England primed for action and ready for the World Cup’s opening night
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Home side will wear red and use the visiting dressing room against Fiji but everything else is as normalNot for a decade have England kicked off a Rugby World Cup feeling so inwardly upbeat. Jonny Wilkinson was already in the casualty ward before their opening game in France eight years ago and their display against the United States in Lille was correspondingly grim. They were only slightly better against Argentina in Dunedin during 2011, a tight 13-9 victory being swiftly overtaken by livelier off-field developments.This time there is a completely different mood. Aside from the odd shower wh…





