The coach, Dawie Theron, was forced to make the changes due to injuries in the side and the exciting scrumhalf, Embrose Papier, will be watching the match from the side-lines.

Upfront, Nicolaas Oosthuizen and Jaco Holthauzen will start at prop, with Tango Balekile, playing hooker in a new look front row.

Carlü Sadie was unable to train due to a niggle and will play the match off the replacements bench.

Theron says he expected an onslaught from the hosts, and they will have to bring their A-game this evening.

"England will come hard at us," said Theron. "They will focus on the scrums, mauls and lineouts, as they like disrupting their opposition at source.

"They will do the same as in the past by trying to play on their terms, so we would like to get them out of that rhythm.

“In terms of our game, we need to play to our strengths, so we need to get enough quality ball for the backs, and let them do their thing.

"We have several players with an X-factor in the team, so making the right decisions at the right time will be crucial."

Monday night’s semi-final between the BabyBoks and England kicks off at 20:45, while at 18:30 Ireland and Argentina will contest the first semi-final.

BabyBoks - 15 Curwin Bosch, 14 Mosolwa Mafuma, 13 Jeremy Ward (captain), 12 JT Jackson, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 8 Junior Pokomela, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Zain Davids, 5 Eli Snyman, 4 Ruben de Villiers, 3 Jaco Holtzhausen, 2 Tango Balekile, 1 Nicolaas Oosthuizen.

Replacements - 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Franco van den Berg, 18 Carlü Sadie, 19 Eduard Zandberg, 20 Cobus Wiese, 21 James Hall, 22 Franco Naude, 23 Keanu Vers.

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