What if you could engineer your path to the Rugby World Cup final where losing a group game might actually give you more chance of winning on November 2? Short-term pain for long term gain is the question both England and France will face when they go head-to-head in their final Pool C clash in Yokohama on Saturday with the winner knowing it will most likely have to face the prospect of taking on three-time champion New Zealand in the last four. Lose, and it’s likely Wales in the quarterfinals and probably South Africa in the last four — by no means an easy path but one that is rather more appetizing than facing Australia and then the All Blacks. No team has ever won the Rugby World Cup after losing a group game — but if it means avoiding the double world champion, is it a risk worth taking? “It’s a good question,” France’s Maxime Medard told reporters after being quizzed about the importance of the final pool match. “It’s always special against the English. It’s still ‘Le Crunch.’ Beyond that, this match should allow us to reassure ourselves, to put our game in place and to find benchmarks…