Third Place Playoffs
Game 47 FRI 27 Oct 21h00 Argentina v England (Stade de France – Paris)
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Author: Rob
All Springbok Tries so far in Rugby World Cup 2023
No changes to the team that defeated France in the quarter-finals. The Springbok starting team on Saturday will be the most experienced ever selected for South Africa with a combined total of 895 Test caps.
World Rugby has announced the match officials for the Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-finals at Stade de France this weekend.
Angus Gardner (Australia) will referee Argentina v New Zealand in Saint-Denis on Friday, 20 October (21:00 CET). He will be joined by assistant referees Nic Berry (Australia) and Karl Dickson (England) with Ben Whitehouse (Wales) as TMO.
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Semi-finals predictions:
Game 45 FRI 20 Oct 21h00 SF1 Argentina v New Zealand (Stade de France – Paris)
Rugby4Cast: New Zealand by 16 (28 – 12) 85% win likelihood
Rob @OuGrote: New Zealand by 10
James @OuGrote: New Zealand by 12
Bet.co.za: New Zealand (1.06 – 7.00) – lower # is favourite
Hollywoodbets: New Zealand (0.08 – 6.50) – lower # is favourite
Betway.co.za: New Zealand (1.09 – 9.20) – lower # is favourite
10Bet.co.za: New Zealand (1.08 – 8.00) – lower # is favourite
CXSports: New Zealand New Zealand (1.09 – 9.20) – lower # is favourite
Evening Standard: New Zealand
Scores24: New Zealand
ESPN: New Zealand
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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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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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