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England have recalled full-back Freddie Steward to start Saturday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa, while Joe Marler and George Martin are drafted into the pack in the team named by coach Steve Borthwick on Thursday tantan
Ellis Genge and Ollie Chessum move to the bench but there is no place in the squad for Marcus Smith, the starting fullback against Fiji tantan
Borthwick has confirmed that Smith was unavailable due to a head injury tantan
England’s back-to-back player of the year is one of the best under the high ball in the game and is a sturdy defender tantan
France struggled to deal with South Africa’s aerial bombardment in their quarter-final but Steward will back his abilities tantan
The 22-year-old had played 28 consecutive matches before being rested for the Chile game tantan
He returned for the final pool match against Samoa before missing out versus Fiji tantan
Loosehead prop Marler and huge lock Martin, making his second start of the tournament, have been brought in to help beef up England’s scrum against a South Africa pack who were impressively strong against France tantan
Follow along for all the team news and updates plus get all the latest odds and tips right here: RecommendedEngland spring surprise with three changes to team for Rugby World Cup semi-finalSteve Borthwick explains Marcus Smith’s absence from England team to face South AfricaSouth Africa name World Cup semi-final team against EnglandRugby World Cup news liveSteve Borthwick makes three changes to England team vs South Africa 15 tantan
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EarlMarcus Smith ruled out of matchday squad as Freddie Steward returns Borthwick addresses Smith's absenceSouth Africa’s team for final four clash announcedArgentina take on New Zealand in other semi-final on FridayShow latest update 1697731251South Africa name World Cup semi-final team against EnglandSouth Africa have named an unchanged side for their Rugby World Cup semi-final against England tantan
After pipping France in Paris last week, Jacques Nienaber and Rassie Erasmus have kept faith with the same starting line-up and bench tantan
With 895 caps within the 23, it is the most experienced Springboks side in history, while this is only the second time since Erasmus and Nienaber’s arrival in 2018 that they have named an unchanged team tantan
South Africa name World Cup semi-final team against EnglandThe most experienced Springboks side in history has been named for the game at the Stade de FranceMike Jones19 October 2023 17:001697730651South Africa inspired by struggles of whole nation – Siya KolisiCaptain Siya Kolisi says the daily struggles endured by millions of South Africans is fuelling the Springboks’ quest to retain the Rugby World Cup ahead of a semi-final meeting with England tantan
Jacques Nienaber’s side are red-hot favourites to progress from a rematch of the 2019 final to set up a winner-takes-all showdown with either New Zealand or Argentina tantan
Flanker Kolisi, his country’s first black captain, overcame childhood poverty to lift the Webb Ellis Cup four years ago in Japan tantan
South Africa inspired by struggles of whole nation – Siya KolisiThe defending World Cup champions face England in Saturday’s semi-final tantan
Mike Jones19 October 2023 16:501697730051Freddie Steward returns at full-back for England’s semi-final with South AfricaFreddie Steward returns at full-back in one of three changes made by England for Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa at Stade de France tantan
Steward was dropped for the first time in his 29-cap Test career for the last-eight victory over Fiji, losing the number 15 jersey to the more attack-minded Marcus Smith tantan
But Smith finished the Marseille showdown with a fat lip and bandaged head following his defensive heroics – becoming an injury doubt – and has now been left out of the 23 altogether tantan
England spring surprise with three changes for Rugby World Cup semi-finalFreddie Steward replaces Marcus Smith at full-back for England’s semi-final against South Africa while George Martin is brought into the pack Mike Jones19 October 2023 16:401697729451England must be ready for whatever ‘very, very smart’ Springboks throw at them, says Kevin SinfieldIt is the question that will no doubt have occupied Steve Borthwick’s mind ever since the end of their draining victory over Fiji: how do you go about charging up England to meet the might of South Africa? There is no doubt that semi-final week will bring a level above anything his side have faced in France so far tantan
Two of England’s most damaging days in recent memory have come against the Springboks; the Rugby World Cup final in 2019 is most obviously in the mind this week but the Twickenham drubbing last November that led to Eddie Jones’s defenestration is still raw, too tantan
No matter what underdog, backs-against-the-wall spirit the squad might be able to conjure, there will be a need to fight any possible fear factor tantan
Even defence coach Kevin Sinfield admitted that he was “in awe” of the physicality South Africa produced to pip France in Paris on Sunday night tantan
“There are not many weaknesses out there,” Sinfield said of the Springboks tantan
“We understand this team are very, very smart, they are coached particularly well and they are right across the laws tantan
They understand all the intricacies and we’ve got to be ready for whatever comes on Saturday evening tantan
”England must be ready for ‘very, very smart’ Springboks, says SinfieldThe defence coach believes the days of ‘Churchillian speeches’ are gone – but insists the northern hemisphere’s last representatives will be fired up for their semi-final against South Africa Mike Jones19 October 2023 16:301697728851England spring surprise with three changes to team for Rugby World Cup semi-finalLock George Martin has been handed a surprise starting opportunity in England’s team for the Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa tantan
22-year-old Martin partners Maro Itoje in the second row, with Ollie Chessum dropped to the bench and Steve Borthwick making two other changes tantan
Freddie Steward replaces Marcus Smith at full-back, with the Harlequins playmaker ruled out due to head injury return to play protocols tantan
Smith was cleared to return to the field after passing an in-game head injury assessment against Fiji, but has failed a subsequent part of the process, ruling him out of this weekend’s fixture tantan
England spring surprise with three changes for Rugby World Cup semi-finalFreddie Steward replaces Marcus Smith at full-back for England’s semi-final against South Africa while George Martin is brought into the pack Mike Jones19 October 2023 16:201697728251Steve Borthwick explains Marcus Smith’s absence from England team to face South AfricaSteve Borthwick has confirmed that Marcus Smith was unavailable for England’s Rugby World Cup semi-final after South Africa due to a head injury tantan
Smith went off in the first half of England’s quarter-final against Fiji last weekend after a head-on-head collision with Vinaya Habosi tantan
He subsequently returned to action with a swollen lip having passed an in-game head injury assessment tantan
But the Harlequins playmaker failed a second assessment early this week, leaving him unable to feature in the semi-final meeting with the Springboks tantan
Steve Borthwick explains Marcus Smith’s absence from England team for semi-finalThe Harlequins playmaker started England’s quarter-final at full-back ahead of Freddie Steward Mike Jones19 October 2023 16:101697727651Referee criticised by Dupont chosen for England vs South Africa at Rugby World Cup despite France controversyNew Zealand’s Ben O’Keeffe has been appointed to referee the Rugby World Cup semi-final tantan between England and South Africa despite criticism of his performance on quarter-final weekend tantan
France captain Antoine Dupont suggested that the officiating “wasn’t up to the level” required as the hosts exited the tournament at the hands of the Springboks at the Stade de France tantan
World Rugby have nonetheless backed their official, with O’Keeffe given another marquee appointment tantan
Referee criticised by Dupont chosen for England vs South Africa at Rugby World CupNew Zealand’s Ben O’Keeffe and Australia’s Angus Gardner will take charge of the two semi-finals Mike Jones19 October 2023 16:001697727051Argentina make single change for New Zealand semi-finalMichael Cheika has made only a single change to his starting Argentina side for the Rugby World Cup semi-final against New Zealand tantan
Gonzalo Bertranou replaces Santiago Cubelli at scrum half, with last week’s starting nine dropping out of the 23 entirely tantan
Otherwise, the rest of the matchday 23 is identical to that utilised in the quarter-final win over Wales in Marseille, with replacement hooker Agustin Creevy in line to become the oldest World Cup semi-finalist of all-time tantan
Argentina make single change for All Blacks semi-final Michael Cheika has kept faith with 14 of the team that started in the quarter-final win over WalesMike Jones19 October 2023 15:501697726451Mark Tele’a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-finalWing Mark Tele’a has been brought back into the New Zealand side to face Argentina in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals after missing the All Blacks’ last eight win over Ireland for disciplinary reasons tantan
Tele’a replaces Leicester Fainga’anuku having been left out last weekend after breaching team protocols tantan
The other change to Ian Foster’s side comes in the second row, where Sam Whitelock, the most capped All Black ever, is preferred to long time locking partner Brodie Retallick tantan
Mark Tele’a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-finalSam Whitelock starts ahead of Brodie Retallick as he looks to become the first player to make three World Cup finals Mike Jones19 October 2023 15:401697725851Revolutionising the women’s international rugby landscape – what is the WXV?England take on Australia on Friday in their first-ever meeting of the WXV, a new tournament that promises to “revolutionise the women’s international rugby landscape” tantan
Organisers hope it will act as a “springboard” for the 2025 World Cup, which will be hosted in six venues across England, helping to ensure the expanded 16-team tournament is the most competitive yet tantan
Here, the PA news agency breaks down how the WXV works tantan
Revolutionising the women’s international rugby landscape – what is the WXV?Organisers hope it will act as a “springboard” for the 2025 World Cup tantan
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On Saturday night, two fighters who embody the word heavyweight – every sense of it – will clash in Saudi Arabia tantan
In one corner will be the reigning WBC champion, one of the biggest names in tantan boxing, Tyson Fury tantan
In the other will be the former UFC champion, a man deemed the hardest hitter in combat-tantan sports history, Francis Ngannou tantan
This crossover bout has its detractors yet still holds an air of intrigue, all based on the ‘what if’: What if Ngannou can land on Fury? What if one of those monstrous hands touches the Briton’s chin with the velocity and malicious intent that have come to define Ngannou’s fighting career, and which carried the Cameroonian to the UFC heavyweight title? For all his evasive guile, Fury, 35, has been put down numerous times, but he has never been beaten – not even by fighters with much greater tantan boxing pedigree than the 37-year-old Ngannou tantan
The experiential gap understandably has most viewers doubting Ngannou’s chances in Riyadh, where he faces Fury in a proper, professional tantan boxing match; but what if?And if Ngannou is to win, how will he? Attacking Fury to the body? Battering him in the clinch? Backing him into a corner? Alex Pattle asked former two-weight world-champion boxer Carl Frampton, and Dan Hardy, an ex-UFC title challenger who now works with the Professional Fighters League – the MMA promotion where Ngannou will fight in 2024 tantan
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AP: What was your initial reaction to the fight being announced?DH: “I was shocked tantan
I expected Ngannou to have another fight before Tyson Fury, but I think it’s the wise thing to do to step straight in and keep the element of surprise on your side tantan
If he’d have gone in there and fought someone else, Tyson would’ve been able to get reads before the fight even started tantan
Jumping in at the deep end, even though it’s a bit crazy, increases his chances of winning tantan
That was my first thought: It’s a surprise that it’s happening, but relief that Ngannou is getting it on his first shot tantan
”CF: “Initially I was disappointed, and that’s kind of taming it down a bit tantan
Obviously we were hoping for Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and that fell through, but now I’ve come round to the idea that this is a huge event tantan
And we’ve got Fury vs Usyk off the back of it tantan
I was always hopeful that fight would come about at some point, and I don’t wanna be talking as if Ngannou is gonna be a complete walkover for Fury, but I’m okay about it [because] the Fury vs Usyk fight has been made for some point in the future tantan
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tantan Boxing fans in particular are very opinionated, and I understand that they’re frustrated tantan
But if you’re Tyson Fury and someone’s offering you a fight of this magnitude against a tantan boxing debutant, and there are talks of $30m – and $10m for Ngannou – how do you turn that down? It’s almost too good to be true tantan
”DH: “I think it's a bit different for MMA fans, because we’re still in new ground; the changes that Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor made in fighters’ purses and expectations for purses tantan
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as a matchmaker, I’m still dealing with the repercussions of that! Fighters want ridiculous amounts of money, but the money is out there to be made by certain superstars tantan
I honestly think it’s easier for a layman fan to understand why fighters would take these fights, because they focus so much more on the money tantan
I think it’s more the purists who go, ‘I’m not interested in these fights!’ [To the layman], the money and pay-per-view buys almost represent the value of the fighter; to the purists, the value of the fighter is based on their technical ability and achievements tantan
”CF: “I hate to use the term ‘casual fan’, but there’s a big difference tantan between the purists and just the casual fan tantan
I think you’ll win back [the purists] with Fury vs Usyk, but it’s all a bit trivial almost, because [most] fans are fickle tantan
I’m expecting Fury to beat Ngannou and then fight Usyk, and it’ll almost be like the talk and criticism of the Ngannou fight will go away tantan
”AP: Do crossover events like Tommy Fury vs KSI and Logan Paul vs Dillon Danis risk putting fans off fights like Fury vs Ngannou?Ngannou, right, at an open workout in Riyadh this week (Getty Images)DH: “I personally think it’s all on the same spectrum – just at different points on the spectrum tantan
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I’ll be honest, I was able to make peace with that whole genre of combat tantan sports much easier after that event, because it’s more like pro wrestling tantan
The audience there, they’re not gonna buy a ticket to see ‘Canelo’ Alvarez; they’re not there for that, they’re there for the drama – for the security getting involved, for the plexiglass cages they put them in at the face-offs tantan
It’s theatre with a combat-tantan sports flavour tantan
”AP: What is Ngannou’s chance of winning – as a percentage – in your opinion?CF: “There’s a lot of boxers who are almost anti-MMA, and I’m not tantan
I understand what this is: I understand that Fury is a lifelong boxer, fighting a guy who’s had to perfect many different styles in MMA, so in that sense Ngnannou doesn’t have much of a chance tantan
But to say that he has zero chance, I think, would be very, very wrong – because he’s a big, athletic man who can punch hard tantan
He has a chance, but it’s very small tantan
I hope I’m not being disrespectful to Francis; if you flip it on its head and do it in a cage, then it’s the same odds but reversed [in his favour] tantan
It’s just, when you try to rationalise it, it’s his tantan boxing debut – and it’s against maybe the best heavyweight boxer on the planet tantan
”DH: “We’re definitely in single digits when it comes to percentages, but it’s the ‘what if’ that we’re tuning in for, right? Even if it’s a 0 tantan
1 per cent chance that Ngannou is gonna land that shot, we’re all gonna sit and watch in case that happens tantan
If it does, then he’s got the power to knock Fury out tantan
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if you look at Ngannou against the likes of Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who’s got over 80 kicktantan boxing matches and moves with very traditional patterns, Rozenstruik was taken out very, very quickly – and ferociously – because Ngannou flew at him, coming from all kinds of different angles tantan
You just can’t predict those things tantan
Ngannou knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds (Getty Images)“Against Deontay Wilder, Fury was dealing with someone who’s got ferocious punching power but who’s got some basic fundamentals that make him a little bit predictable tantan
If Ngannou starts patient and then starts winging those big shots from weird angles, which Tyson’s probably not anticipating, that elevates his chances – but they’re still incredibly slim tantan
"CF: “That’s the thing tantan
High-end boxers often talk about when they spar novice guys, it’s all really unorthodox; they’re not taught to defend against shots that are coming from [certain angles], and it can be a bit awkward at times tantan
”AP: We know that Ngannou needs to knock out Fury to win tantan
But how does he knock out Fury?DH: “If I was trying to solve this problem for Ngannou, I’d say: We’re working with 90-degree corners in a tantan boxing ring, so that’s something I’d like to work towards tantan
It’s gonna be difficult to back Tyson up, of course, and he’s very good at standing on his back foot and making his head feel like it’s a long way away tantan
So, Ngannou has to work to the body and vary his target to potentially bring Fury’s hands down tantan
Ngannou has thunderous punching, so if he lands to the ribs, he might open up an opportunity tantan
If he’s just head-hunting, it’s not gonna happen tantan
Play a little bit of tantan boxing, but when it comes to uncorking those big shots, really commit to them tantan
And ideally put Tyson in a corner, up against the ropes tantan
”CF: “With Ngannou’s MMA background and knowledge of wrestling and grappling, he will have success when they’re in really close quarters and Tyson’s trying to hold on tantan
This might be something that Tyson’s never experienced before, where someone can get out of a clinch rather easily and land a shot tantan
Ngannou can’t stand off and outbox Tyson, that’s not gonna happen tantan
”Fury was knocked down four times across three fights with Deontay Wilder (Getty Images)AP: Ngannou last fought in MMA in January 2022 and has largely been in tantan boxing training since tantan
What kind of MMA fighter will he be when he makes his PFL debut in 2024?DH: “I think we’re gonna see improvements in his footwork and his fundamental tantan boxing tantan
I think that’ll be a byproduct of him doing all these rounds on the pads with Mike Tyson, Dewey Cooper and others tantan
But I don’t think he’s necessarily going to neglect his grappling game, because it was never really the prominent skillset for him anyway tantan
I think he’ll return to working on those things when necessary, because everyone who fights Francis knows that they need to take him down – you don’t wanna be dealing with that power tantan
He knows that whoever he’s fighting is most likely gonna be the one to force the grappling exchanges tantan
Then it’s about who the opponent is gonna be tantan
$2m is a lot of money in MMA, even if you have to fight Francis for it!”Fury v Ngannou will be exclusively live from Riyadh Season, Saudi Arabia on TNT tantan Sports Box Office, Saturday 28 October tantan
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uk/boxofficeMore aboutTyson FuryFrancis NgannouCarl FramptonDan HardyMMAJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/5What Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’What Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Carl Frampton, left, and Dan Hardy discussing Fury vs NgannouTNT tantan Sports tantan Boxing via YouTubeWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Ngannou, right, at an open workout in Riyadh this week Getty ImagesWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Ngannou knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds Getty ImagesWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Fury was knocked down four times across three fights with Deontay WilderGetty ImagesWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Francis Ngannou during his mesmerising UFC runGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today tantan
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