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Welcome to Lille on the third weekend of the Rugby World Cup 2023, where a much changed England face tournament debutants and dynamos of warm and fuzzy rugby feelings, Chile.
It’s not controversial to say that so far this has all gone better than expected for England; two wins and only one try conceded as they dispatched putative tricky opposition is not what the pre-tournament portent suggested would prevail. Having said that, the results are basically par for a squad with experience and, 2015 aside, an historical stubbornness that gets them out of the opening group one way or another. Today’s match is the beginning of the second phase of Pool D for Steve Borthwick’s team, which should be something of a procession given the relative level of the Chileans and the poor form of Samoa thus far.
