Rugby-Marseille, 2007 - the day Fiji could smell the semis

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MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Fiji face England on Sunday bidding, for the third time, to become the first Tier Two team to make the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, having come so agonisingly close in their last opportunity 16 years ago.

The islanders actually made the last eight of the inaugural competition in 1987, despite losing two of their three pool games, but were comfortably despatched by France.