RUGBY WORLD CUP | Live scoring: England v Fiji

RUGBY WORLD CUP QF FIXTURE: England v Fiji

GROUND: Stade de Marseille (67,847)

KICK-OFF: 17:00 local time (GMT+2)

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Fiji return to the Rugby World Cup quarter-final stage for the first time since 2007, and the same ground where – 16 years ago – they gave eventual champions South Africa an almighty scare in their last-eight match, coming back from 20-6 down to briefly level the scores in the last quarter, before the Springboks pulled away.

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Head coach Simon Raiwalui has made five changes to his starting XV that suffered that one-point loss against Portugal in Toulouse last week. Tevita Ikanivere earns his first Rugby World Cup start after four outings off the bench, Albert Tuisue starts for the first time since the opening round loss against Wales, and Lekima Tagitagivalu – who made a team high 16 tackles against England in August – returns to the back-row after missing last week’s loss. 

Semi Radradra starts on the left wing, with Vinaya Habosi switching to the right, and Ilaisa Droasese returns to full-back after missing last week.  

Like their opponents this Saturday, England were in Marseille at this stage 16 years ago. Then, Jonny Wilkinson kicked the then-defending champions to victory against Australia. They went on to meet France in the semi-final – a fixture that could be repeated in 2023 if both sides win their respective matches this weekend.

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England will be favourites

Head coach Steve Borthwick has made two personnel changes and four positional changes from the starting XV who narrowly beat Samoa in their last game. Captain Owen Farrell returns to fly-half for the sixth time this year, and the first time he has started alongside Alex Mitchell at half-back.

Elliot Daly returns to the left-wing after playing at outside centre against Chile, with Jonny May switching to the right-wing for the third time this year. Joe Marchant moves from right-wing to outside-centre and resumes his midfield partnership with Manu Tuilagi. And Marcus Smith starts at full-back for only the second time in his test career.

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