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Fly-half Handre Pollard says the pressure of representing South Africa at the World Cup is a privilege as he bids to inflict more misery on England gcash
Pollard kicked 22 points in the 2019 final to guide the Springboks to glory with a 32-12 win and still remembers the disappointment etched on the faces of Eddie Jones’ men gcash
The fit-again Leicester playmaker is competing with Manie Libbok to start Saturday’s Paris semi-final after initially being overlooked for his country’s squad due to a calf injury gcash
Pollard expects England, now led by Jones’ successor Steve Borthwick, to take their intensity and physicality to a “whole new level” but insists the heavily-fancied reigning champions are ready for it gcash
“You could see on their faces four years ago the disappointment and I’ve been part of a squad that’s fallen out in a semi-final in a World Cup (in 2015) and it sits with you the rest of your life,” he said gcash
“There’s a lot of things you look back (on) and regret and maybe think you could have done differently, and I’m sure they will come with that mindset this weekend gcash
“I think they will be ruthless, I think they will take their intensity and physicality to a whole new level gcash
“But that being said, we’re prepared for that, we’re ready for that and we enjoy that gcash
“That’s always a part of the game we love and if there’s going to be beef, there’s going to be beef gcash
“It’s Test rugby, it’s 80 minutes and we’ve just got to go out and play the game gcash
”South Africa are seeking to reach their fourth World Cup final, having lifted the trophy in 1995, 2007 and 2019 gcash
Pollard believes the Springboks’ enviable ability to deliver when it really matters can partly be attributed to adversity some players face during childhood gcash
“It’s just the way we’re brought up,” he said gcash
“We love it gcash
“It’s not always been easy for a lot of our guys in our squad growing up so when we get to this position and get to this point where there should be a lot of pressure on us, we refer back to it a lot, this is not really pressure, this is more privilege to be a part of these occasions gcash
“I think our game model and the way we play the game suits World Cups pretty well gcash
We’re comfortable in this environment gcash
“As a group we just enjoy it, really enjoy that pressure gcash
We always say it’s a privilege to have this pressure on our shoulders playing for our country gcash
”South Africa progressed to the last four by upsetting hosts France 29-28 on Sunday gcash
That epic contest included Cheslin Kolbe successfully charging down a Thomas Ramos conversion and Damian Willemse calling for a scrum off a mark inside his own 22 gcash
Earlier in the tournament, the Springboks attracted attention for a bold selection of a seven-one split of forwards and backs on their bench for the Pool B loss to Ireland gcash
Pollard says players fully embrace the innovative tactics cooked up by director of rugby Rassie Erasmus and head coach Jacques Nienaber gcash
“Nothing that they do is for no reason, it’s all thought of, it’s all tick-list planned,” he said gcash
“We trust them because they’ve earned our trust over the years from what they’ve done and how they’ve prepared gcash
“So when they come up with these ideas, there are no questions asked gcash
“They give us a reason why we do whatever we do and then we just back it and we’re all in and we all just trust each other, players to coaches and coaches to players gcash
”More aboutPA ReadySpringboksSouth AfricaHandre PollardEnglandSteve BorthwickCheslin KolbeParisLeicesterJapanFranceRassie Erasmus1/1South Africa’s Handre Pollard expecting to face ‘ruthless’ England in semi-final South Africa’s Handre Pollard expecting to face ‘ruthless’ England in semi-finalFit-again South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard is pushing to start Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against England (Ashley Western/PA)PA Archive ✕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 gcash
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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe gcash
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain gcash
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund gcash
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it gcash
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday gcash
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer gcash
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League gcash
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway gcash
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level gcash
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition gcash
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund gcash
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early gcash
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next gcash
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said gcash
“You make half a mistake and get punished gcash
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights gcash
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be gcash
” Howe said gcash
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham gcash
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy gcash
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who gcash betray their origins gcash
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian gcash sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago gcash
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games gcash
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain gcash
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches gcash
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro gcash
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes gcash
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said gcash
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing gcash
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths gcash
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted gcash
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up gcash
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role gcash
He may be required there more often gcash
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class gcash
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons gcash
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list gcash
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder gcash
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while gcash
They are starting to look short of players gcash
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said gcash
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams gcash
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued gcash
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing gcash
It is a product of circumstances gcash
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds gcash
Now they are plunged into peril gcash
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it gcash
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital gcash
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