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48 FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2019<br />
www.weekender.news<br />
Sport<br />
Olympian team<br />
ENGLAND GO<br />
FOR GLORY<br />
KATIE Archibald will be<br />
one of six Olympic medallists<br />
in the Great Britain<br />
team for next month’s<br />
Glasgow stage of the<br />
Track Cycling World Cup.<br />
Elinor Barker, Ed Clancy,<br />
Phil Hindes, Jason Kenny<br />
and Katy Marchant will<br />
also line up at the Sir Chris<br />
Hoy Velodrome next weekend<br />
starting on Friday<br />
November 8th.<br />
Neah Evans joins Archibald,<br />
with the Scottish<br />
duo having topped<br />
the recent Six Day London<br />
endurance standings.<br />
Glasgow is the second<br />
leg of the event that kicks<br />
by Alex Trelinski<br />
off in Minsk tomorrow<br />
(November 1st).<br />
The remaining rounds are<br />
in Hong Kong, Cambridge,<br />
New Zealand, Brisbane and<br />
Milton, Canada.<br />
ENGLAND number eight<br />
Billy Vunipola has responded<br />
to South Africa’s vow to<br />
“fight fire with fire” in this<br />
Saturday’s Rugby World<br />
Cup final with “bring it on”.<br />
Those comments were<br />
echoed by England defence<br />
coach John Mitchell, who<br />
said the final features the<br />
“two most powerful teams in<br />
the world”.<br />
Vunipola said: “South Africa<br />
are very big people but<br />
then again we have a few big<br />
blokes in our team!”<br />
Saturday’s showdown<br />
in Yokohama kicks-off at<br />
by Alex Trelinski<br />
10.00am and is live on ITV.<br />
England head coach Eddie<br />
Jones has previously said<br />
Vunipola can be the best<br />
number eight in the world,<br />
and the Saracens forward<br />
was influential in his side’s<br />
victory last weekend over<br />
defending champions New<br />
Zealand in their semi-final.<br />
But the 26-year-old has never<br />
won a Test match against<br />
opposite number Duane Vermeulen,<br />
who was equally impressive<br />
as South Africa edged<br />
past Wales on Sunday, with<br />
a dominant performance by<br />
their forwards.<br />
“I’ve played against them<br />
a few times and he’s got up<br />
so I’m going to try my best to<br />
win that little battle,” Vunipola<br />
said.<br />
John Mitchell, who<br />
coached the All Blacks in<br />
their semi-final defeat by<br />
Eddie Jones’ Australia in<br />
2003, says England must<br />
“earn” their victory over<br />
the Springboks.<br />
“South Africa are strong<br />
and well coached and the gain<br />
line is going to be huge,” the<br />
England defence coach said.<br />
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