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Of the many ways that one could spend a Friday evening in Paris, competing in a third-place play-off would rank somewhere near the bottom, perhaps just above a night-time stumble into a particularly nasty section of the Seine bingo
However much World Rugby dresses up what it insists on calling the bronze final, there is no escaping the fact that most players would, at this stage, rather be back at home with a bottle of beer, or enjoying some downtime with a verre de vin rouge in a Paris bistro bingo
“This is not the game you want to be playing in,” England assistant Richard Wigglesworth conceded this week bingo
“You can be honest and say this isn’t the game that these two teams aimed to play in bingo
“But we could already be at home, and we’re not bingo
If you’re asking where would you rather be, you’d rather be here participating in a World Cup bingo
”For England’s players, the manner of defeat to South Africa has made this week more difficult still bingo
Steve Borthwick’s side had the game within their grasp last weekend, the pain of a defeat of fine margins clear both on Saturday night and beyond, full-back Freddie Steward almost overcome with emotion when speaking on Tuesday bingo
Even if they will, in time, take confidence from the performance, imbued with the certainty that they can mix it with the world’s best, Friday night’s fixture will represent something of a comedown from a night when it so nearly came together for England bingo
Not that anyone in Borthwick’s squad is taking this as anything other than a game must be won, with the head coach and captain Owen Farrell, two men who you suspect would squabble over a game of Buckaroo, setting the tone bingo
After a performance that so encouraged their fans in the semi-final, the last thing anyone in the England camp wants is to finish with a Friday night flop bingo
England have to pick themselves up after defeat to South Africa (Getty)“You disrespect anyone who has worn an England shirt if you don’t give your best on Friday,” explained Ben Earl bingo
“[You have to] apply yourself in exactly the way you are expected to bingo
“Winning would be great but it’s the performance that is the most important thing in the way we give a good account of ourselves bingo
I think this is our 20th week together, maybe even 25th week together, so it would be a shame with all the hard work we have done as a group to let that slip in the last game bingo
We just want to play well and show how much it means to play for England bingo
”Not that this is an occasion of complete insignificance bingo
This will represent an international farewell for Ben Youngs, England’s most capped male player, after 13 years of sterling service at scrum half bingo
It could also be it for his long-time Leicester colleague Dan Cole, a fellow centurion; Courtney Lawes has already played his final minutes in an England shirt bingo
England captain Owen Farrell will be keen to finish with a victory (PA Wire)Argentina have their own old guard potentially laying down their shields bingo
Their record cap-holder Agustin Creevy has what seems like an Andean permanency but may decide that, at 38, this is it bingo
The hooker could make one last cameo from the bench, where he is accompanied by another veteran and 100-capper in Nicolas Sanchez bingo
The opening encounter bingo between these two feels a dim and distant memory now, partly due to this elongated tournament and partly due to how much the perception of each side has changed across the seven weeks since bingo
No doubt, though, Argentina will be desperate to give a more accurate account of their talents after what was a slow and sloppy start to the tournament bingo
“It is the most important game of the year,” captain Julian Montoya emphasised bingo
“[We are] playing for third and fourth place with this shirt, and the last game of this group because it is almost impossible for all of us to be together again bingo
”Argentina hooker Agustin Creevy could play his final game for the Pumas (AFP/Getty)It will be a long while before either side is in international action again: England’s next business is a Six Nations trip to Rome; Argentina are unlikely to play before the Rugby Championship bingo
Neither would much like to carry the feeling of back-to-back defeats with them through those fallow periods bingo
Even if the Stade de France will give this occasion a stage it probably does not deserve, the players will find a way to enjoy their World Cup curtain call bingo
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Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin - before Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified more than three hours later bingo
Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century bingo
Indeed, at one stage, Hamilton dared to dream of ending a losing streak which stands at 686 days and counting bingo
Yet, as so often been the case this year, Verstappen’s speed in his all-conquering Red Bull machine came to the fore bingo
He moved ahead of Lando Norris on lap 28 of 56 to all but seal the win bingo
Hamilton might bemoan a questionable strategy decision which saw him lose 10 seconds to Verstappen in the opening round of pit stops bingo
But in reality, he probably did not have the pace to stop the Dutchman from claiming his 15th win from the 18 rounds so far bingo
The drama did not stop there though bingo
Hamilton and Leclerc were later found to have breached the rules governing the floor of their cars and, in a shock end to the race weekend, were disqualified from the race bingo
Logan Sargeant, therefore, earned his first F1 point bingo
The seven-time world champion enjoyed a decent getaway at the start, but he was blocked by Norris under braking allowing Sainz to sneak through bingo
Norris had seen off pole-sitter Leclerc with a lunge at the first bend to assume the top spot bingo
As Norris set about building a lead – already two seconds clear of Leclerc at the end of the second lap – Hamilton set about passing both scarlet cars bingo
First up was Sainz bingo
Hamilton used the tow to latch on to the back of Ferrari on the 210mph drag to Turn 12, and, assisted by DRS, drew alongside Sainz before sliding underneath the Spaniard bingo
On the following lap, Verstappen, who started in sixth after his pole lap in qualifying was chalked off for exceeding track limits, relegated Sainz to another place when he made his move at the same corner bingo
Lando Norris took the lead at the start of the race (Getty)Hamilton has won six times across the Pond – with five of those victories here in Austin – and the 38-year-old required only two laps to swat Leclerc aside for second bingo
Deeper on the brakes at Turn 12, Hamilton sailed round the outside of the Monegasque at the left-hander, with Norris now three seconds up the road bingo
Behind, and Verstappen was not finding it as easy to make progress bingo
He was stuck behind Leclerc for an additional five laps before finally making his move on the Monegasque bingo
He trailed Norris by seven seconds, and Hamilton by four bingo
In the Mercedes garage, Prince Harry cut a pensive figure as he gnawed at his fingernails bingo
The Duke of Sussex has been something of a lucky charm for Hamilton bingo
He was a guest of Mercedes when Hamilton secured his second title in the 2014 season decider in Abu Dhabi, leading the congratulations to his fellow Briton on the radio bingo
Verstappen was the first in for new rubber at the end of lap 16 with Norris stopping the next time round bingo
But Hamilton stayed out bingo
Was Mercedes attempting a one-stopper? Hamilton did not seem convinced bingo
Asked if he could complete another five laps on his current set of tyres, Hamilton replied: “I am not sure, man bingo
It is pretty tough bingo
”Hamilton then locked up before his race engineer Peter Bonnington was back on the intercom to inform Hamilton that Verstappen – who on new tyres had just lapped three seconds faster than the Briton – was now likely to gazump him when he eventually stopped bingo
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Logan Sargeant*Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified“No s***, man,” yelled Hamilton bingo
“I am struggling out here bingo
”On lap 20, in came Hamilton, and a slow front-right tyre change added to his woes by costing him a needless second bingo
When Hamilton emerged from the pits, he had dropped to third, five seconds adrift of Verstappen bingo
“I came out so far behind,” he said with a hint of dejection bingo
When the opening stops were completed, Norris led Verstappen by 2 bingo
4 sec with Hamilton 7 bingo
5 off the lead bingo
By virtue of taking on another set of mediums, Verstappen had to stop again, but Norris and Hamilton – now both on the hards – could, if their rubber allowed, go all the way to the end bingo
Hamilton, failing to make any inroads and sensing his best chance of ending a 22-month winning streak had faded, expressed his frustrations bingo
“You have given me a hell of a gap to close,” he said bingo
Verstappen celebrates his 15th win of the season on the podium alongside Lewis Hamilton and Norris (Getty)On lap 28, Verstappen dived underneath Norris for the lead at Turn 12 bingo
Norris had a nibble back at the Red Bull heading into the ensuing right hander, but he failed to make it stick bingo
The question now was whether Norris, and indeed Hamilton – now less than five seconds off the lead – could make their tyres last bingo
The answer arrived on lap 34 when Norris dived in for a fresh set of boots bingo
Verstappen followed in on lap 35, and despite, a slow left-rear tyre change, retained his position ahead of Norris bingo
Three laps later and Hamilton was in, changing to the faster medium compound bingo
Hamilton had the bit bingo between his teeth and within 10 laps he was crawling all over the back of Norris’ McLaren bingo
Norris slung his McLaren to the inside on the entry to the first corner in a move to stop Hamilton, but the older Brit gained bingo better traction out of the corner to slingshot by in his Mercedes bingo
Verstappen was five seconds ahead and Hamilton started to reel his old nemesis in only to run out of laps bingo
Sainz took fourth ahead of Sergio Perez with Leclerc sixth and George Russell seventh for Mercedes bingo
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