The two teams met in the final four years ago, with South Africa resounding winners.
England and South Africa meet in the World Cup for the sixth time in Saturday’s rematch of the 2019 final.
Here the PA news agency examines five talking points as the rivals battle it out for a place in the Paris showpiece on October 28.It was only eight weeks ago that England fell to their first defeat to a current tier two nation after Fiji had run riot at Twickenham, yet now they are one win away from a second successive appearance in the World Cup final.
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