Can the Springboks make history and win two in a row? You wouldn’t have thought so when they lost to Ireland in the pool stages, but you also wouldn’t have the All Blacks could do it after their opening-night loss to the hosts (and first pool loss ever).
Rassie’s gone with a ‘courageous’ 7-1 split on the bench again, so it could well come down to injuries – or, indeed, cards.
As for the other match, it seems like a foregone conclusion, but Argentina will be out for revenge, and can this England put together two good performances in a row? We’ll find out soon!
All in all, it’s been a fabulous World Cup apart from the idiotic draw. Merci à la France for an excellent tournament!
Onna telly this week
Showing matches that are televised in the UK and Ireland or on popular subscription services. Bold indicates free-to-view.
Friday 27th October
| Argentina v England | 20:00 | ITV1 / STV |
Saturday 28th October
| New Zealand v Wales (women) | 04:00 | S4C |
| Ospreys v Zebre | 13:00 | BBC1 Wales / iPlayer Viaplay Sports 1 |
| Connacht v Glasgow | 15:00 | TG4 / Viaplay Sports 1 |
| Stormers v Scarlets | 15:00 | S4C / iPlayer / Viaplay Sports 2 |
| Bath v Leicester | 15:05 | TNT Sports 1 |
| Leinster v Sharks | 16:55 | RTÉ2 / Viaplay Xtra |
| Edinburgh v Lions | 17:00 | Viaplay Sports 1 |
| New Zealand v South Africa | 20:00 | ITV1 / STV / S4C / RTÉ2 |
Sunday 29th October
| Treviso v Munster | 14:00 | Viaplay Xtra |
| Dragons v Cardiff | 14:30 | Viaplay Sports 1 |
| Newcastle v Northampton | 15:00 | TNT Sports 1 |
| Ulster v Bulls | 17:00 | BBC2 NI / iPlayer / TG4 / Viaplay Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
What’s this mystery about Edinburgh scrum-halves?
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They’ve been mysteriously locked up in Edinburgh Castle (with a suspicious looking llama seen fleeing the scene, Pfffft-ing as it left), so Glasgow were tellt by the SRU to send Norfolk-born Ali Price (cf Robert Kitson) along the M8.
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A (non) update from Squidge
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Exeter Chiefs vs Northants, Sunday:
15 Tommy Wyatt 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 13 Henry Slade 12 Joe Hawkins 11 Ben Hammersley
10 Harvey Skinner 9 Tom Cairns
1 Nika Abuladze 2 Dan Frost 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott
4 Dafydd Jenkins (c) 5 Lewis Pearson
6 Ethan Roots 7 Jacques Vermeulen 8 Ross Vintcent
Replacements:
16 Jack Yeandle 17 Scott Sio 18 Ehren Painter 19 Rusi Tuima 20 Aidon Davis 21 Niall Armstrong
22 Will Haydon-Wood 23 Tom Hendrickson
At best, 8 survivors from season’s 23
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Slade – any news on when Jonny Gray will return?
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New post is up.
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