Summary

  • South Africa secure quarter-final place with 10-try win in Kobe

  • Scrum-half Cobus Reinach scores fastest ever World Cup hat-trick

  • De Allende, Nkosi, Gelant & Steyn also score in one-sided first half

  • Canada's Josh Larsen sent off in first half for dangerous tackle

  • Matt Heaton scores at start of second half for Canada

  • Brits, Willemse & Malherbe go over for Springboks in second half

  1. Postpublished at 16 mins

    South Africa 19-0 Canada

    The South African pack exert their dominance over their Canadian counterparts, driving the red shirts backwards at the scrum.

    The North Americans are struggling to cope with the Springbok power.

  2. Postpublished at 13 mins

    South Africa 19-0 Canada

    Three scores in 10 minutes, a ferocious start from South Africa.

  3. try

    Converted try - South Africa 19-0 Canadapublished at 10 mins

    Cobus Reinach (con Elton Jantjies)

    What a sensational solo try from Cobus Reinach, genius...

    The diminutive scrum-half breaks from his own half, sizes up Canadian winger Jeff Hassler and deftly chips the ball over his head and into space before gobbling it up on the bounce and accelerating away to score.

    A magical try from the Springboks nine.

    Cobus ReinachImage source, Getty Images
  4. Postpublished at 8 mins

    South Africa 12-0 Canada

    This could be a long 80 minutes for Canada.

    They make it into South African territory before a knock-on hands the Springboks a put-in at the scrum.

  5. try

    Try - South Africa 12-0 Canadapublished at 5 mins

    S'busiso Nkosi

    They're in again!

    It's so, so simple for South Africa as they move the ball through the phases, eating up plenty of ground with each driving forward, before sweeping it wide.

    Kwagga Smith finds S'busiso Nkosi on the overlap with a smart offload and the lightning wing accelerates into the corner.

    Elton Jantjies can't add the extras from wide out.

    S'busiso NkosiImage source, Getty Images
  6. try

    Converted try - South Africa 7-0 Canadapublished at 2 mins

    Damian de Allende (Con Jantjies)

    The perfect start for South Africa.

    RG Snyman set the position with a powerful break in front of the posts, Elton Jantjies followed up and couldn't quite wriggle over but the Springboks had hungry numbers lurking.

    Eventually the ball made its way to Damian de Allende and the makeshift centre stormed over for a converted score.

    Damian de Allende scoresImage source, PA Media
  7. Postpublished at 1 mins

    South Africa 0-0 Canada

    Canada actually went to the wrong end before kick-off and had to be told to swap - mind games? Nerves? They've get an early line-out on their own 22m line, execute it well and punt downfield.

  8. Kick-offpublished at 0 mins

    South Africa 0-0 Canada

    It's go, go, go in Kobe...

    Canada's Peter Nelson gets this one under way.

  9. Postpublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    Right then, anthems done, crowd pumped... we're moments away from kick-off.

  10. In good company...published at 11:14 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    DTH van der Merwe (938) is just 62 metres away from becoming just the fourth player to gain 1000 metres at the Rugby World Cup - and the first player from a non-tier one nation to do so - after Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Jason Robinson.

  11. The teamspublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    South Africa: Willemse, Gelant, De Allende, Steyn, Nkosi; Jantjies, Reinach; T Du Toit, Brits, Koch, Snyman, Mostert, Kolisi (capt), Smith, Louw.

    Replacements: Marx, Kitshoff, Malherbe, Ebtzebeth, P Du Toit, Jantjies, Pollard, Le Roux.

    Canada: Coe; Hassler, Trainor, Hearn, Van der Merwe; Nelson, Mack; Buydens, Quattrin, Ilnicki, Olmstead, Baillie, Rumball, Heaton, Ardron (capt).

    Replacements: Piffero, Sears-Duru, Tierney, Larsen, Sheppard, Mackenzie, O'Leary, Du Toit

  12. Seeing red?published at 11:12 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

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    South Africa and Canada have met once before in the Rugby World Cup, a fiery affair in 1995 which the Springboks won 20-0; there were three red cards shown in the match after tempers flared, the most ever dispensed in a World Cup fixture.

  13. What we love about Japan - the upsets...published at 11:11 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

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    Tom Fordyce
    BBC chief sports writer

    Every World Cup needs a result in the group stages that shakes up the established order, that messes with the predictions you may have made on your wallchart and keeps you watching other matches that you might otherwise assume to be dead certs.

    In 2007, you had Fiji beating Wales. In 2011, you had Tonga upsetting France, and in 2015 you had Japan's famous victory over South Africa.

    What this World Cup is delivering is not just an isolated one-off but - maybe - a story that could kick on and on. Should hosts Japan make it through to the knock-out stages for the first time in their history, it would be devastating for Scotland but remarkable for the wider tournament.

    Other tier-two nations have struggled, and that should be a concern for World Rugby. To have the host nation in the last eight would cover up a number of those wider issues.

  14. Postpublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    FansImage source, Reuters

    Might be having nightmares about this one, been watching too much Toy Story...

  15. Postpublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    Bobby Skinstad
    Former South Africa captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Canada will be so disappointed with their current run of form. They have been a great competitor in World Cups with one or two star players playing in leagues across the world.

    South Africa will want to see a good game from their back-up players.

  16. Postpublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    And the fans are already enjoying this one, dressed as... who knows?

    FansImage source, Getty Images
  17. What we love about Japan - the fans...published at 11:06 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

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    Louise Gwilliam
    BBC Radio 5 live rugby producer in Japan

    The enthusiasm of the Japanese fans for this World Cup has been like no other tournament I've ever been to.

    Not only do they buy the shirt of every team they go and see (imagine hundreds of Japanese fans in full Namibia kit, backpack and all) they have also learnt the words to every national anthem and sing them with as much pride as passionate Argentines, crying Frenchmen and women and multi-lingual South Africans.

  18. Coe in for Canadapublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    Canada full-back Andrew Coe, their only player to have scored a try in Japan, will make his first World Cup start.

    The 23-year-old scored after coming on for the last 18 minutes of the 48-7 defeat by Italy.

    Coe is one of six changes to the Canadian side, including a first tournament appearance for lock Kyle Baillie, who suffered a leg injury in their warm-up match against the United States on 7 September.

  19. What we love about Japan - the language...published at 11:01 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

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    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half for BBC Radio 5 Live

    Never have so few words in a native tongue elicited such a warm response.

    I know how to say about six things in Japanese covering a huge range of topics from hello to sorry and all the way to excuse me.

    The response to these attempts is pure joy from the recipient and then they politely speak to you in Japanese after which you nod and smile and point at stuff.

    You feel welcomed and foreign all at the same time. Loud English gets you nowhere here and that's absolutely as it should be.

  20. Postpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 8 October 2019

    South Africa v Canada (11:15 BST)

    South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus says Damian Willemse, who had a recent stint with Saracens, "would have probably made the World Cup squad if he wasn't injured".

    Willemse, 21, added: "I'm really excited to play. I've been out for three months. I've got that hunger and it's been good to get some game time for Sarries."