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RWC 2019 finalists England will make their entrance into France 2023 against Argentina in Marseille, on a blockbuster second day of the tournament. Los Pumas failed to make the quarter-finals for the first time in 16 years in Japan, and Mario Ladesma’s team will be keen to show that was only a hiccup.

Only two of Argentina, England and Japan will be able to progress to the last eight, however, placing huge significance on the fixtures between those three teams. Whoever wins this meeting in the south of France will take a large stride towards qualification for the knockout stage.

England and Argentina have met three times to date at Rugby World Cup, with the former winning on each occasion. The sides’ most recent meeting came in Pool C of RWC 2019, with Eddie Jones’ side beating Los Pumas 39-10 at Tokyo Stadium.

England’s second Pool D match, and one coach Eddie Jones will no doubt have circled on their schedule, is against Japan in Nice. Jones led the Brave Blossoms to three wins at RWC 2015, including the ‘Brighton Miracle’ against South Africa, and helped turn the team into a force on the international stage.

That progress has continued under his successor Jamie Joseph, and Japan will be confident they have enough quality to make it out of their pool for the second successive Rugby World Cup. Should England beat Argentina in their France 2023 opener, however, Jones’ side will have an opportunity to all-but seal their progress, with matches against the Oceania 1 and Americas 2 qualifiers to follow this one.

The nations have met only once at Rugby World Cup, their encounter coming during the pool stage of the inaugural tournament in 1987, when England won 60-7 in Sydney. Their only encounter since then came at Twickenham in 2018 and the hosts were victorious again, overcoming a 15-10 half-time deficit to win 35-15.