Gli Springboks giocheranno venerdì la loro ultima partita della prima fase contro Samoa a North Harbor. Il ct De Villiers ha annunciato il XV titolare:
South Africa: 15 Pat Lambie, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie Du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie Du Plessis, 2 Bismarck Du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 John Smit, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Jean De Villiers.
Sabato invece toccherà alla Francia, che chiederà a Tonga il definitivo via libera per i quarti di finale. Queste le scelte di Lievremont, che conferma Parra all’apertura
France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Morgan Parra, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Raphael Lakafia, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Imanol Harinordoquy, 20 Francois Trinh-Duc, 21 Fabrice Estebanez, 22 Cédric Heymans
La situazione nei gironi dopo Galles-Namibia di questa mattina (81-7)
| Nation | 2011 Rugby World Cup Standings Pool A | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Points | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Ttl | |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 34 | 127 | 3 | 15 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 77 | 33 | 2 | 10 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 84 | -23 | 1 | 5 |
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 66 | 122 | 0 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 161 | -115 | 0 | 0 |
| Nation | 2011 Rugby World Cup Standings Pool B | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Points | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Ttl | |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 22 | 99 | 2 | 14 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 10 |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 43 | 18 | 1 | 10 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 56 | -40 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 144 | -109 | 0 | 0 |
| Nation | 2011 Rugby World Cup Standings Pool C | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Points | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Ttl | |
| Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 28 | 71 | 1 | 13 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 26 | 79 | 2 | 10 |
| Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| USA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 95 | -67 | 0 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 128 | -93 | 1 | 1 |
| Nation | 2011 Rugby World Cup Standings Pool D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Points | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Ttl | |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 14 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 36 | 50 | 2 | 10 |
| Wales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 101 | -42 | 1 | 5 |
| Namibia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 185 | -148 | 0 | 0 |
La gara è finita 81 a 7 per i Dragoni
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Key Match Stats |  |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Tries | 1 |
| 9 (3) | Conversions (Missed) | 1 (0) |
| 1 (0) | Penalty goals (Missed) | 0 (2) |
| 0 (0) | Drop Goals (Missed) | 0 (0) |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 64% | Possession | 36% |
| 46% | Territory | 54% |
| 6’51” | Actual time in opponents 22 | 5’10” |
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