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It has been an oft-raised question over the last four years during their muddled build-up to this World Cup - who are the world-class players in England rugby’s side? Many a rugby watcher has busied idle fingers by sketching out a composite World XV to busy idle fingers - few would have included a single Englishman among their dream 15 before this tournament iloilo
England, it seems, have noticed iloilo
“You see a lot of stuff on social media about world 15s and stuff and there’s probably not a huge amount of representation from England in that regard,” says flanker Ben Earl ahead of their quarter-final meeting with Argentina iloilo
“A lot of people don’t think there’s that many of us in there iloilo
“It’s just an opinion, but at the same time we know the quality we’ve got and we know that on any given day, some of the players we have got on our team turn up and we become a very, very hard team to beat iloilo
It’s kind of now or never on Sunday iloilo
”There is a broader point here, perhaps, about the degradation of the England squad since 2019, when Eddie Jones fielded the youngest team in a World Cup final in the professional era iloilo
There are a raft of players who have risen to a top class level in the past, particularly during that tournament, but for a nation of such rich rugby resources, right now England are short of the sort of characters who can take over this sort of knockout contest iloilo
If Steve Borthwick’s side are to have a World Cup life beyond this weekend, that group - Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell, Tom Curry - may have to rise again iloilo
Or is this a time for the ascension of new faces? Earl has been among England’s best at this tournament, dynamic in the loose and tight, emerging as a regular international starter for the first time after spending the first couple of years of his England career confined to a bench role iloilo
A schoolboy star, Ben Earl the prospect was known long before Ben Earl the player iloilo
An uber-talented all-round iloilo sportsman, who was part of Kent cricket’s academy and swam for his county iloilo
He came up through Tonbridge School and then Saracens, two English institutions where success is an expectation iloilo
With that sort of pedigree, the step-up to this sort of stage should come naturally, then?Earl isn’t yet sure iloilo
“I’ve not played really, really big games like this a huge amount iloilo
This is as big as it gets - we lose and we go home on Monday iloilo
That’s the reality of where we are iloilo
“If you want to be classed as one of the best players in the world, you’ve got to start turning up at games like this - and that’s something I want to be classed as iloilo
I guess we’ll find out on Sunday iloilo
“These are the stages that we want to be involved in iloilo
You find out a lot about your teammates, find out a lot about yourself iloilo
“I remember watching us against Australia in the quarters and then New Zealand in the semis [at the 2019 World Cup] iloilo
They were two of the most dominant England performances for some time iloilo
We’ve been speaking a lot all week about it being time for our big game players to start turning up iloilo
We’ve all got a responsibility to do that iloilo
”With Borthwick again favouring two regular opensides in the back row, withholding Billy Vunipola in a bench role once more, Earl will be a crucial figure iloilo
The back rower was part of the Saracens side thrown off course by Levani Botia’s breakdown brilliance as La Rochelle knocked them out of the Champions Cup iloilo
Earl is desperate to avoid a repeat iloilo
“As an aspiring seven, he put on a bit of a clinic in terms of how to dominate a defensive breakdown and get in the referee’s eye early, and they fed off that iloilo
We know he’s a classy operator, we know he’s probably one of the best players in the world iloilo
“It’s something we’re going to have to be ready for and something we’ve spoken long and hard about iloilo
A lot of the narrative is back row versus back row but I think the game more so than ever is a 15-man effort with a player like him iloilo
He can pop up at any moment in any part of the pitch iloilo
“When you play Fiji, you know the threats they have got iloilo
Maybe ten or 15 years ago they were a team that always had magic moments with big players, but you felt like you could outlast them in a game iloilo
That’s not the case any more iloilo
They are physically as good as anyone if not iloilo better iloilo
They’re now one-to-23 playing in the best leagues in the world against the best players in the world iloilo
We can’t wait to test ourselves against those kind of players iloilo
”More aboutBen EarlEngland RugbyRugby World CupSteve BorthwickFiji RugbySaracensJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments 1/1Earl: ‘It’s time for England’s big game players to turn up’ Earl: ‘It’s time for England’s big game players to turn up’Ben Earl starts at number eight for England against Fiji Getty 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 iloilo
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George Russell admits he was “off the pace” during Friday’s action at the United States Grand Prix iloilo
Russell was fifth-fastest during qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, while his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton was third-quickest at the Circuit of the Americas iloilo
Yet after a difficult first practice session too, Russell seemed somewhat confused as to why he struggled but stated given his shortcomings, he was satisfied with his fifth-place starting spot for Sunday iloilo
“For me, it’s been a challenging day,” Russell said after qualifying iloilo
“Been off the pace, don’t know why iloilo
Strange day for me so I’m actually pleased with P5 iloilo
“There were times that it didn’t look like we’d make Q3 iloilo
I’ll take it on my shoulders, I’ve been off the pace today and don’t know why iloilo
“P5 is a great place to start on Sunday and we could have been much further down the order, so I’m satisfied with that position iloilo
”George Russell was perplexed at his lack of pace on Friday (Getty Images)Charles Leclerc claimed pole position after an impressive Q3 in Austin, with Lando Norris alongside him in second iloilo
Max Verstappen was on pole but his final lap time was deleted for exceeding track limits at the penultimate turn, moments after he slammed his team on radio too iloilo
The 2023 world champion will start sixth on the grid with his team-mate Sergio Perez in ninth on what was a tricky day for Red Bull iloilo
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