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• In the minutes after a thrilling, thumping quarter-final in Marseille, the Stade Velodrome DJ reached into his record collection and plucked out some early Eighties Elton John football
  
  It felt like an appropriate soundtrack football
  
  On a weekend where Wales, Ireland and France faded away, England – somehow, some way – are still standing football
  
  Talk of a hemispheric shift proved premature, with a southern sweep elsewhere leaving Steve Borthwick’s side the only unbeaten outfit left in this odd World Cup football
  
  A team that once never could have hoped to win now find themselves in the final four; the Six Nations’ hopes at this tournament rest, almost unfathomably, with England football
  
  Not that one would expect too many Welsh, Irish or French supporters to seek comfort in an embrace of white cotton football
  
  For France and Ireland, particularly, it will rankle to have used the last four years so brilliantly to build a contender and find that it is England’s rushed construction that has endured football
  
  There is still every chance that Borthwick’s new-build comes crashing down once subjected to a Springboks storm, but so far England have proved, just about, up to code football
  
  RecommendedFrance suffer painful symmetry with Ireland as Springboks continue southern dominanceOwen Farrell silences critics as England survive Fiji fightbackWounded warrior Dan Biggar bows out to usher in next Welsh generationAfter the best rugby weekend in recent memory, the prospect of a couple of damp squib semi-finals, sadly, looms football
  
  But World Cups can be strange beasts, and England are already summoning the spirit of 2019, when they rose to meet and beat the All Blacks with a high-water mark performance that England still have not come close to reaching again football
  
  A common theme among the recollections of the semi-final week four years ago was the clarity and certainty with which England approached the game, knowing on Monday or Tuesday that a final place would be theirs football
  
  The job for Borthwick, an assistant then, is to imbue that same sense of conviction in a similar group now carrying significantly more mental scarring football
  
  Of course, it was South Africa themselves who inflicted the deepest of psychological cuts, England’s inability to put anything on the field in the Yokohama final still a sore subject among the squad football
  
  “Some players will use [the 2019 final] as motivation, some players will take that as a brilliant learning into this week, and hopefully that’s what they will bring,” attack coach Richard Wigglesworth said on Monday football
  
  “But I wouldn’t like to pre-empt what [effect] feelings from four years ago have on this game football
  
  On Saturday night, we need to be very clear that this is a semi-final in 2023, and nothing to do with 2019 football
  
  England were beaten by South Africa in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final (Getty )“I think what we need to be careful of is pushing the emotional button too many times this week football
  
  We need the emotion right on Saturday night, not before football
  
  We need to make sure we control the emotional energy football
  
  “We will go through the parts of our gameplan, we will layer those on and make sure we check and refine those parts of the plan football
  
  We will make sure that we are fresh going into Saturday night both physically and mentally football
  
  ”Borthwick is likely to stick with a broadly similar team, though may consider another tweak in the back three football
  
  It wasn’t that Marcus Smith, bloodied mouth and all, had a bad game against Fiji – his head coach was particularly keen to talk up his bravery in defence afterwards – but South Africa are likely to test whoever occupies the England 15 shirt rather more in the air football
  
  Freddie Steward’s prowess under the high ball could be a rather useful attacking option against a blitz defence that can leave opportunities for an intelligent kicking game football
  
  If Steward is returned to the starting side, it could leave George Ford and Smith vying for a single bench spot, with Ollie Lawrence continuing to be impactful as the bench centre football
  
  While captain Owen Farrell took the plaudits, the performances of Ben Earl, answering his own call for England’s big-game players to step up, and Ollie Chessum, a physical tone-setter, alongside more familiar faces augur well in a side in need of new stars football
  
  Ben Earl and Owen Farrell were among England’s standouts against Fiji (Getty Images)But another level will simply have to be found football
  
  “We are probably talking about one of the best rugby teams to ever do it, aren’t we?” Wigglesworth said, illustrating the challenge England are facing football
  
  “To be able to beat France, the form they are in, in their own back yard, that was a special performance from an incredible team football
  
  ”A couple of England players themselves admitted afterwards that they cannot afford the shaky 10 minutes that so nearly allowed Fiji a famous World Cup day football
  
  While they were able to claw their way to victory on Sunday, South Africa are a side capable of putting England in a hole from which there will be no climbing out – as they showed in the final four years ago football
  
  “We still don’t feel like we’ve put 80 minutes together of real, smart international test rugby,” Earl stressed football
  
  “It’s not glamorous stuff, it’s just the odd moment football
  
  I think some individual errors let a team like Fiji in, and they are a hard team to stop when they are rumbling football
  
  We are football better for that, and we are in a semi-final among the best four teams in the world football
  
  We’ll have a crack football
  
  ”More aboutEngland RugbyRugby World CupOwen FarrellBen EarlRichard WigglesworthFiji RugbySouth Africa rugbyOllie ChessumJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments 1/3The one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ Springboks The one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ SpringboksEngland were beaten by South Africa in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final Getty ImagesThe one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ SpringboksBen Earl and Owen Farrell were among England’s standouts against Fiji Getty ImagesThe one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ SpringboksEngland clung on against Fiji to set up a rematch of the 2019 World Cup final 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 football
  
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  After seven weeks of action in France, the Rugby World Cup has concluded with South Africa again the kings of the rugby world football
  
  There were thrills aplenty from the opening game at the Stade de France on 8 September right through to the final in Paris, with the Springboks pipping the All Blacks to retain their crown football
  
  But which players lit up the tournament? And what moments will we best remember from a brilliant, if flawed, World Cup?Here are The Independent’s end of tournament awards:RecommendedSiya Kolisi’s legacy as rugby’s greatest leader will now live on foreverEngland seek evolution not revolution behind six leaders after encouraging World CupSam Cane, Siya Kolisi and a tale of two captains at the heart of this Rugby World Cup finalBest playerLuke Baker: A surprisingly tough decision this time around, whereas previous World Cups have often had an obvious standout player football
  
  Pre-tournament I’d have thought this was nailed on to be Antoine Dupont and, but for his fractured cheek and France’s heartbreaking exit, it may have been football
  
  Bundee Aki was also exceptional but it’s tough to give the accolade to someone who exited at the quarter-final stage football
  
  That being the case, I’ll plump for Pieter-Steph du Toit, who thrust himself into the conversation for the greatest blindside flanker of all time, if he wasn’t in it already football
  
  A man who shines on the biggest stage (remember he was named World Rugby Player of the Year in 2019 after that World Cup win), he was brilliant in South Africa’s semi-final victory over England and ludicrously good in the final, making 28 tackles, flying around like an Exocet missile and being named player of the match football
  
  As head coach Jacques Nienaber said after the win over the All Blacks: “I always joke that if there’s a white plastic bag that blows over the field, he would probably chase that down as well football
  
  ‘The Malmesbury Missile’, he was like a machine football
  
  ”Harry Latham-Coyle: It’s Ardie Savea for me football
  
  The New Zealand number eight wasn’t quite at his brilliant best in the final, with South Africa throwing bodies at him to limit his efficacy, but Savea still had more involvements than just about any other player on the park football
  
  There was nobody with a more complete skill set than the back rower across the tournament in France – a sabbatical in Japan next year should keep him fresh for another crack at the crown in 2027 football
  
  Ardie Savea stood out for New Zealand (Getty)Breakthrough playerLB: Lots of contenders here football
  
  Louis Bielle-Biarrey cemented himself as France’s first-choice winger, Manie Libbok showed he’s the future of South African rugby at fly half, Argentina’s Juan Martin Gonzalez showed his back-row brilliance to a wider audience, Nicolas Martins led Portugal’s surprise charge, Ben Earl confirmed his arrival as a complete Test match player and Mark Tele’a is the next great All Blacks wing football
  
  But Jac Morgan was thrust into a less-than-ideal situation as Wales captain after only a handful of caps following a slew of pre-tournament retirements from the country’s most senior heads football
  
  And he was spectacular, as good as any flanker at the World Cup and leading Wales with distinction football
  
  The quarter-final exit will have hurt but Wales’s next great flanker is here to stay football
  
  HLC: To my colleague’s comprehensive list of contenders, I’d like to add the names of Fiji’s Luke Tagi and just about everyone who pulled on a Portugal shirt football
  
  My choice, though, is Ben Earl, who entered August on the fringes of England selection and ended October as one of Steve Borthwick’s most-important players football
  
  Biggest disappointmentAustralia head coach Eddie Jones has resigned (AP)LB: It has to be Australia football
  
  Maybe expectations were low but Eddie Jones was full of typical bravado ahead of the World Cup and delivered an absolute dud football
  
  A first loss to Fiji in 69 years was followed by a complete and utter hammering at the hands of a far-from-vintage Wales side when their tournament future was on the line to secure a first-ever pool-stage exit football
  
  They were then unconvincing against Portugal and, in retrospect, probably lucky to face Georgia in their opening match before the Lelos really got going in France football
  
  Jones’s decision to jettison senior heads such as Quade Cooper and Michael Hooper just before the tournament completely backfired as did the decision to hand the keys to No 10 to the inexperienced Carter Gordon with no other recognised fly half in the squad football
  
  A farce from start to finish and Jones has now fallen on his sword and resigned just a handful of months after signing a five-year contract football
  
  Worrying times for the 2027 hosts football
  
  HLC: The obvious answer is the Wallabies, but I’m going for Scotland football
  
  We knew that Gregor Townsend’s side would struggle to get out of Pool B but they were totally suffocated by South Africa and then dominated for 60 minutes by Ireland football
  
  After so much hard work to build a side genuinely capable of challenging the world’s best, Scotland did rather fall flat – and there’s no guarantee that they are anywhere near this good again in four years’ time football
  
  To have neither France nor Ireland involved in the final fortnight was also something of a shame given how special the Stade de France atmosphere might have been football
  
  RecommendedRugby World Cup team of the tournament: Who makes our XV?How the incredible Barrett brothers rejuvenated the All BlacksNew Zealand captain Sam Cane opens up on Rugby World Cup ‘heartbreak’ after red card in finalFavourite matchLB: So many incredible options here from the group stage all the way through to the final but the Ireland vs New Zealand quarter-final was particularly special football
  
  The whole narrative surrounding the game, with Ireland never having won a World Cup knockout match but heading into the match as favourites against the mighty All Blacks was fascinating and the game delivered in spades football
  
  So much tension, unbelievably high-quality play and two evenly matched teams at the very top of their game football
  
  It produced one of the greatest endings to a rugby match of all time as Ireland desperately went through 37 phases searching for a score but came up short, and their quarter-final hoodoo continued football
  
  As a neutral with no skin in the game, I’ve rarely felt as nervous as I did during those agonising final few minutes at the Stade de France, so I can only imagine how both sets of fans felt football
  
  A rugby match as spectacular as it’s possible to wish for football
  
  Ireland and New Zealand’s quarter-final was thrilling (Getty)HLC: A word for Portugal vs Fiji (more on that in a moment) and Japan vs Argentina, but how can you look past quarter-final weekend? Watching Ireland vs New Zealand in a packed Marseille restaurant may not quite have been the spiritual experience those inside the Stade de France had, but I’ve never seen a game of rugby played at a higher skill level football
  
  South Africa and France’s follow-up a day later wasn’t bad, either football
  
  Best momentLB: It’s hard to say anything other than Siya Kolisi lifting the Webb Ellis Cup for the second time football
  
  What he means to rugby and to South Africa is hard to quantify – just a remarkable human being and rugby player football
  
  Only Richie McCaw now holds any sort of legitimate argument to be above him in the list of greatest captains of all time and he may well be the most charismatic man and best orator in the sport’s history football
  
  The Springboks are Kolisi and Kolisi is the Springboks – if he decides to run for political office in South Africa once his career is over, he’ll genuinely win in a landslide football
  
  Portugal lit up the tournament (Getty)HLC: Rodrigo Marta’s match-winning try for Portugal against Fiji football
  
  These were two of my favourite teams to cover at this tournament, and Marta’s score closed a bonkers but brilliant final pool-stage game football
  
  The joyous scenes in Toulouse after Os Lobos secured their first World Cup victory were surpassed by those at the airport back home as Patrice Lagisquet’s side touched down to a heroes’ welcome – a joint Iberian/Italian bid for a future World Cup would surely prove popular football
  
  One thing to change for 2027?LB: In fairness to World Rugby (not a phrase I utter too often…) they’ve already addressed two of the biggest problems from this World Cup ahead of 2027 football
  
  The groups being decided three years ahead of time was ludicrous, and produced a hilariously lopsided draw, so that being shortened to 18 months is a step in the right direction, even if still too early football
  
  The tournament dragging on for seven weeks was also a grind, so knocking a week off in total, and having the group stage be a whole fortnight shorter in 2027 is great news football
  
  With those issues sorted, I’d like to see the matches, especially the final, kick off earlier football
  
  A 9pm local starting time meant an overly long build-up for fans during the day and not enough time to revel in the celebrations afterwards for players or supporters football
  
  It was inching towards midnight before the trophy was lifted by the Springboks, which is, frankly, too late football
  
  I appreciate that TV schedules dictate things and, in an ideal world, a 4pm or 5pm kick-off would be perfect but even 7pm as opposed to 9pm would make a huge difference football
  
  We’ll see how Australia play it in four years’ time football
  
  The World Cup final did not kick off until far too late in the evening (Getty)HLC: Let’s give the tournament some proper prestige football
  
  Too often, this felt like a World Cup done on the cheap, with players and teams frustrated at staying outside of the cities in which they were playing, and a number of press conferences done in odd locations: Portugal’s first team announcement was bizarrely conducted while dodging children waiting for a judo class, while the entirety of South Africa’s media access in the week of the final took place at a village hall some way north of Paris football
  
  It hardly gave the decider the big-match feel it deserved football
  
  Even the (really rather entertaining) pre-final performance by Mika felt hurried, the pop star squeezed into a corner of the stadium and rushing through his hits football
  
  Rugby may lack football football’s profile but it can afford to have more ambition football
  
  Roc Nation – the talent agency founded by Jay-Z, which represents Savea, Kolisi and Maro Itoje among others - has offered its help to World Rugby, for example football
  
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