member: 75257">I&#039;m surprised the Boks are unchanged. That was a brutal test match last week and you just never know whether the Ireland game and then the French game might have just taken a little out of the legs.England will need to be meticulous with the kicking game however and wherever they can, rotate the scoreboard. You don&#039;t wanna be going 9 points down to the Boks as it can very quickly feel like a tall order when they impose their physicality. On the other hand, I feel like England have had that time to keep building their game and confidence - their Argentina win with 14 men now looks very good on paper, the Japan game they managed it very well and Samoa gave them the scare they needed to get up for the knockouts.They mostly played well in the QF save a mad 4 minutes, the breakdown was very good IMO and vulture-like at times, and if they can build on that and give SA some trouble with the high ball and kick chase, there is a case to be made that this can be closer than people think.It&#039;s an almighty test of our set piece however, especially after the 2019 nightmare in the final. Hard to see where we have an edge, but you just never know if they get out of the blocks what can happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TopTen2003, post: 1160131, member: 75257"] I’m surprised the Boks are unchanged. That was a brutal test match last week and you just never know whether the Ireland game and then the French game might have just taken a little out of the legs. England will need to be meticulous with the kicking game however and wherever they can, rotate the scoreboard. You don’t wanna be going 9 points down to the Boks as it can very quickly feel like a tall order when they impose their physicality. On the other hand, I feel like England have had that time to keep building their game and confidence - their Argentina win with 14 men now looks very good on paper, the Japan game they managed it very well and Samoa gave them the scare they needed to get up for the knockouts. They mostly played well in the QF save a mad 4 minutes, the breakdown was very good IMO and vulture-like at times, and if they can build on that and give SA some trouble with the high ball and kick chase, there is a case to be made that this can be closer than people think. It’s an almighty test of our set piece however, especially after the 2019 nightmare in the final. Hard to see where we have an edge, but you just never know if they get out of the blocks what can happen. [/QUOTE]

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