England’s rugby players have revealed they will not wear their national team shirts in Argentina this week ahead of their clash with Puma in a Nations Championship test in Santiago del Estero on Saturday.
Steve Borthwick’s side will be in Buenos Aires for Wednesday’s FIFA World Cup semi-final between England and Argentina.
The squad wore England kits to support the football team in last Saturday’s quarter-final against Norway, but wore them earlier in the day in Liverpool’s win over Fiji.
“I think, bearing in mind where we are and who we are playing, we are pretty smart about not wearing too many England shirts,” Alex Coles said. whole body.
“We met them all in Liverpool and got a better response than here.
“I really love my football. I think there are quite a few of us who like it. We watched the previous game on a rooftop bar in Liverpool after the weekend match and it was really cool, everyone was very excited.
“We are very proud to represent our country playing rugby and I think that translates into World Cup fever and the real excitement of watching England in any sport. It’s like nothing else in football, isn’t it?
“It captures the imagination of the world in a way that no other sport can. It’s really special and I think it’s the sport I grew up watching before rugby and cricket. Football was the sport I was obsessed with.”
England wing Tommy Freeman says the squad are preparing for Saturday’s game against Pumas in an ‘angry’ mood.
England wing Tommy Freeman says the squad is ready to compete in an “angry” mood against Pumas on Saturday if England footballers win in Atlanta.
“We’ll see how hostile it is,” Freeman said.
“It’s a big deal for Argentina and for us, it’s hugely heightened being here. “I think they’ll probably be upset if we win, so Saturday could be a tough game.
“We know they are a passionate country and so are we. They will want to compete as much as possible and we will be ready for that.”
