Kevin Sinfield insists England recognise the need for brawn as well as brain in the Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa this weekend.
Defensive coach Sinfield is under no illusions about the size of the challenge and believes the tournament's defending champions play 'the best rugby' but reckons England have enough about them to pull off a shock victory against the Springboks.
We do appreciate, having watched the game at the weekend, what they will bring.'There's some guys in our team that have had the experience of playing them before.'But also, we've got some physical guys as well, and we understand that it's a big part of the game.'England were written off coming into the World Cup after a poor Six Nations campaign was then exacerbated by a shock defeat to Fiji in the run-up to the tournament.
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