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Penguins On Ice | SaltWire #pittsburghpenguins #novascotia #nhl #sidneycrosbyMARSEILLE, France - England and Fiji hardly charged into the World Cup quarter-finals in a blaze glory, but neither will care as they seek to grasp a glorious opportunity to progress while the sport's four best teams are forced to slug it out in Paris.
Fiji are playing in their third quarter-final after 1987 and 2007, while England, who have only once failed to make the last eight, are seeking a sixth semi-final appearance. Their style will not have won them any admirers and, if anything, they are likely to be even tighter on Sunday as they seek desperately to avoid being dragged into a loose, open game against the sport's most dangerous broken field runners.
However, it is the presence of Smith, normally a flyhalf that gives long-suffering England fans a glimpse of hope that they can also find a way to the tryline through their backline. Fiji were good but unlucky against Wales, played brilliantly to beat Australia, did just enough against Georgia and were then almost undone in defeat against Portugal, scraping the losing bonus point they needed for progress.
The lineout remains vulnerable, however, and they have shown signs of"switching off" for periods in all their matches - areas England will target mercilessly.
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