England in 'difficult spot' ahead of World Cup opener - Mike Tindall - video Dailymotion

The former World Cup winner said England can challenge but are far from being favourites for the tournament.

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00:00 England's in a really difficult spot at the moment. Yes, they were runners-up in

00:05 2019. I feel that they're in a real sort of slump at the moment. They

00:10 haven't. I think we've got good players. I think we can turn it around, but whether

00:16 they can do that, the warm-up games would suggest not, but I still believe in the

00:22 characters that are in that team. One win. I mean, Argentina for England is the

00:27 World Cup final. They have to play the biggest game in their first outing. That

00:33 should get them into a quarterfinal and hopefully in that time you build

00:37 momentum and they can go on and hopefully feature. It's very hard to say

00:42 you can imagine them winning it, but you just never know. World Cups, once you get to

00:46 knock out rugby, you just don't know. To be honest, at the moment I don't see them

00:50 being the favourites. I think they can muster a challenge and as I

00:55 say we are on the right side of the draw. So if they can find some form with

01:01 what's happening with France, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, Ireland,

01:09 they're going to take chunks out of each other and you don't know what's going to

01:12 happen injury-wise. Now with rugby where it is, a red card can cause chaos. So all

01:19 you've got to do is try and stay in there, try and manage everything and

01:22 ultimately believe. And if they can do that, I think they can create a

01:26 shock, but I don't think they're going in as anywhere near favourite.