{"id":2958,"date":"2023-10-20T07:29:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T04:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2958\/steward-replaces-smith-as-england-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T07:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T04:29:32","slug":"steward-replaces-smith-as-england-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=2958","title":{"rendered":"Steward replaces Smith as England make three changes for semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steward replaces Smith as England make three changes for semifinal\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Tom Hamilton, lead writer<span class=\"timestamp \">October 19, 2023, 12:26<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>\u2022 Joined ESPN in 2011<br \/>\u2022 Covered two Olympic Games, two <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/rugby\/\"   title=\"Rugby\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Rugby<\/a> World Cups and two British and Irish Lions tours<br \/>\u2022 Former rugby editor, then senior editor in 2018<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>PARIS \u2014 England made three changes for Saturday&#8217;s Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa with Freddie Steward returning at fullback and Marcus Smith left out of the squad for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Steward is one of three changes from the team that beat Fiji on Sunday, with Joe Marler and George Martin also starting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023:<\/strong> <strong>Teams<\/strong> | <strong>Calendar<\/strong> | <strong>Ranking<\/strong> |  <strong>Podcast<\/strong> |<strong> Injuries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steward <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2674\/steward-replaces-smith-as-england\/\">replaces Smith<\/a>, who retires on the 23, while Marler starts ahead of Ellis Genge and Martin gets the nod on the second row in place of Ollie Chessum.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Owen Farrell has captained the side since the opening.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Freddie Steward will <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> at fullback against South Africa in place of Marcus Smith. <cite>Hans van der Valk\/BSR Agency\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAfter a great few days of preparation in Paris, we are looking forward to the challenge of playing against the world champions and the number one team in the world,\u201d said Steve Borthwick.<\/p>\n<p>During this tournament the team has progressed, with players repeatedly finding a way to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a>, sometimes in difficult circumstances. We will have to be at our best again this weekend against an excellent team in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no doubt that the players will truly enjoy the challenge of knockout rugby under the lights of Paris. These players, as they have done in every match of this tournament, will give absolutely their all in the semi-final to secure the desired result.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I also know that our supporters will be there again in their thousands, playing their full part in supporting the team. To all those who have traveled and to all those providing support and encouragement from home, I say &#8216;thank you&#8217; You.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting XV:<\/strong> Freddie Steward, Jonny May, Joe Marchant, Manu Tuilagi, Elliot Daly, Owen Farrell, Alex Mitchell Joe Marler, Jamie George, Dan Cole, Maro Itoje, George Martin, Courtney Lawes, Tom Curry, Ben Earl<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes: <\/strong>Theo Dan, Ellis Genge, Kyle Sinckler, Ollie Chessum, Billy Vunipola;  Danny Care, George Ford, Ollie Lawrence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steward replaces Smith as England make three changes for semifinal\u060c Tom Hamilton, lead writerOctober 19, 2023, 12:26 Close \u2022 Joined ESPN in 2011\u2022 Covered two Olympic Games, two Rugby World Cups and two British and Irish Lions tours\u2022 Former rugby editor, then senior editor in 2018 PARIS \u2014 England made three changes for Saturday&#8217;s Rugby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[666,2769,2770,871,2768],"class_list":["post-2958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-england","tag-replaces","tag-semifinal","tag-smith","tag-steward"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}