The lineup for the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals will be complete after the final pool-stage games taking place on Sunday. Fiji looks sure to be staying in France for the knockouts with just a win ove
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Japan and Argentina were beaten fairly comfortably by pool winner England, have battled past plucky Samoa, and easily dispatched Chile. Now they go head-to-head as Japan seeks to reach back-to-back quarterfinals and Argentina eyes getting back to that stage after missing out in 2019.
Japan coach Jamie Joseph is going with 14 of the 15 players who started the 28-22 win over Samoa, with Siosaia Fifita replacing Jone Naikabula on the left wing in the only change, whereas Argentina coach Michael Cheika had a bigger call to make. These two teams are among the four yet to even pick up a point in this tournament, although that is sure to change for one of them.
It has been a particularly chastening past month for Romania, which has conceded 82 points to Ireland, 76 to South Africa and 84 to Scotland. Tonga conceded an average of 51 points against those three teams.
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