{"id":292785,"date":"2023-09-17T01:34:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T01:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292785"},"modified":"2023-09-17T01:34:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T01:34:55","slug":"mike-browns-guide-to-sundays-rugby-world-cup-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/mike-browns-guide-to-sundays-rugby-world-cup-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Brown&apos;s guide to Sunday&apos;s Rugby World Cup games"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mike Brown&#8217;s guide to Sunday&#8217;s Rugby World Cup games &#8211; with South Africa, Australia and England all in action<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MailSport&#8217;s Mike Brown offers a guide to all of Sunday&#8217;s Rugby World Cup action<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>South Africa, Australia and England all help to conclude this weekend&#8217;s games\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second weekend of Rugby World Cup action concludes on Sunday with three matches spread across Groups B, C and D.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa have a favourable task as they face a Romania side which conceded 12 tries against Ireland in their first match. The Springboks have rotated because of their strength in depth, and stronger challenges to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Group C, Australia will hope to build on their 20-point victory over Georgia on the opening weekend, while Fiji will be out to avenge the demons of their six-point defeat to Wales.<\/p>\n<p>And in Sunday&#8217;s late kick-off, Steve Borthwick&#8217;s England will hope to continue their strong performance against Argentina by facing off against Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>MailSport<\/span>&#8216;s <span>Mike Brown <\/span>offers a guide to Sunday&#8217;s Rugby World Cup action:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/23\/75513357-12527001-image-a-24_1694902203021.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Steve Borthwick&#8217;s England will look to continue their strong start when they face Japan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/23\/75515467-12527001-image-a-25_1694902257663.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Canan Moodie is one to watch out for as they face Romania in their second game<\/p>\n<p><span>South Africa v Romania<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>2pm, ITVX stream\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This could be a stroll in the park for the Springboks. They\u2019ve rotated their team but they\u2019ve got so much strength in depth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scotland played well last week but they just ground them down comfortably with their power. It must be soul-destroying to see them unload that bench.<\/p>\n<p><span>One to watch: Canan Moodie<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Aust<span>ralia v Fiji<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>4.45pm, ITV1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I want Fiji to win because it would be great for the tournament. I loved watching them against Wales last week and it would be amazing to see them playing knockout rugby.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Jones has got Australia\u2019s X-factor players scoring tries but have a lot to improve on.<\/p>\n<p><span>One to watch: Waisea Nayacalevu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/23\/75515485-12527001-image-a-26_1694902333390.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fiji&#8217;s centre\u00a0Waisea Nayacalevu is one to look out for as they look to win against Australia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/23\/75253411-12527001-image-a-27_1694902371784.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tom Curry was given a tough two-game ban for a red card he picked up against Argentina<\/p>\n<p><span>England v Japan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>8pm, ITV1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tough on Tom Curry that he\u2019s banned for two games. I don\u2019t think it was a red card.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Jesse Kriel wasn\u2019t punished for the same incident is where all the frustration comes from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sport and accidents happen. Everyone\u2019s doing what they can to make the sport safer but there are certain incidents you can\u2019t do anything about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no\u00a0malice to it and I don\u2019t see how Curry could have done anything differently in that situation unless he dived out of the way. It feels like we\u2019re pandering too much.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12527001\/Mike-Browns-guide-Sundays-Rugby-World-Cup-games-South-Africa-Australia-England-action.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Brown&#8217;s guide to Sunday&#8217;s Rugby World Cup games &#8211; with South Africa, Australia and England all in action MailSport&#8217;s <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mike Brown&amp;apos;s guide to Sunday&amp;apos;s Rugby World Cup games - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/mike-browns-guide-to-sundays-rugby-world-cup-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mike Brown&amp;apos;s guide to Sunday&amp;apos;s Rugby World Cup games - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Brown&#8217;s guide to Sunday&#8217;s Rugby World Cup games &#8211; 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