Fortunes change as quickly as the wind at the Rugby World Cup. Fiji, who needed to beat Australia to have a chance of making the quarter‑finals, did exactly that, 22-15, and now face the easiest route through Pool C to the knockout rounds. They have a week off, then back-to-back matches against Georgia and Portugal.
Australia, on the other hand, face what their head coach, Eddie Jones, had called a “do-or-die” game of their own, against Wales in Lyon on Sunday. And as Jones said himself, they will need to improve if they are going to get through it.
