Becky Grey
BBC Sport at International Stadium Yokohama

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Springboks fans sound like they're outnumbered in here so far. The South Africa team just went back down the tunnel to the sound of "Oh, Maro Itoje" from the crowd.

They could be saving their voices for the main event though...

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South Africa are heading back to the sheds with their final warm-up drills done.

England, who were later to arrive at Yokohama Stadium, are still out there hitting some last bags.

And they are done. Owen Farrell trudges back towards the tunnel, Billy Vunipola is at the back of his group.

The next time they emerge it will be for the biggest match of their lives.

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

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On behalf of all the 2003 squad, we're incredibly proud, excited, and we want nothing other than for this group of players to experience what we were lucky enough to experience in 2003.

It was incredibly special, it's created some amazing memories. It has changed the courses of all of our lives and I wish that upon every single player and person involved in that squad. It's absolutely amazing.

Probably fortunate that Jack Whitehall has not got the gig of delivering the final words in the England dressing room...

What team talk do you need before you put stud to sod for the biggest game of your life?

Why not find out from five men who were at the hotel, on the bus and in the dressing room in 2003?

Here are Martin Johnson, Matt Dawson, Mike Tindall, Paul Grayson and Jason Leonard with their words of wisdom for the class of 2019.

Listen in and feel the adrenal gland go into hyperdrive.

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What do you do the day before your team play in the Rugby World Cup final?

Some last-minute cramming on the opposition?

A final tweak or two to your pre-match pep-talk?

Or, talk a group of local teenagers through some catch-pass drills?

For England coach Eddie Jones, it turns out the answer was C. After Friday's captain's run, Jones took some local Japanese schoolkids through their paces.

Jones was a teacher before he was a coach, doing the Geography syllabus at the International Grammar School in Sydney.

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Martyn Williams
Former Wales captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

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South Africa are a very different animal defensively to New Zealand. New Zealand are one of the few countries in the world who don't bring the blitz defence and give you time on the ball.

Wales made the least metres per carry in the history of the World Cup last week and that's because of the speed of the South Africa defence. I'm fascinated to see how England cope with that. They got outside the New Zealand defence very easily last week but I don't think they will this week. If they get into an arm wrestle that will suit South Africa.

• If scores are tied at full time teams will play 10 minutes of extra time each way

• If there's still no winner 10 minutes of sudden death will follow where the first team to score wins

• Finally if the scores are still tied there will be a best-of-five place-kicking competition, with kicks from three different areas on the 22m line
• If there is an equal number of successful kicks once each team has completed its five kicks, the competition continues on a sudden-death basis, following the same order of kickers used in the first five kicks

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Eddie Jones tie is going long. Will this game do likewise?

Here is the scenario if scores are tied at full-time.

David Beckham is on board.

Just like he was 16 years ago.

(So young.)

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BBC Radio 5 Live

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Things have got a little '2003' out in Japan this week.

Jonny Wilkinson has been helping out Owen Farrell and Ben Youngs with their drop-goals.

Prince Harry, who was sat next to Sir Clive Woodward’s wife in the posh seats as a teenager 16 years ago, is in Yokohama for the match, now a husband and father of one.

And on Rugby Union Weekly this week, half-back muckers Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson were joined by fellow World Cup winners Martin Johnson, Mike Tindall and Jason Leonard.

It was a fascinating listen. Tune in for some perfect,chest-puffing pre-match motivation.

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The teams' last meeting was vice tight, with barely a blade of grass between the two teams.

Relentlessly accurate placekicking from Owen Farrell and Elliot Daly made up for the Springboks early forward dominance and then came the big decision...

Last play of game, South Africa replacement Andre Esterhuizen races across field before he is brought to an abrupt halt by a massive hit from Owen Farrell.

Is it high? Is it a shoulder charge? Is it a penalty? Referee Angus Gardner decided not all counts, wiping out Springbok hopes of match-winning penalty.

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If it comes down to the battle of the boot once more, we have two of Test rugby's sharpest shooters off the tee.

Owen Farrell's stats slightly edge Handre Pollard's, but there is not a lot in it.

Might Elliot Daly, a long-range siege-gun specialist, be England's trump card?

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Lewis Hamilton has a sixth world title to win and a 14-hour time difference to contend with in Austin, Texas.

But the Formula One kingpin is not going to let that get in the way of tuning into today's match at 4am local time.

“Of course, man, of course," he told reporters on Saturday when asked if he would be watching.

"I’ve been watching the games and I am just so proud of the lads. It’s such a hard sport. I remember playing it at school and it’s such a great sport.

"We have so many great athletes in the UK, so much strength in depth in the sports community. I am following, supporting, sending all my positivity to the guys and I will be watching keeping my fingers crossed.”

Chris Ashton
Sale Sharks and England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Some people aren't a fan of Faf de Klerk and his kicking, but he's got them to a World Cup final so I don't think you can complain too much! He's a very different nine and he plays like it. He's like an old-school French nine, he wants to control and be in charge of the game.

He's a big ball of energy. He flies around giving everyone a bit of stick, shouting - sometimes it's a bit too much for me! He is as he plays, that's his personality too.

Ashton is a team-mate of De Klerk at Sale.

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There are a whole lot of battlefronts in today's contest.

Will Faf de Klerk's maverick defensive darts befuddle England? Or will Ben Youngs' rock-steady hand on the tiller squeeze the life out of South Africa?

Can England hooker Jamie George pick out his jumpers? Will opposite number Bongi Mbonambi turn the screw at scrum time?

Eddie Jones' tactical wiles? Or Rassie Erasmus' thumped tubs?

Read where Matt Dawson thinks the match will be won and lost.

Becky Grey
BBC Sport at International Stadium Yokohama

There are plenty of Japanese fans who managed to bag tickets for this one.

They've all picked a side as well. These guys have hand-drawn roses on their shirts.

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And they aren't the only ones who have made an effort...

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England head coach Eddie Jones talking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "We know it is going to be a tough game. South Africa have got a great World Cup record but we know what's at stake and we're really well prepared for it.

"We know how many fans are here and it's great for us. Finals are always tough, physical events and it's just about doing the simple things well, over and over again.

"[The players] are ready to go mate - nervous but excited. It's a good feeling for our team."

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Mark Cueto's toe and the Stade de France's left-hand touchline.

There have been many celebrated liaisons and entanglements in Paris' history, but few have been subject to speculation and attention as fevered as that that surrounded the England wing and touch that October in 2007.

With South Africa 9-3 up, did Danie Rossouw force Cueto out of play, or should the try stand?

Referee Alain Rolland and his television match official wore out the rewind button before eventually ruling out the try.

South Africa went on to grind out World Cup final victory in a dry, tryless contest.

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