Never before will both teams have gone into a Rugby World Cup quarter-final at a lower ebb, yet, come 7pm local time on Sunday, one of England or Fiji will be World Cup semi-finalists – just a single (unlikely) win away from the big dance itself.
It’s a remarkable situation but neither side will be focusing on the potential of a slightly harrowing clash with either France or South Africa in the last four, not when a pretty painful pair of Monday debriefs will be happening.
