La Rosa had a comfortable advantage, but in the second half the Oceanians managed to equalize the score. Ultimately, his captain Owen Farrell’s scores earned him the ranking.
He confirmed his favoritism. This Saturday, England beat Fiji 30-24 and became the third semi-finalist of the tournament. The Rugby World Cup takes place in France .
The first minutes of the first half were characterized by the attacking approach of the European XV, while the Oceanians managed to create danger thanks to quick withdrawals and exits in attack.
In this scenario, La Rosa managed to take the lead thanks to a penalty from captain Owen Farrell (11′) then thanks to a try from Manu Tuilagi (14′). ; However, Fiji managed to come back through a penalty. Frank Lomani in the 20th minute .
But those led by Steve Borthwick They further increased the advantage thanks to Joe Marchant’s try and Farrell’s subsequent conversion (23′) ; However, the Fijians did not want to stop the fighting and Viliame Mata scores his team’s first try (28′) an annotation which was subsequently confirmed by the Lomani conversion (29′) .
But in the final minutes, the English regained the advantage thanks to captain’s penalties in the 34′ and 38′, leaving the score at 21-10 with which the teams arrived at halftime .
In the second stage, a new penalty from Farrell confirmed Rosa’s advantage (54′), but Simon Raiwalui’s students made a good comeback by converting two consecutive tries thanks to Peni Ravai (64′) and Vilimoni Botitu ( 68′), in addition to the transformations of Simione Kuruvoli (66′ and 70′), leaving the score tied 24-24 ten minutes from the end. .
Tension and nervousness invaded the final minutes at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille but, despite losing the advantage, the English were Owen Farrell to the great figure of the party, who with a drop goal (72′) and a penalty (78′) sealed the ranking of the European team .
With this result, the Rosa team reached the semi-finals of the planetary event, a test in which it awaits its rival, who will emerge from the duel between France and South Africa .
It should be remembered that the other match corresponding to the best four round will be played by the Pumas of Argentina who defeated Wales, and the New Zealand All Blacks executioners of Ireland.
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Source: Latercera
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