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\nFiji produced the upset the Rugby World Cup needed on Sunday beating Australia to end almost seven decades of rugby pain at their hands while the 2019 finalists South Africa and England made it two wins from two.
\nThe Fiji players described as \u201cjackals\u201d by their impressive coach Simon Raiwalui outmuscled the Wallabies to deservedly prevail 22-15 in a thrilling match that blows open Pool \u2018C\u2019. It was the first time Fiji had beaten Australia at a World Cup.
\nDefending champions South Africa and England won in contrasting styles, the Springboks thrashing Romania 76-0 in Pool \u2018B\u2019 while the English ground out a 34-12 win over Japan in Pool \u2018D\u2019.
\nFiji\u2019s impressive victory gives them a great chance of reaching the last eight for the first time since 2007 with their remai\u00adning matches against a robust Georgia and whipping boys Portugal.
\nSouth Africa\u2019s minds will switch quickly to next Saturday\u2019s keenly awaited match with Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland.
\nAwaiting the runners-up in the quarter-finals is likely to be France with the winners of Pool \u2018B\u2019 most probably facing New Zealand. England did not win over many neutral observers in their attritional win over Japan but for diehard supporters the style means little as they sit top of Pool \u2018D\u2019 after two matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PARIS Fiji produced the upset the Rugby World Cup needed on Sunday beating Australia to end almost seven decades of rugby pain at their hands while the 2019 finalists South Africa and England made it two wins from two. The Fiji players described as \u201cjackals\u201d by their impressive coach Simon Raiwalui outmuscled the Wallabies to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-357093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n