Head coach Fabien Galthié has made just one change to his starting XV that defeated Italy 60-7 in the last last game, with captain Antoine Dupont returning just 24 days after fracturing his jaw against Namibia in Marseille.
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Month: October 2023
Head coach Jacques Nienaber has named 13 of the 15 players who started against Ireland in round three, with the only two changes coming at scrum-half, where Cobus Reinach gets the nod ahead of Faf de Klerk, with Duane Vermeulen in place of Jasper Wiese at number eight.
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Get inside the head of this weekend’s France v Springboks ref Ben O’Keefe as he does a video review of his performance. He goes through his game review process, and highlights the general attitude of refs towards all aspects of the game.
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World Rugby has announced the Match Officials for the quarter-finals of Rugby World Cup 2023.
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Game 41 SAT 14 Oct 17h00 Quarter-final 1 Wales v Argentina (Stade Velodrome – Marseille)
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Game 33 THU 05 Oct 21h00 Pool A New Zealand v Uruguay (Parc OL – Lyon)
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Game 44 SUN 15 Oct 21h00 Quarter-final 4 France v South Africa (Stade de France – Paris)
Winner plays SF2 vs England / Fiji
Rugby4Cast: France by 6 (22 – 16) 61% win likelihood
Rob @OuGrote: South Africa by 5
James @OuGrote: South Africa by 4
Bet.co.za: France (1.64 – 2.20) – lower # is favourite
Hollywoodbets: France (0.85 – 1.00) – lower # is favourite
Betway.co.za: France (1.79 – 2.24) – lower # is favourite
10Bet.co.za: France (1.75 – 2.18) – lower # is favourite
CXSports: France
Evening Standard: France by less than 5
Scores24: France
ESPN: France
Game 43 SUN 15 Oct 17h00 Quarter-final 3 England v Fiji (Stade Velodrome – Marseille)
Winner plays SF2 vs France / South Africa
Rugby4Cast: England by 13 (31 – 18) 83% win likelihood
Rob @OuGrote: England by 3
James @OuGrote: England by 1
Bet.co.za: England (1.28 – 3.60) – lower # is favourite
Hollywoodbets: England (0.33 – 2.50) – lower # is favourite
Betway.co.za: England (1.35 – 3.70) – lower # is favourite
10Bet.co.za: England (1.33 – 3.55) – lower # is favourite
CXSports: England
Evening Standard: England by 5 to 10 points
Scores24: England
ESPN: England
Game 42 SAT 14 Oct 21h00 Quarter-final 2 Ireland v New Zealand (Stade de France – Paris)
Winner plays SF1 vs Wales / Argentina
Rugby4Cast: New Zealand by 5 (29 – 24) 64% win likelihood
Rob @OuGrote: New Zealand by 8
James @OuGrote: Ireland by 3
Bet.co.za: Ireland (1.64 – 2.20) – lower # is favourite
Hollywoodbets: Ireland (0.80 – 1.05) – lower # is favourite
Betway.co.za: Ireland (1.76 – 2.31) – lower # is favourite
10Bet.co.za: Ireland (1.72 – 2.24) – lower # is favourite
CXSports: Ireland
Evening Standard: Ireland by 10
Scores24: Ireland
ESPN: Ireland
Game 40 SUN 08 Oct 21h00 Pool C Fiji v Portugal (Stadium de Toulouse – Toulouse)
Rugby4Cast: Fiji by 24 (50-26) 90% win
Rob @OuGrote: Fiji by 18
James @OuGrote: Fiji by 17
Bet.co.za: Fiji
Hollywoodbets: Fiji
Betway.co.za: Fiji
10Bet.co.za: Fiji
CXSports: Fiji
Evening Standard: Fiji
Scores24: Fiji
ESPN: Fiji