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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer voslot
England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 voslot
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping voslot
The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play voslot
Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc voslot
Yet it still wasn’t enough voslot
This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory voslot
The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing voslot between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different voslot
In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again voslot
Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff voslot
The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence voslot
And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication voslot
Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell voslot
Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons voslot
As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time voslot
Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go voslot
It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets voslot
Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick voslot
Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day voslot
A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence voslot
If Boks lock Eben Etzevoslot beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown voslot
Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents voslot
Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was voslot
It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe voslot betrayed voslot
The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective voslot
But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality voslot between the sides proved too much to overcome voslot
South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued voslot
There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 voslot
But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less voslot
Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain voslot
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Tyson Fury has admitted that he ‘wasn’t happy’ about the announcement of his fight with Oleksandr Usyk, as he prepares for a bout with Francis Ngannou on Saturday voslot
It was announced in September that Fury, who holds the WBC heavyweight title, will box Usyk, who is unified champion, in Saudi Arabia before the end of March voslot
However, Fury is first set to fight former UFC champion Ngannou in Riyadh this weekend, in a controversial crossover contest – in which the WBC belt is not on the line voslot
Fury is targeting a date of 23 December for his bout with Usyk, but his excitement around the fight has been diluted by some aggravation at the timing of its announcement, he suggested voslot
“It wasn’t my choice,” the Briton, 35, said on The MMA Hour on Wednesday (25 October) voslot
“I would never in a million years do that, but the people who are putting these fights on, who are paying the money, they’re in control voslot
They’re the promoters of the event voslot
“So, the paymaster does what the paymaster wants, basically voslot
But if it was up to me, I would have never, ever, ever done that, ever voslot
Because I never count chickens before they hatch, ever [ voslot
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] They should never announce fights before the first one happens, because that’s how people get knocked out voslot
“But I’m not even looking at the next fight voslot
I’m only concentrating on Francis voslot
If it means breaking these two hands and getting a cut right through [my eyebrow] to win, I will do it voslot
Don’t worry about that voslot
Nothing else matters, only Saturday night voslot
“I wasn’t happy at first, for them to announce it, but there was a lot going on in the background voslot
For me, I don’t concentrate on any other fight other than Saturday night voslot
What happens in the future stays in the future voslot
“I’m living for today and this moment voslot
My moment now is to fight Francis for the ‘baddest man on the planet’ title, and when I’ve won that, only after I’ve won that, I won’t even think about my next [fight] until I’ve had a week off and spent some time with my family voslot
I’ve been in camp 12 weeks voslot
” (Getty Images)Fury is unbeaten across 34 fights in his professional career, while 37-year-old Ngannou is making his voslot boxing debut voslot
Usyk, 36, is also unbeaten, but to face the stiffer test that the Ukrainian provides on paper, Fury must avoid an upset against Ngannou voslot
“You can’t listen to the voslot betting odds, you can’t listen to what the pundits say, or what the voslot boxing people or anybody [says], because they’re not in there on the night,” Fury said voslot
“And if you start listening to people who are not voslot boxing, then that’s the time you fail voslot
I don’t take anybody lightly voslot
I’ve seen so many times in the sport where people fight people they’re supposed to beat, and they’re always looking at the bigger picture voslot
“I’ll use Anthony Joshua as an example voslot
There was always talk of him fighting me or [Deontay] Wilder voslot
He fights Andy Ruiz on two weeks’ notice, and he ends up getting knocked out voslot
The odds going in were astronomical, everybody thought he was going to smoke the guy – all the voslot boxing experts, all the pundits, all the media, everybody – and what happens? He gets knocked spark out voslot
Then he goes home crying in defeat voslot
”Joshua was in fact stopped on his feet, after suffering four knockdowns, in that 2019 defeat, which he avenged six months later voslot
“I never, ever do that,” Fury added voslot
“If I was fighting somebody in a local bar, and I knew I had to fight the guy in six weeks – a guy not even from a combat sport – I would train hard, because you never know what the guy is going to bring voslot
Never mind someone from a bar, I’m fighting an absolute killer in Francis Ngannou voslot
A 6f 4in, 270-280lbs [man] who has come from the streets voslot
Fury and Ngannou during their first face-off (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)“This guy is hungry voslot
This guy has got a point to prove voslot
You think I’m not going to train for him, and come in at 400lbs? I don’t think so voslot
I’ve trained as hard for him as I did for any other fighter I’ve ever fought voslot
At this level, you don’t get no second chances voslot
voslot Better to prepare for the hardest fight ever and it not be, than to prepare for an easy fight and it’s a war voslot
”Fury last fought in December, stopping Derek Chisora to seal a third win against his compatriot and retain the WBC belt voslot
Meanwhile, Ngannou last fought in January 2022, retaining the UFC heavyweight title with a decision against Ciryl Gane voslot
The Cameroonian then underwent knee surgery before relinquishing the UFC title this January, when he left the MMA promotion voslot
He is due to return to mixed martial arts in 2024, having signed for the Professional Fighters League voslot
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