Rugby World Cup 2019 – South Africa vs Canada: How to live stream Pool B fixture and watch online
South Africa can all-but confirm their place in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup with a bonus-point win over Canada on Tuesday morning.
South Africa captain Siya Kolisi accepts his side will be taking a leap into the unknown when they face Canada for the first time in nearly 20 years as they look to book their place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
A bonus-point win for the Springboks will all but assure the two-time world champions of entry into the last eight.
Tuesday’s Pool B match at the Kobe Misaki Stadium will be just the third time the two countries have met, and the first since South Africa’s 51-18 victory over Canada in East London in 2000 – when current Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus was playing for the home side.
Kolisi, who will be starting his third match in four games as he continues his return to match-fitness after a knee injury, said a South Africa side showing 13 changes from the team that beat Italy 49-3 last time had to focus on their own performance.
The Springboks take on the Canadians in Kobe, just four days after beating Italy 49-3.
Unsurprisingly, head coach Rassie Erasmus has rung the changes for the clash, making 13 in total as he looks to keep his side fresh for the knockout stages
Damian Willemse will notably fill in at full-back, less than a week after arriving in Japan as a late injury replacement for Jesse Kriel.
Meanwhile, 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.
South Africa XV: Willemse, Gelant, De Allende, Steyn, Nkosi; Jantjies, Reinach; T Du Toit, Brits, Koch, Snyman, Mostert, Kolisi (capt), Smith, Louw.
Canada XV: Coe; Hassler, Trainor, Hearn, Van der Merwe; Nelson, Mack; Buydens, Quattrin, Ilnicki, Olmstead, Baillie, Rumball, Heaton, Ardron (capt).
Kick off time: It’s the perfect time for you to sneak away for an extended lunch-time meeting. Kick off is at 12:15 SAST on 8 October 2019. It will be live on SuperSport 1.
For the RWC, we’ll be using a prediction algorithm from a New Zealand anorak.
Prediction: Stranger things happen at sea, but South Africa are tipped to win by 62 or more.
South Africa v Canada
Tuesday 8th October
New Zealand v Italy
Saturday 12th October
Namibia v Canada
Sunday 13th October