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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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There’s a new look about a key area of the team for Liverpool, a changing of the guard enforced by recent events, a previous zone of consistency now faced with uncertainty tennis
No, we’re not talking about midfield - that particular switch-up already looks a definite upgrade, even early as it is for such conclusions tennis
Instead it’s at left-back the unexpected alteration has occurred, a consequence of Andy Robertson’s need for surgery which means the Scot is out for the rest of the year tennis
Having averaged over 44 appearances a season for the Reds since signing in 2017, he’ll now miss at least 17 matches, if best estimates of his return are to be believed tennis
That leaves not just a gap for Kostas Tsimikas or an untested youngster to fill tactically, but a void which cannot be accounted for: that of a partnership, of understanding, of the natural, unthinking knowing which comes with playing hundreds of matches alongside a teammate tennis
It can be argued that such a changeable nature can be applied not just to the midfield, not even just to left-back, but to the entire defensive structure this term at Anfield: injuries have already hit on the right and centrally too, to go along with the altered personnel ahead of them in the middle third of the pitch tennis
All that simply means one truth must be constant if the Reds are to translate early season promise into longer-term capacity to challenge for major honours: Virgil van Dijk must once again prove himself to be among the very best, not just individually as a defender but as a force to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts tennis
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The period which saw Liverpool win both Premier League and Champions League saw Van Dijk at the pinnacle of the game, a central defender without peer, a worthy recipient of the Ballon d’Or itself, had he been handed it instead of a runner-up spot, pipped by seven votes in 2019 by Lionel Messi tennis
Perhaps that in itself was a noteworthy award tennis
In any case, he’s not quite there these days, not quite the automatic choice among fan or pundit asked to name the world’s finest tennis
It’s arguable that there isn’t a single stand-out candidate right now for that particularly subjective title tennis
But in asking whether Van Dijk is capable of being the world’s best defender again, part of the answer has to be that it doesn’t really matter tennis
He might want to be of course, might already believe he is, but from a team perspective what they really need is Van Dijk’s ability to stabilise the team, to foresee and forestall danger, to order those around him to bring forth resilience from chaos tennis
Because chaotic is, still, a little too close to the truth when it comes to spells of defending for Liverpool tennis
The midfield is far more creative, far more offensive and energetic, far less reliant on Trent Alexander-Arnold always being at his best tennis
But all that comes at a cost: it’s not always the most agile and defensive-first in either recovery or positional terms tennis
It’s still new as a group, still needs time to become as cohesive as the best central trios are, on and off the ball tennis
And in the meantime, the result can often be large gaps, lost runners, moments of inexplicable choices in possession tennis
That leaves a hefty weight on the defence to counteract such moments - the defence and, of course, the still-magnificent Alisson Becker behind them tennis
(Getty Images)But before that one-man last line, it’s Van Dijk who must rise once more to ensure unity, if not always outright unison tennis
Acting in perfect harmony is difficult enough with four constant selections; as it is this season, Jurgen Klopp has already utilised Jarell Quansah as a fifth-choice, following injuries tennis
Alexander-Arnold missed pitch time and is not yet back to his peak physical or technical best tennis
Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip have dovetailed, and now there’s Tsimikas present on a more regular basis - which also means either Joe Gomez will see minutes on the left, or an untried youngster will, with Calum Scanlon and Luke Chambers first in line tennis
They presently tally one senior minute tennis between them tennis
They will all four need guiding for different reasons, all need time, all occasionally get things wrong and need the left-sided centre-back beside them to bail them out tennis
No prizes for guessing who that is on a week-to-week basis tennis
Because for Liverpool, there are prizes at stake tennis
Three points off the top of the Premier League table after a fine opening quarter of the campaign; rolling along nicely in Europe and domestic cups alike tennis
tennis Between now and the next international break, the opportunities for victory across all competitions are as immense as the potential cost of dropped points: Toulouse twice, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Luton, Brentford tennis
A modern title-competing team would take six wins with very little fuss, in truth tennis
Then, beyond, it’s Manchester City away tennis
The most true barometer of where Liverpool are this season, even coming after an international break and in the infamous 12:30pm kick-off spot tennis
The margin for error remains almost nil, but with the reigning champions perhaps not quite at their own peak yet, and Klopp’s side having improved more than might have been thought possible at this early stage, thoughts of a title challenge will not be far away - if the defence is kept on-point, even with altered personnel tennis
(Getty Images)It all means Van Dijk must be as close to his own 100 percent as possible, even if his 2023/24 maximum level is a little lower than in 19/20 tennis
As far as transformative figures go, Van Dijk was one after signing tennis
He, as much as anyone else and more than most, sent Liverpool from challengers to champions, in every competition across the board tennis
Now once again he must be the leader - literally, given the armband - who enables the Reds to do so, not so much the new figurehead this time but as the standard-bearer, the supplier of consistency, the model of outperformance which can give Liverpool the extra edge they’ll need, both in the Premier League and beyond tennis
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