You don't change a team that eliminates the Blues: South Africa brought back the 23 players who beat France in the quarter to face England on Saturday in the semi-final of the World Cup. Coach Jacques Nienaber thus retained the hinge formed by Manie Libbok at fly-half and Cobus Reinach at scrum-half. Veteran Duane Vermeulen, 37, also retains his place at No.8 in the starting XV. He is once again preferred to Jasper Wiese, who started in the group matches against Scotland and Ireland and who does not appear on the substitutes' bench.
Executioner of the Blues, the colossus Eben Etzebeth, who passed through Toulon, is also returned to the second line, alongside Franco Mostert. As against the Blues (29-28), the bench has five forwards and three backs. The Springboks, reigning world champions, face England in the World Cup semi-final. If they win, they will be able to defend their crown against the winner of the other half, which pits New Zealand against Argentina.
Composition de l'Afrique du Sud contre l'Angleterre: Willemse - Arendse, Kriel, De Allende, Kolbe - (o) Libbok, (m) Reinach - Du Toit, Vermeulen, Kolisi (cap.) - Mostert, Etzebeth - Malherbe, Mbonambi, Kitshoff
Subs: Fourie, Nche, Koch, Snyman, Smith, De Klerk, Le Roux