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England 30-24 Fiji: England captain vindicates selection as coach Steve Borthwick takes thinly veiled swipe at Red Rose doubters

England fended off a valiant Fiji fightback to seal their passage to the last four of the Rugby World Cup with two late Owen Farrell kicks separating the sides after they'd drawn level 24-24

Wales 17-29 Argentina: Two late tries eliminate Wales as Pumas ride their luck to book semi-final against New Zealand on Friday in Paris

England will play Fiji in Marseille in Sunday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash with Steve Borthwick's side out to avenge their summer defeat to the same side

England are just 80 minutes away from a place in the 2023 Rugby World Cup semi-finals with Steve Borthwick's side facing Fiji in the last eight in Marseille on Sunday

Marcus Smith will start at fullback for England when they take on Fiji with Owen Farrell getting the nod ahead of George Ford at fly-half for the World Cup quarter-final

Smith is set to start for just his second ever start at full-back in the quarter-final but Chris Ashton is confident he will deliver an excellent display

Former Red Rose wing on last time England went into a Marseille World Cup quarter-final with no expectation and how they found a way to win

Northampton star Sam Matavesi has flown back to the UK after the death of his father and is now a doubt for Sunday's clash against Steve Borthwick's side

England have been booed at the World Cup and now face a Fiji side backed by most neutrals but Billy Vunipola insists they are not fazed by the critics

“I wouldn’t have him in the 23 for this game. If he and George Ford play together he de-powers Ford’s control"

England 18-17 Samoa: England's chariot misfires again but quarter-final opponents Fiji have even bigger problems after losing to Portuguese minnows

England 18-17 Samoa: Jonny Wilkinson’s total of 1,179 international points is bettered as Steve Borthwick's team narrowly edge past Samoa in Lille

Rugby world braced for major impact as England's "scary" wrecking ball centre comes up against hard-hitting country of his birth in Pool D finale

Places in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup are at stake this weekend - but Ireland and Scotland will be in no mood to do each other favours and dump out South Africa

“We are going to embrace it. We are going to put absolutely everything we've got into this game. We believe that is going to be enough to win”

An emotional Peter O'Mahony has looked ahead to Ireland's game against Scotland, which will be played seven years ago this month since Anthony Foley died in Paris

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England are already through to the quarter-finals and Samoa cannot advance, but with a likely last-eight clash against Fiji on Sunday week, boss Steve Borthwick has no time for further experiment

“The way they hung in together, fought for everything, those little half points that they saved. We definitely take inspiration from those lads"

Top-level sports including cricket and rugby now successfully use technology and are seen as perfect examples to football amid the ongoing VAR crisis - but that wasn't always the case

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Australia 34-14 Portugal: Wounded Wallabies dodge bullet but Fiji need just a losing bonus point in final game to beat them to quarter-final spot against England

"South Africa-Ireland was very stop-start, very physical, very combative. You saw a different spectacle here. At some point the world has got to decide which game it would rather watch - NZ head coach Ian Foster

“These are the games that we live for. If we win we automatically qualify for the next World Cup so it’s massive for us. We want to beat England more than anything"