The last three World Cup winners have stuck to the same XV in the final – is that an omen for Eddie Jones’ England?
If recent tradition is to be believed England have selected wisely for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup finale. The last three tournament winners have all named unchanged XVs for the final and Eddie Jones has now done likewise. Injuries aside, it was always going to be tough to look beyond the side which flattened New Zealand in the semi-final.
There is also the encouraging little stat that no World Cup winner, to date, has ever lost a game en route. England are so far unbeaten on their Japanese odyssey while South Africa lost to New Zealand in their opening pool game. Completely irrelevant or a trusty barometer? We will find out soon enough.
Written by Robert Kitson in Tokyo
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