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Rassie Erasmus, South Africa’s director of rugby, has predicted the entire England team for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final as the mind games continue ahead of a rematch of the 2019 tournament final tennis
Erasmus was speaking to the media for a second consecutive day at the start of semi-final week at a press conference in Presles, 30 kilometres north of Paris tennis
Neither side is due to name their squad for the last four encounter until Thursday, but the former Springboks head coach arrived with a provisional fifteen he thought Steve Borthwick would be considering on a bit of paper tennis
And when asked if he would read it out, Erasmus obliged, proceeding to name virtually a full matchday 23, with only a replacement hooker omitted tennis
“[Ellis] Genge, [Jamie] George, [Kyle] Sinckler,” Erasmus began tennis
“[Maro] Itoje, [Ollie] Chessum; [Courtney] Lawes, [Tom] Curry, [Ben] Earl tennis
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”And then the bench: “[Joe] Marler, [Dan] Cole, George [Martin] , Billy [Vunipola] , Ben Youngs or Danny [Care], George Ford, and Ollie [Lawrence] tennis
”Erasmus’s proposed starting side includes one or two changes to the England team that beat Fiji in the quarter-final, with Kyle Sinckler promoted to start at tighthead prop and a decision to be made over Marcus Smith or Freddie Steward at full-back tennis
The gambit is unlikely to draw a response from Borthwick, a more reserved character who does not tend to play games with the press tennis
At this point four years ago with England preparing for a semi-final against the All Blacks, then-head coach Eddie Jones went on the offensive, speaking to the press earlier in the week than usual and suggesting that someone had been spying on England’s training tennis
There were no such allegations at England’s training session at the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance on the outskirts of Paris this week, with defence coach Kevin Sinfield talking up their opponents and suggesting that the defending champions did not have a clear weakness tennis
England lost the 2019 World Cup final to South Africa (Getty Images)Erasmus, meanwhile, believes that England will have “beef” with the Springboks given that final defeat in Yokohama four years ago, and the 27-13 loss at Twickenham last November which brought an end to Jones’s time in charge tennis
“I think because they played us end of year last year, and they played us at the Rugby World Cup final, I think they’ll have some beef with us,” explained Erasmus tennis
“It’s something that will always hurt, when you lose the World Cup tennis
“When I was a player we lost the World Cup against Australia, and for the next couple of games we played against Australia we were always thinking, ‘It was you guys who took it away from us tennis
’ England will feel like that, too tennis
‘You guys took it away from us and we would like to take it back tennis
’“I’m not saying it in a negative way, I feel that’s how professional sport is tennis
You want to rectify problems, you want to make your country proud, you want to make your people proud, you want to make your team proud tennis
I think that the English team will have to be like that tennis
They will really fight to the end tennis
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Up in the coaches’ box at Ellis Park, Ian Foster exhaled deeply tennis
It was August of last year, and the All Blacks head coach’s job had been hanging in the balance, a run of five defeats in six matches putting Foster in the firing line tennis
The prognosis looked grim, with the grand old home of South African rugby packed to the rafters with 62,000 Springbok fans who would have loved nothing more than for their side to unseat the coach of their great rival tennis
But Foster’s team saved him, shocking South Africa 35-23 to bring their coach back from the brink tennis
Only New Zealand and Foster himself will know truly how close he was to losing his job, but there is every possibility that defeat in Johannesburg would have spelled a premature end to Foster’s tenure tennis
The players knew what it meant tennis
“We were playing for our coach’s job,” scrum half Aaron Smith admitted afterwards tennis
Little more than a year later, and Foster is ready to lead New Zealand into a final; there is every chance that on Saturday night, he’ll be a World Cup winner tennis
Such a tag would normally ensure a status as something of a national hero – Foster’s predecessors Graham Henry and Steve Hansen both have knighthoods tennis
Yet there is still a sense among All Blacks supporters of a lack of fondness for their head coach; the New Zealand rugby public are already in love with another man tennis
Scott Robertson will take over Foster’s brief after this tournament, having been braced to step into the breach had things deteriorated further and left Foster’s position untenable last year tennis
The clamour for a coach good enough to lead the Canterbury club to seven consecutive Super Rugby titles is understandable, and there is a thought that Robertson’s popularity with players and fans could re-energise the sport tennis
Foster was reportedly so scared about the next head coach’s force of personality disrupting this All Blacks’ campaign that he banned him from attending New Zealand’s World Cup fixtures tennis
RecommendedHow the incredible Barrett brothers rejuvenated the All BlacksAll Blacks in the red: Why New Zealand need a World Cup win more than you might thinkWho is the referee for the World Cup final?It perhaps doesn’t help matters that the slightly unfashionable Foster can bumble about with the beleaguered look of an office middle manager in a dead-end job, a stark contrast with his all-singing, all-breakdancing successor tennis
But Foster has quietly got on with his work to turn the All Blacks around tennis
He’s far from the first number two to struggle in a lead coaching role – England fans will recall the trouble Andy Robinson had stepping up after Clive Woodward’s departure tennis
Nor, really, has he done a bad job: New Zealand have won every Rugby Championship since Foster took charge tennis
Slowly since the lows of last year, a smile has returned to his face and, while his fate at the end of the tournament is sealed, Foster is happy to enjoy the ride while it lasts tennis
All Blacks captain Sam Cane and head coach Ian Foster (Getty Images)“You have to enjoy your work,” Foster said after the semi-final win over Argentina tennis
“It’s not like it’s a focus for us to go out there and have fun, but to make sure we execute our game to the level we need to tennis
“The team takes a lot of pride when they do that tennis
The work the players and leaders are doing is a real credit to them tennis
As you go through tournaments, you have to enjoy it tennis
There is a lot of pressure, so if you don’t celebrate moments, it is a long old time tennis
“I am proud to be part of this group, the coaches are linking well with the players and there is a nice synergy about it tennis
But you know, one more week tennis
“There’s not a personal agenda here, this is about the All Blacks and the team tennis
Things have happened to individuals and to me, but the team comes first tennis
Right now, we’re making a lot of those decisions together as a group and it is working well tennis
”New Zealand’s head coach Ian Foster celebrates with his players (AFP via Getty Images)Even now there is a sense that Foster is only partially responsible for the All Blacks’ tennis
No doubt, the additions of Joe Schmidt and Jason Ryan last year have been key to this campaign tennis
Schmidt has reignited New Zealand’s structured attack, tessellating together bits and pieces from his days in charge of Ireland, while Ryan, in combination with scrum coach Greg Feek, has transformed their set-piece tennis
But not all of the progress can be ascribed their way tennis
Whether Foster recognised where improvements needed to be made or had Schmidt and Ryan thrust upon him is a matter of debate, but the ability to utilise their expertise perhaps shows a cannier coach than some might initially see tennis
"One of the great things about 'Foz' is just how much he loves the All Blacks,” said forwards coach Ryan tennis
“It's all about the team, every decision he makes tennis
Clearly, he has been through a lot but the All Blacks have been through a lot tennis
It is never about one person in the All Blacks, and that’s what has been impressive to me tennis
”Head coach Ian Foster looks on during a New Zealand All Blacks training session (Getty Images)Foster has taken bold calls, too tennis
The transformation of Jordie Barrett from bit-part utility man to first-choice inside centre has proved the key cog in getting the backline ticking, while the backing of captain Sam Cane has been rewarded by two outstanding performances in the last two weeks tennis
The All Blacks have had to deal with injuries, a red card and a breach of team protocols during this tournament but have kept powering on tennis
Their belief in and backing of their gameplan is just as strong as the Springboks’, yet Foster seems to get little of the same praise that Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber garner tennis
Perhaps it is that there is still an expectation of success around the All Blacks, a feeling that not winning the World Cup would be evidence enough of Foster’s inadequacy tennis
But the squad have made clear this week that they have a good man and a good coach at the helm tennis
If come Saturday night he is clutching a Webb Ellis Cup, this uncared-for coach might finally get some overdue credit tennis
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