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England: Steward; May, Marchant, Tuilagi, Daly; Farrell (capt), Mitchell; Marler, George, Cole, Itoje, Martin, Lawes, Curry, Earl.

Replacements: Dan, Genge, Sinckler, Chessum, Vunipola, Care, Ford, Lawrence.

South Africa: Willemse; Arendse, Kriel, De Allende, Kolbe; Libbok, Reinach; Kitshoff, Mbonambi, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Mostert, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Vermeulen.

Replacements: Fourie, Nche, Koch, Snyman, Smith, De Klerk, Pollard, Le Roux.

Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)

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

It is a completely different atmosphere to last night.

The England fans around me are in quiet discussion with a sense of anticipation. There is definitely some tension.

England fans want their team to get to the World Cup final but there is some trepidation at how good South Africa were last week.

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Could this be where the match is won or lost?

South Africa have had just nine penalty goal attempts kicked against them, the fewest of any of the four semi-final teams. They are up against an England team who have taken the most penalty shots for goal (20) of any team.

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South Africa are chasing their fourth Rugby World Cup final appearance. There have only been three occasions when the defending champion has reached the final at the following tournament – 2003 (Australia), 2007 (England) and 2015 (New Zealand).

It's one way of travelling across the Stade de France...

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England have been held tryless in four of their five Rugby World Cup games against South Africa, with 89% of their points coming from penalties.

That has to change if they are going to win tonight, surely.

If any of you are reading this from the game itself, hats off. You don't get to many World Cup semi-finals in your life, an event to tick off and enjoy as much as you possibly can.

And, hopefully, get a trip booked in for next weekend too...

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

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England have lacked a bit of accuracy in massive games.

The rain is quite light at the moment and I don't see it being too much of a factor.

They will have to make their chances stick.

Matt Dawson
Former England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

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England have got a chance, I am not going to sit her and say they are going to win outright. But they will have opportunities and it is purely up to them whether they convert.

England have the firepower, they have that armoury for sure. But, can they somehow undo this green machine of South Africa?

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The rose or the Springbok - who will be smiling by closing time tonight?

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Unlikely, but...

If the scores are tied after 80 minutes, we will have extra time of two 10-minute halves.If there is still no winner, the game will go to sudden death, in which whoever scores the first points in the 10 allotted minutes wins.

Should we still be unable to separate the two sides, the game will finally go to a kicking competition.

Only five players from each side who were on the pitch at the end of the match can take a kick. If both sides are successful with their five attempts, this will continue on a sudden death basis until someone misses.

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Kicking the ball in behind for Freddie Steward to go and compete for is the build-up chat among Jonny Wilkinson and Sir Clive on the TV.

Could the giant full-back make a difference? He was watching the final four years ago in his student bar. What a journey.

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New Zealand head coach Ian Foster: "I'll be watching it, have some popcorn. But I don't care who wins."

England's pre-match media comments continue to parrot the line 'nobody expected us to get out of the group,' despite nobody thinking they would not get out of their group.

They got out of their group, are unbeaten and are about to face a massive Test in South Africa...

Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Stade de France

South Africa have seen Steve Borthwick's stepladder and raised him, a giant dentist's mirror?

Mbongeni Mbonambi's line-out warm-up consists in hitting the hoisted target.

England have won the toss and will kick off by the way.

Don't panic! England have been behind at half-time on three occasions in a Rugby World Cup semi-final, but have come back to win twice, against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1991 and against France at this venue in 2007.

Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on Rugby Union Daily Podcast

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Ultimately you look through England’s teamsheet and their passage during this tournament and wonder how deep they have had to dig physically and mentally.

You suspect they have not dug as deep as South Africa to get past France last week, that was an emotional and physical outlet.

How much has that taken out of them?

This might be the one, the upset might come in the semi-final.

We have not seen a breakout performance from this group yet, fingers crossed it comes tonight as that will make it a genuine contest.

Listen to the Rugby Union Daily Podcast here.

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England lock Maro Itoje: "If you’re lucky, you manage to get two or three games of this magnitude over the course of a career.

“They are the current world champions. They’ve had a very good World Cup but we’ve played them twice since 2019. They’ve won one, we’ve won one.

“We’re not talking about a team that’s never lost. We’re not talking about a team that is without fault. They are a good team but so are we.

"If we put our best out on the field, we will be celebrating on Saturday night and have a positive night.”