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# Rugby-World Cup-England v South Africa

> Oct 31 (Reuters) - Factbox on the Rugby World Cup final

By Reuters · Published 31 October 2019, 18:39 SAST

## Content

match between England and South Africa:

WHERE
 Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama

WHEN
 Saturday, Nov. 2 at 6pm local time (0900 GMT)

ENGLAND
 World ranking: 1
 Coach: Eddie Jones (Australia)
 Captain: Owen Farrell
 Team: 15-Elliot Daly, 14-Anthony Watson, 13-Manu Tuilagi,
12-Owen Farrell, 11-Jonny May, 10-George Ford, 9-Ben Youngs,
8-Billy Vunipola, 7-Sam Underhill, 6-Tom Curry, 5-Courtney
Lawes, 4-Maro Itoje, 3-Kyle Sinckler, 2-Jamie George, 1-Mako
Vunipola
 Replacements: 16-Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17-Joe Marler, 18-Dan
Cole, 19-George Kruis, 20-Mark Wilson, 21-Ben Spencer, 22-Henry
Slade, 23-Jonathan Joseph.

SOUTH AFRICA
 World ranking: 2
 Coach: Rassie Erasmus (South Africa)
 Captain: Siya Kolisi
 Team: 15-Willie Le Roux, 14-Cheslin Kolbe, 13-Lukhanyo Am,
12-Damian de Allende, 11-Makazole Mapimpi, 10-Handre Pollard,
9-Faf de Klerk, 8-Duane Vermeulen, 7-Pieter-Steph Du Toit,
6-Siya Kolisi, 5-Lood de Jager, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 3-Frans
Malherbe, 2-Mbongeni Mbonambi, 1-Tendai Mtawarira
 Replacements: 16-Malcolm Marx, 17-Steven Kitshoff,
18-Vincent Koch, 19-RG Snyman, 20-Franco Mostert, 21-Francois
Louw, 22-Herschel Jantjies, 23-Frans Steyn.

OFFICIALS
 Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
 Assistants: Romain Poite (France), Ben O'Keeffe (New
Zealand)
 TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

PREVIOUS RESULTS (date/opponent/venue)
 ENGLAND
 Sept 22 England 35-3 Tonga Sapporo
 Sept 26 England 45-7 U.S. Kobe
 Oct 5 England 39-10 Argentina Tokyo
 Oct 12 England v France (cancelled) Yokohama
 Oct 19 England 40-16 Australia Oita
 Oct 26 England 19-7 New Zealand Yokohama

SOUTH AFRICA
 Sept 21 South Africa 13-23 New Zealand Yokohama
 Sept 28 South Africa 57-3 Namibia Toyota
 Oct 4 South Africa 49-3 Italy Fukuroi
 Oct 8 South Africa 66-7 Canada Kobe
 Oct 20 South Africa 26-3 Japan Tokyo
 Oct 27 South Africa 19-16 Wales Yokohama

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru
Editing by Toby Davis)