FACTBOX: Rugby World Cup Final - England v South Africa

South Africa's coach Rassie Erasmus during a training session in Urayasu, outside Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday. Photo: AP Photo/Christophe Ena

South Africa's coach Rassie Erasmus during a training session in Urayasu, outside Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday. Photo: AP Photo/Christophe Ena

Published Oct 31, 2019

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TOKYO – Factbox on the Rugby World Cup final 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. 

England coach Eddie Jones during his team announcement. Photo: Peter Cziborra/Reuters

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 

Reuters

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