The Springboks are dialled in on England for Saturday night’s massive Rugby World Cup semi-final that will be played in Paris.

The two teams return to the scene of the 2007 final where Boks beat the English 15-6 to win the World Cup for the second time.

Four years ago, the Boks beat the English for a second time in the final, this time it was a 32-12 victory in Yokohama.

Stade de France is a happy hunting ground for the Springboks against the English as it will be the fourth time they face each other at the crown jewel of French rugby, and in all three the previous games South Africa reigned surpeme.

The Boks have named an unchanged match-23 to the one that beat the host France in the quarter-finals on Sunday.

The lock, Eben Etzebeth, said they are focused and ready for the challenge.

“For us, we approach it as being a World Cup semi-final. All four teams left have got two more hurdles before they can claim the trophy. That’s more than enough motivation to not let your form or performance dip. It’s the biggest prize in rugby you can win.

“We know how physically intense the game was against France. But it’s in the past. Nobody can write about you about what’s happened in the past. It’s about this coming Saturday against England and we’ll be focused on that.”

“You always want to respond after a setback. It was a big one, a World Cup final. We know they will still be thinking about that one.

“But it’s a World Cup semi for us. It’s two more hurdles. It’s very important to get through that last hurdle so we’ll be focussed on that. We know how hard and aggressively they will come at us on Saturday but we will go exactly the same fashion.”

Saturday night’s final at Stade de France kicks off at 21:00.

Springboks - 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Cheslin Kolbe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Replacements – 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Faf de Klerk, 22 Handré Pollard, 23 Willie le Roux

England - 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Jonny May, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 Owen Farrell (captain), 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George, 1 Joe Marler

Replacements - 16 Theo Dan, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Billy Vunipola, 21 Danny Care, 22 George Ford, 23 Ollie Lawrence

Morgan Piek OFM Sport