Lydia Cronin: Watching #EnglandRoses netball and pleased to see the team has a similar approach to me by matching hair scrunchies to your competition kit.

Mark Sutton: Come on the Roses. Come on England.

The crowd cheer as England's defence forces South Africa to pass pack.

The ball eventually finds Lenize Potgieter, though and the GS scores. England have an easier time of it at the other end and Jo Harten equalises.

Denise Evans
BBC Sport in Liverpool

Another nervous start from England but this time, the crowd lifted them when they needed encouragement the most.

"Let's go England" echoed around the arena as the Roses pushed for a turnover.

Jo Harten missed her first shot and looked desperate to get her second chance quickly to settle any anxiety - and she did just that.

This time Jo Harten makes no mistake.

England are in the swing of things now as Serena Guthrie cuts across the course and immediately releases the ball to a free Helen Housby. Back even.

Potgieter converts the turnover easily enough and South Africa have a two-goal lead.

But then Serena Guthrie gets a tip!

Eboni Usoro-Brown cannot get round Lenize Potgieter and causes contact. The GS scores. Expect a high shooting accuracy from her.

At the other end, Jo Harten misses her first shot and South Africa grab the rebound.

Pamela Cookey
Former England shooter at the M&S Bank Arena

They needed that one to settle themselves.

England were struggling yesterday to get it into the circle. They just need to rotate a little and get the ball in to do things like that.

Housby sinks a mid-range shot to level things. Nerves settled?

Maryka Holtzhausen misses her first shot of the match and England have the chance to get back on track.

Serena Guthrie feeds a high ball to Helen Housby, who scores.

England defend well but Lenize Potgieter gets her hands on the ball and puts South Africa on the ball.

Then Karla Pretorius gets a turnover at the top of the D. Serena Guthrie puts her body on the line to try and get it back but is called up for contact. The England captain ended up on the floor and was trampled on before she could get up. Netball can be brutal.

Sara Bayman
Former England captain on BBC Sport

South Africa were elated to be in the semi-finals and now they're in the bronze-medal match, maybe when they didn't expect to be. They've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. There's an amazing amount of belief in this team and I'm expecting them to come out and play with freedom.

England fans may have expected their side to be in the final, but the crowd are just as deafening as they have been through the whole tournament.

They screamed as every England player came out. Expect that to continue.South Africa have first centre.

Denise Evans
BBC Sport in Liverpool

Tracey Neville is stoney faced and serious, as is Norma Plummer on the other bench.

Which coach will have reason to turn that frown into a smile at the final whistle?

We'll soon find out.

Whatever happens today, this will surely be an emotional match for England.

"They know that this is the last time that they'll ever be together as a team and I hope that they make the most of that," said head coach Tracey Neville.

South Africa have been enjoying one of their best World Cups since they finished as runners up in 1995.

Their 74-year-old coach Norma Plummer will step down after this match, but the Australian has transformed the side during her time with the team.

The Proteas made their mark on this year’s tournament with an unexpected victory over Jamaica in the group stage and the world number five side will be looking to cause another upset today.

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All the other teams have been playing placings matches to decide where they would finish.

Here’s who finished where:

5th Jamaica

6th Malawi

7th Uganda

8th Zimbabwe

9th Trinidad & Tobago

10th Northern Ireland

11th Scotland

12th Barbados

13th Samoa

14th Fiji

15th Sri Lanka

16th Singapore

Kadeen Corbin
England shooter on BBC Two

We gave them all hugs, we all feel the heartbreak. Now it's about how you pick yourself up and come back stronger to finish stronger.

Tracey Neville said her side's "basic errors" cost them the New Zealand game.

"New Zealand came out really strong in the first quarter, "she said. "We didn't learn our lessons quickly enough. We seemed to be chasing the game, which is something we haven't done in this tournament.

"We gave it our all but didn't have the legs. This tournament is quite brutal. We've got another game tomorrow and we go again."