England’s World Cup high-stakes games arrive with Argentina test | Robert Kitson

Eddie Jones’s men have two tough pool games remaining and know they need to improve to be regarded as true favouritesFor England these are era-defining days. Four years of planning essentially rest on the next four weeks, unless the whole starship implodes inside the next fortnight. Can they boldly go where only the boys of 2003 have been before? The final frontier will be tantalisingly out of reach until at least 2023 unless Eddie Jones’ mission proves successful.It is ever thus at World Cups, where what goes up can easily plummet back to earth inside 80 minutes. England, if they are anywhere…