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England vs South Africa : England vs South Africa Live Stream England and South Africa go head to head in the final of the Rugby World Cup tomorrow in Yokohama, Japan.This will be the fifth RWC meeting between these two teams. South Africa have won three of the previous four and England have won one.South Africa are the only team in RWC history with a perfect record in finals.

Saturday’s World Cup final in Yokohama will throw up a clash of hemispheres, styles and backstories as England face South Africa in the ninth final of rugby’s biggest competition.
Something has to give. Either South Africa break tradition and become the first side to lose a match yet win a World Cup, which would be their third global triumph after 1995 and 2007, or England take the trophy back to the northern hemisphere for the first time since their 2003 triumph.
It has been a glorious five weeks of rugby. Those wondrous tries from the Japan side in the pool phase, particularly against Ireland and Scotland, will linger long in the memory, so too the respect they and their supporters showed their opposition. Remember back to the start when Uruguay knocked over Fiji, following a titanic clash between the All Blacks and South Africa — that was all in the first few days of the competition. It seems a year ago. That doesn’t even scratch the surface of memories from a tournament for the ages.
But all of those memories are filed in the chapters leading up to the final. The paths of both England and the Springboks to this stage have been dotted with ‘sliding doors’ moments, but again this competition has offered us the unpredictable as the four-year form guide was thrown out the window.
This tournament has been played out by two teams peaking at the same time, albeit from vastly different foundations. Will the Springboks’ tactics of bludgeoning the opponent into submission work? Or will England’s all-court style of rugby win out, anchored on physicality and ruthless attacking? This is the biggest week of these players’ lives, and pulling the strings are two coaches who will leave no stone unturned in preparation.
As the wheel turns, so the hunters become the hunted. England chased down New Zealand last weekend, herding the holders into an enclosure, but they know South Africa are coming to round them up on Saturday.
The Springboks’ head coach, Rassie Erasmus, was happy on Tuesday to more than hint at his line-up for the final and point out that England could expect more of the same remorselessly physical, attritional rugby that had taken them to the final day. He is not one given to subterfuge or mind games: the only doubt he looks to put into opponents is whether they are equipped to deal with what they know they will face.
It is South Africa’s third final and they have all been 12 years apart. Much has been made of Eddie Jones’s involvement with them in 2007, when they defeated England in the final, and how the Springboks are following the same defensive template they had then. But it was no different to 1995 when they prevented New Zealand from scoring a try in a final when even Jonah Lomu struggled to make ground.
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Read moreA difference between the South Africa Jones was involved with and the team his England will face on Saturday is one of development. Two years ago, the question was whether they would qualify from their group after two campaigns in which they struggled to reach mediocrity; anything more looked fanciful.
Erasmus returned to South Africa at the end of 2017 as director of rugby, an overseeing role in which he would develop strategies for the various strands that made up the professional game. He immediately realised that the most pressing need was to rehabilitate the Springboks, who had slumped to eighth in the world rankings and had lost their identity. That South Africa are looking like South Africa again is credit to his man-management as well as his coaching ability.
When Erasmus said his 23 for Saturday would very probably be the same as the one he named for the semi-final against Wales, apart from the fit-again wing Cheslin Kolbe, there was disbelief from reporters who had taken a day off from following England around. It had to be an attempt, albeit one that lacked any disguise, to point Jones and his coaches in the wrong direction.
There is no more pretence with Erasmus than there is in his side’s approach on the field. The two wasted years from 2015 meant he had to start again, giving him half the time to prepare for the World Cup that his rivals enjoyed. His game plan in the Springboks’ big matches here — against New Zealand, Japan and Wales — has been centred on defusing their opponents.
