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Of the many ways that one could spend a Friday evening in Paris, competing in a third-place play-off would rank somewhere near the bottom, perhaps just above a night-time stumble into a particularly nasty section of the Seine bingo
However much World Rugby dresses up what it insists on calling the bronze final, there is no escaping the fact that most players would, at this stage, rather be back at home with a bottle of beer, or enjoying some downtime with a verre de vin rouge in a Paris bistro bingo
“This is not the game you want to be playing in,” England assistant Richard Wigglesworth conceded this week bingo
“You can be honest and say this isn’t the game that these two teams aimed to play in bingo
“But we could already be at home, and we’re not bingo
If you’re asking where would you rather be, you’d rather be here participating in a World Cup bingo
”For England’s players, the manner of defeat to South Africa has made this week more difficult still bingo
Steve Borthwick’s side had the game within their grasp last weekend, the pain of a defeat of fine margins clear both on Saturday night and beyond, full-back Freddie Steward almost overcome with emotion when speaking on Tuesday bingo
Even if they will, in time, take confidence from the performance, imbued with the certainty that they can mix it with the world’s best, Friday night’s fixture will represent something of a comedown from a night when it so nearly came together for England bingo
Not that anyone in Borthwick’s squad is taking this as anything other than a game must be won, with the head coach and captain Owen Farrell, two men who you suspect would squabble over a game of Buckaroo, setting the tone bingo
After a performance that so encouraged their fans in the semi-final, the last thing anyone in the England camp wants is to finish with a Friday night flop bingo
England have to pick themselves up after defeat to South Africa (Getty)“You disrespect anyone who has worn an England shirt if you don’t give your best on Friday,” explained Ben Earl bingo
“[You have to] apply yourself in exactly the way you are expected to bingo
“Winning would be great but it’s the performance that is the most important thing in the way we give a good account of ourselves bingo
I think this is our 20th week together, maybe even 25th week together, so it would be a shame with all the hard work we have done as a group to let that slip in the last game bingo
We just want to play well and show how much it means to play for England bingo
”Not that this is an occasion of complete insignificance bingo
This will represent an international farewell for Ben Youngs, England’s most capped male player, after 13 years of sterling service at scrum half bingo
It could also be it for his long-time Leicester colleague Dan Cole, a fellow centurion; Courtney Lawes has already played his final minutes in an England shirt bingo
England captain Owen Farrell will be keen to finish with a victory (PA Wire)Argentina have their own old guard potentially laying down their shields bingo
Their record cap-holder Agustin Creevy has what seems like an Andean permanency but may decide that, at 38, this is it bingo
The hooker could make one last cameo from the bench, where he is accompanied by another veteran and 100-capper in Nicolas Sanchez bingo
The opening encounter bingo between these two feels a dim and distant memory now, partly due to this elongated tournament and partly due to how much the perception of each side has changed across the seven weeks since bingo
No doubt, though, Argentina will be desperate to give a more accurate account of their talents after what was a slow and sloppy start to the tournament bingo
“It is the most important game of the year,” captain Julian Montoya emphasised bingo
“[We are] playing for third and fourth place with this shirt, and the last game of this group because it is almost impossible for all of us to be together again bingo
”Argentina hooker Agustin Creevy could play his final game for the Pumas (AFP/Getty)It will be a long while before either side is in international action again: England’s next business is a Six Nations trip to Rome; Argentina are unlikely to play before the Rugby Championship bingo
Neither would much like to carry the feeling of back-to-back defeats with them through those fallow periods bingo
Even if the Stade de France will give this occasion a stage it probably does not deserve, the players will find a way to enjoy their World Cup curtain call bingo
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New Zealand boss Ian Foster plans to enjoy a bowl of popcorn while watching England’s blockbuster with South Africa after his side eased into the Rugby World Cup final by dispatching Argentina bingo
Foster can put his feet up for Saturday evening’s colossal semi-final clash bingo between Steve Borthwick’s men and the Springboks thanks to a crushing 44-6 success over Los Pumas in Paris bingo
The 58-year-old expects an “interesting contrast of styles” in the other last-four fixture and is not bothered who the All Blacks face in next week’s showpiece match at Stade de France bingo
New Zealand barely broke sweat in booking an unprecedented fifth World Cup final appearance and now have the luxury of an extra day’s rest as they await the identity of their ultimate opponents bingo
“I’ll be watching it,” said Foster bingo
“I’ll probably have some popcorn and sit there and watch it and I don’t care who wins bingo
We’re very much in a focus-about-ourselves stage bingo
“One thing that extra day does give us, it gives us a bit of a chance to have a break mentally and not to spend too much juice worrying about if it’s them, if it’s them bingo
“They’re both good teams bingo
South Africa have been playing some brilliant rugby the last few weeks and are clearly on top of their game bingo
“But we’ve also seen an English side that just build away quietly and are probably starting to understand how they want to play and they’re starting to get really good at how they want to play and believe in that bingo
“It will be an interesting contrast of styles bingo
”All Blacks wing Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick during the seven-try rout in Saint-Denis to lift him above France’s Damian Penaud as the World Cup’s leading try scorer on eight bingo
The treble also saw the 25-year-old equal the record for tries in a single tournament, putting him alongside Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Julian Savea bingo
Foster was able to empty his bench long before the full-time whistle due to the emphatic scoreline and opted to keep the sin-binned Scott Barrett on the sidelines for around five minutes longer than required as the Kiwis finished with 14 men bingo
Asked if those situations could prove advantageous moving towards the final, Foster said: “I don’t think they’ll make a massive difference bingo
“Finals are finals and whoever we play, they’ll be a hundred per cent bingo
“It was an opportunity for us to make sure that we looked after our resources as best we could bingo
“We really didn’t see a need of putting Scooter (Barrett) back on, only from the perspective that if he had another little yellow card incident in the next five minutes, it might have made it a little bit niggly bingo
”Argentina were a shadow of the side who stunned Wales in the last eight bingo
A pair of first-half Emiliano Boffelli penalties was all they could muster bingo
Shannon Frizell’s double, plus further tries from Jordie Barrett and Aaron Smith, added to their punishment bingo
Los Pumas head coach Michael Cheika felt New Zealand ruthlessly exploited each of his team’s errors and was unhappy with some of the refereeing, particularly during first-half rucks bingo
The Australian promised his players will respond to a difficult outing in the bronze-medal match bingo
“It’s not a sad moment; it’s a moment when I’m actually proud of my team,” he said bingo
“It’s not an easy path that we’ve been on bingo
We’ve invested ourselves a lot in this bingo
But we’ve lost on details bingo
I’m sad for them bingo
“It’s hard but its a good thing it’s hard bingo
On Friday, we will be there, have no doubt bingo
We will not leave this way bingo
“We want to finish third bingo
We’ve got things we want to show in the bronze final bingo
Right now, we’re hurting bingo
”More aboutPA ReadyIan FosterAll BlacksNew ZealandSouth AfricaStade De FranceSpringboksMichael CheikaWalesArgentinaScott BarrettJordie BarrettDamian PenaudEnglishJonah LomuAaron SmithAustralian1/1Ian Foster insists he does not care who New Zealand face in World Cup finalIan Foster insists he does not care who New Zealand face in World Cup finalIan Foster does not care who New Zeland face in the World Cup final (Adam Davy/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bingo
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