It’s the fans’ favorite team in this World Cup. Fiji, winners of Australia in the group stage and second in group C, will try to continue their great adventure in this World Cup this Sunday, against England. The third quarter-final of the weekend, but also the very last match at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille in this Rugby World Cup.
After two convincing performances against Wales (32-26 defeat) and against Australia (22-15 victory), the Fijians showed themselves to be laborious against valiant Georgians and Portuguese. Against the Lusitanians, the Flying Fijians finally lost (24-23), offering their opponents their first victory in a World Cup. It is thanks to the defensive bonus collected during this defeat that Levani Botia and his team qualified for the rest of the competition.
They will therefore find the English, winners of Pool D ahead of Argentina. Favorites of the match, the XV de la Rose still has a bad memory in mind, that of its last confrontation against Fiji. During their final preparation match for the World Cup, at the end of last August, the English lost to the Flying Fijians at Twickenham, 22 points to 30. It was also the first defeat in the history of English rugby against Fiji, in eight confrontations.
England-Fiji will kick off at 5:00 p.m. this Sunday, October 15, and the match will be broadcast on M6. You will also be able to follow the match live with commentary on our website leparisien.fr.
