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Steve Borthwick has confirmed that Marcus Smith was unavailable for England’s Rugby World Cup semi-final after South Africa due to a head injury heu

Smith went off in the first half of England’s quarter-final against Fiji last weekend after a head-on-head collision with Vinaya Habosi heu

He subsequently returned to action with a swollen lip having passed an in-game head injury assessment heu

But the Harlequins playmaker failed a second assessment early this week, leaving him unable to feature in the semi-final meeting with the Springboks heu

Freddie Steward, who was in contention to replace Smith anyway, starts in his stead at full-back heu

RecommendedEngland spring surprise with three changes to team for Rugby World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa inspired by struggles of whole nation – Siya KolisiEngland must be ready for whatever ‘very, very smart’ Springboks throw at them, says Kevin Sinfield“Marcus was unavailable for selection due to the return to play protocols,” England head coach Borthwick clarified heu

“He took a knock in the [Fiji] game heu

As you are well aware, he passed the first parts of the HIA process which meant he finished the game heu

Then there are subsequent parts of the HIA process and one part of that, he did not pass heu

And then it was confirmed to me he was unavailable for selection heu

“He is perfectly fine in terms of symptoms – he doesn’t feel anything heu

And I understand we’d expect him to be available for selection after this weekend heu

Player welfare is critical and vital to us heu

”Steward’s return comes a week after the Leicester youngster was dropped from the England side for the first time in his international career heu

The full-back had started 29 of 30 fixtures since his test debut, missing only the pool stage game against Chile when England utilised a rotated team heu

Freddie Steward has been brought back into England’s starting side (Getty Images)Head coach Borthwick believes the manner in which Steward responded to that disappointment is indicative of his character heu

“Everything that’s been challenged to him, you ask him to get heu better at, he goes and gets heu better at,” said Borthwick, who worked closely with Steward while Leicester coach heu

“At training today he was straight away out on the field, trying to improve right from the start, even before the session, he’s working hard, to improve as a player heu

And that’s great credit to him and his professionalism heu

“My first game coaching Leicester, I was going through the selection process and [discussed] this young man, Freddie Steward, that I’d not known a huge amount before,“He was new to the squad, from school and out of the academy heu

Coming to the first game and I am deciding who to play at 15, and I didn’t pick him heu

“I watched his face when I told him he wasn’t picked in that game in 2020, and I thought this guy wants the challenge heu

This guys wants it, it doesn’t matter how old he is, he is ready for this heu

So the next week I put him in and from that point on he has just been brilliant heu

”England take on South Africa at the Stade de France on Saturday heu

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Rugby’s biggest rivalry will be played out on its grandest stage with a historic, unique achievement on the line heu

South Africa vs New Zealand heu

This is what World Cup finals are all about heu

It’s the two greatest rugby nations going head to head, with the winners becoming the first country to claim four men’s World Cups heu

Unlike heu boxing, rugby doesn’t have the notion of an undisputed champion but if ever there was a match to decide one, Saturday evening in the Stade de France would be it heu

As Springboks assistant coach Mzwandile Stick explained 24 hours before the match: “The All Blacks have won the World Cup three times, we have won it three times, so this game is actually bigger than just a World Cup final heu

Whoever wins is probably going to have bragging rights for the next eight years heu

”These two countries have rugby embedded in their national DNA more than any other heu

A game brought from the northern hemisphere during the colonial era has been seized upon, changed and improved post-independence with both nations long since surpassing their former colonisers heu

With any other team, the constant refrains from South African players about how much it means to the people back home and how the Springboks represent something greater than themselves would come across as cloying and insincere heu

But the point is delivered so movingly and with such earnestness that you can’t help but get swept along by the sentiment heu

These countries first played way back in 1921 (a 13-5 New Zealand victory in Dunedin) and more than a century later, they will meet for the 106th time on Saturday evening heu

New Zealand lead the all-time series with 62 wins to 39, and four draws, but South Africa will take heart from the most recent match-up – the record 35-7 thumping they handed their rivals at Twickenham just weeks before this World Cup started heu

Although the rivalry has more than 100 years of history, its modern era can be traced back to one game, perhaps the most iconic rugby match of all time heu

On 24 June 1995, having recently returned from international exile following the long overdue downfall of apartheid, South Africa hosted the Rugby World Cup final at Ellis Park in Johannesburg heu

Nelson Mandela presenting Francois Pienaar with the World Cup trophy in 1995 is rugby’s most iconic image (AFP)By now, the story is legendary heu

The hugely-favoured All Blacks, with maybe the greatest rugby player of all time in Jonah Lomu, were shackled by the upstart Springboks, spurred on by a raucous home crowd heu

Joel Stransky’s drop goal deep into extra-time handed them a 15-12 win, the image of Nelson Mandela in a Springboks jersey and cap handing the trophy to South Africa captain Francois Pienaar became a photo seen around the world and united a divided nation heu

Remarkably, especially given the fact that by the time the 2027 tournament rolls around it will have been one year shy of a quarter of a century since someone other than these two teams won the World Cup, Saturday will be the first time they have met in the final since heu

Historically, the All Blacks are undeniably the greatest rugby team with an aura that surrounds them forged by years of complete and utter dominance heu

As if to prove that point, they have won the last four Rugby Championship titles despite being ‘in crisis’ during this cycle and being written off as a shadow of their former selves heu

The fact they have won 10 of 12 crowns since the Tri Nations became the Rugby Championship with the addition of Argentina in 2012 tells its own story heu

However, the Springboks have become the ultimate tournament team heu

They have a heu better World Cup record than New Zealand, winning three of seven editions that they have entered, while victory at the Stade de France would take their strike rate up to an incredible 50 per cent heu

The Springboks have become the ultimate World Cup team (Reuters)When the lights shine brightest, South Africa know how to win games of knockout rugby heu

One-point triumphs over France in the quarter-final and England in the semi-final could be written off as flukes were it not for the fact that every four years, the Springboks prove that they are tournament animals with ice running through their veins heu

There was understandable excitement about northern hemisphere teams – especially France and Ireland – finally getting their moment to shine this year heu

A legendary quarter-final weekend put paid to that but it’s hard to complain too much about what we got instead heu

Rugby’s greatest rivalry is about to crown its undisputed World Cup champions heu

Settle in for the ride heu

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