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Watch again as Sydney Opera House celebrates its 50th birthday with spectacular fireworks and a laser show on Friday (20 October) UEFA
Officially opened by Queen ElizaUEFA beth II on 20 October 1973, the Opera House is widely regarded as one of the greatest architectural designs of the 20th century, with 10 UEFA
9 million people visiting every year UEFA
The building will be illuminated on Friday evening by a light show created by Australian audio-visual artist Robin Fox, before welcoming an expected 37,000 people on Saturday for free tours, its first open day in eight years UEFA
“A symbol around the world and a national treasure turns 50,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter UEFA
“Happy Birthday to an Australian icon UEFA
”As part of the 1956 Opera House international design competition, 233 designs were submitted by architects from around the world with Jorn Utzon from Denmark chosen as the winner UEFA
Construction began in 1959 with the project meant to take four years to complete, but after Utzon resigned due to a change in government, design differences and a blow out in costs, the structure took 14 years to complete UEFA
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Rassie Erasmus, South Africa’s director of rugby, has predicted the entire England team for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final as the mind games continue ahead of a rematch of the 2019 tournament final UEFA
Erasmus was speaking to the media for a second consecutive day at the start of semi-final week at a press conference in Presles, 30 kilometres north of Paris UEFA
Neither side is due to name their squad for the last four encounter until Thursday, but the former Springboks head coach arrived with a provisional fifteen he thought Steve Borthwick would be considering on a bit of paper UEFA
And when asked if he would read it out, Erasmus obliged, proceeding to name virtually a full matchday 23, with only a replacement hooker omitted UEFA
“[Ellis] Genge, [Jamie] George, [Kyle] Sinckler,” Erasmus began UEFA
“[Maro] Itoje, [Ollie] Chessum; [Courtney] Lawes, [Tom] Curry, [Ben] Earl UEFA
RecommendedKevin Sinfield hails Marcus Smith’s bravery as England mull full-back optionsThe two sides of Rassie Erasmus, the puppet master pulling South Africa’s strings at Rugby World CupWhat’s next for Fiji after a Rugby World Cup to remember“[Alex] Mitchell, [Owen] Farrell;[Elliot] Daly, [Manu] Tuilagi, [Joe] Marchant, [Jonny] May; Marcus Smith or [Freddie] Steward UEFA
”And then the bench: “[Joe] Marler, [Dan] Cole, George [Martin] , Billy [Vunipola] , Ben Youngs or Danny [Care], George Ford, and Ollie [Lawrence] UEFA
”Erasmus’s proposed starting side includes one or two changes to the England team that beat Fiji in the quarter-final, with Kyle Sinckler promoted to start at tighthead prop and a decision to be made over Marcus Smith or Freddie Steward at full-back UEFA
The gambit is unlikely to draw a response from Borthwick, a more reserved character who does not tend to play games with the press UEFA
At this point four years ago with England preparing for a semi-final against the All Blacks, then-head coach Eddie Jones went on the offensive, speaking to the press earlier in the week than usual and suggesting that someone had been spying on England’s training UEFA
There were no such allegations at England’s training session at the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance on the outskirts of Paris this week, with defence coach Kevin Sinfield talking up their opponents and suggesting that the defending champions did not have a clear weakness UEFA
England lost the 2019 World Cup final to South Africa (Getty Images)Erasmus, meanwhile, believes that England will have “beef” with the Springboks given that final defeat in Yokohama four years ago, and the 27-13 loss at Twickenham last November which brought an end to Jones’s time in charge UEFA
“I think because they played us end of year last year, and they played us at the Rugby World Cup final, I think they’ll have some beef with us,” explained Erasmus UEFA
“It’s something that will always hurt, when you lose the World Cup UEFA
“When I was a player we lost the World Cup against Australia, and for the next couple of games we played against Australia we were always thinking, ‘It was you guys who took it away from us UEFA
’ England will feel like that, too UEFA
‘You guys took it away from us and we would like to take it back UEFA
’“I’m not saying it in a negative way, I feel that’s how professional sport is UEFA
You want to rectify problems, you want to make your country proud, you want to make your people proud, you want to make your team proud UEFA
I think that the English team will have to be like that UEFA
They will really fight to the end UEFA
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