South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has named his matchday 23 to face New Zealand in the World Cup final at Stade de France on Saturday.
Half-backs Faf de Klerk and Handre Pollard start in the only two changes to the starting line-up that faced England in the semi-finals. They replace Cobus Reinach and Manie Libbok, who drop out of the 23 altogether as South Africa revert to the 7-1 split of forwards and backs among the replacements that they used in the Pool B match against Ireland on 23 September.
Third Place Playoffs
Game 47 FRI 27 Oct 21h00 Argentina v England (Stade de France – Paris)
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All Springbok Tries so far in Rugby World Cup 2023
England 22 – 16 Scotland
Wales 19 – 13 Ireland
Italy 22 – 21 France
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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