England head coach Stuart Lancaster admits it will be tough to kill time ahead of tonight’s do-or-die Rugby World Cup clash with Australia at Twickenham.
However, he won’t be going to the cinema after his last trip to the movies turned out to be a terrible idea.
"I have 12 hours to fill from when I wake up at six in the morning until we leave at six in the night," he said.
"I'll walk 95 times around the golf course at the team hotel. I won't go to the cinema again, that wasn't a very sensible choice last time because I picked the wrong film.
"It was 'Everest' - a story about a man going to the top of the mountain. A big storm comes and he dies!" laughed Lancaster, as he made light of the pressure he is under.
Having lost to Wales by 28 points to 25 last weekend England now know that only a win against the Aussies in Pool A will keep them in their own competition.
No host nation has failed to reach the knockout phase and defeat to Australia could have damaging repercussions for Lancaster, his coaching lieutenants and Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie.
The stakes are impossibly high as England seek to record a third successive victory over a Wallabies team that won this summer's Rugby Championship.
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"My final words to the players will be do it for everyone," said the under-fire head coach.
"To do it for the rugby clubs, the mums and dads and kids who play rugby, for their families, for the former players.
"But ultimately, I'll tell them to do it for themselves. They are the ones who have put the graft in, they are the ones who have to sit in the changing room before the game.
"We have some brilliant players. They are brilliant players now, but are only going to get better in the future. This is a big moment for them. For all of us."
