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Fiji and England arrive today at the (sort of) newly minted Hill Dickinson Stadium for this, the notional home fixture fir the pacific islanders vs the team actually at home. Welcome to round two of the Nations Championship.
A tale of two losses accompanies the teams’ journey to thus fixture under the blazing heat, with each seeking to set right some version of embarrassment following respective heavy defeats to Wales and South Africa.
Steve Borthwick will be the more troubled of the two coaches such was the extent of the stomping they received from the Springboks, and nothing less than a convincing stomping of their own will do today. Fiji will point to their team being something of a hotchpotch selection in Cardiff last week as the reason they were not at the their best. There are no such excuses today with more of the usual primary selections in the line-up, particularly at half-backs, plus lingering memories of the close contest in the QF of the last World Cup where they proved they are the equal of England.
England must win this one, stay with us to find out if they do.
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