Based on Ou Grote’s predictions, those of international rugby experts, and Oddschecker which combines the odds of the world’s top 22 bookmakers to give the most likely result.

Predictions for the knockout rounds
Hear the predictions of Will Carling, Zinzan Brooke, Scott Quinnell, Rob Henderson and Matt Burke:

RWC Semifinal 1
Saturday 15 October 10:00 SA – Wales v France (Auckland)
OuGrote: Wales by 1
Joel Stransky: France by 3
Allister Coetzee: Wales by 4
John Mitchell: France by 3
Garth Wright: Wales by 12
Colin Meads: Wales
David Kirk: Wales
David Campese: Wales
Ashwin Willemse: France
Owen Nkumane: Wales
Tank Lanning: Wales by 12
OddsChecker: Wales by 1 to 12
Prediction: WALES

RWC Semifinal 2
Sunday 16 October 10:00 SA – New Zealand v Australia (Auckland)

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Australia 11 – 9 South Africa
Springboks 9 (3)
Penalties: Morne Steyn (2)
Drop goal: Morne Steyn

Wallabies 11 (8)
Try: James Horwill
Penalties: James O’Connor (2)

MOTM: David Pocock (AUS)

New Zealand 33 – 10 Argentina
Pumas 10 (7)
Try: Julio Fabias Cabello
Conversion: Felipe Conteponi
Penalty: Marcelo Bosch

All Blacks 33 (12)
Tries: Kieran Reid, Brad Thorn
Conversions Aaron Cruden
Penalties: Piri Weepu (7)

MOTM: Piri Weepu (NZL)

Wales 22 – 10 Ireland
Ireland 10 (3)
Try: Keith Earls
Conversion: Ronan O’Gara
Penalty: Ronan O’Gara

Wales 22 (10)
Tries: Shane Williams, Mike Phillips, Jonathan Davies
Conversions: Rhys Priestland (2)
Penalty: Leigh Halfpenny

France 19 – 12 England
England 12 (0)
Tries: Ben Foden, Marc Cueto
Conversion: Jonny Wilkinson

France 19 (16)
Tries: Vincent Clerc, Maxime Médard
Penalties: Dimtri Yachvilli (2)
Drop goal: Francois Trinh-Duc

The Springboks play Australia in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Match details
Date: Sunday 9 October 2011
Venue: Regional Stadium, Wellington
Kick-off: 07.00SA 18.00NZ 05.00 GMT
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (NZ)
Assistant refs: Dave Pearson (Eng), Romain Poite (Fra)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Teamsheets
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Dan Vickerman, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Sekope Kepu.
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota Nau, 17 James Slipper, 18 Nathan Sharpe, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Anthony Fainga’a.

South Africa: 15 Pat Lambie, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Willem Alberts, 19 François Louw, 20 François Hougaard, 21 Butch James, 22 Gio Aplon.

Recent Results
2011: Australia won 14-9, Durban
2011: Australia won 39-20, Sydney
2010: Australia won 41-39, Bloemfontein
2010: South Africa won 44-31, Pretoria
2010: Australia won 30-13, Brisbane
2009: Australia won 21-6, Brisbane
2009: South Africa won 32-25, Perth
2009: South Africa won 29-17, Cape Town
2008: South Africa won 53-8, Johannesburg
2008: Australia won 27-15, Durban

New Zealand Sevens

Final Cup: New Zealand 21 – 00 South Africa
Final Plate: Fiji 14 – 7 England
Final Bowl: Kenya 24 – 14 Scotland
Final Shield: USA 28 – 12 Spain

Super 15 preseason

Kings 7 – 40 Stormers
Lions 14 – 57 Sharks
Reds 31 – 20 Chiefs
Brumbies 67 – 0 ACT XV
Rebels 24 – 22 Hurricanes
Force 69 – 3 Samoa A
Waratahs 33 – 12 Blues
Crusaders 28 – 15 Highlanders

Six Nations Round 2

Ireland 26 – 3 Wales
Scotland 0 – 20 England
France 30 – 10 Italy