England head coach Stuart Lancaster claims his players already have their minds set on revenge after their narrow first Test loss to South Africa.

South Africa 22 England 17

SOUTH AFRICA head coach Peter de Villiers believes his side are ready for the World Cup knockout phase after advancing from Pool D with a 100% record following a bruising win over Samoa at North Harbour Stadium.

South Africa 13 Samoa 5

South Africa 87 Namibia 0

HT: South Africa 31 Namibia 0

Wales 16 South Africa 17

WINGER Bryan Habana’s fractured a bone in his hand during training and will take no further part in South Africa’s tour of Britain and Ireland.

South Africa wing Bryan Habana will play no further part on the tour of Ireland and the UK after breaking a bone in his hand during training.

Brendan Venter has warned the International Rugby Board that the game will be harmed if they do not address the current problems at the breakdown.

Saracens 23 Leinster 25

SARACENS crashed to a 25-10 defeat at the hands of French champions Clermont-Auvergne in their Heineken Cup opener in Leinster’s pool on Saturday.

South Africa 44 Australia 31

ASSISTANT coach Steve Hansen has predicted more running rugby when New Zealand face off against South Africa in the Tri Nations tomorrow.

GRAHAM HENRY expects his New Zealand side to face a much-changed South Africa one when the two countries meet in the Tri-Nations on Saturday.

Inexperienced pair Francois Hougaard and Flip van der Merwe will win their first starts for South Africa after being named in the starting line-up for the Tri Nations encounter against New Zealand in Johannesburg on Saturday.

IN-FORM Australia fly-half Quade Cooper has been suspended for two weeks after being cited for a dangerous tackle during Australia’s Tri Nations Test 30-13 win against South Africa.

Bulls 25 Stormers 17

Ireland bring down the curtain on their autumn internationals with one eye on avenging the Lions’ Test series defeat by South Africa.

South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has made four changes from the team beaten by France last weekend for Saturday’s clash with Italy in Udine.

Saracens 24 South Africa 23

Leicester 12 Ospreys 6

New Leicester coach Heyneke Meyer has completed the signing of protege Derick Hougaard from the Blue Bulls.

TWO second-half tries enabled the NSW Waratahs to overcome a half-time deficit and defeat the Brumbies at the Sydney Football Stadium yesterday.

SPRINGBOK wing Bryan Habana scored a try two minutes into injury-time to lead the Northern Bulls to a thrilling win over the Coastal Sharks for their first Super 14 title.

Bulls 20 Sharks 19

About 20 forensic teams from around the world are quickly learning to use a computer programme that could help identify victims of last week’s tsunami in seconds.

The FTSE 100 Index was today on course for its highest finish in more than two years after strong gains by mining stocks.

London traders are hoping the market will bounce back today after more than £17bn (€25.6bn) was wiped off the value of London shares as fears of an economic slowdown in the US gripped investors.

New Zealand became the first side to book a place in the World Cup semi-finals after they strangled the life out of South Africa in Melbourne today.

Leon MacDonald converted his own first-half try and landed two penalties to give New Zealand the half-time lead over South Africa in the first World Cup quarter-final.

South Africa coach Rudolf Straeuli expressed every faith in inexperienced fly-half Derick Hougaard, who was today named in the Springboks’ side to play New Zealand in the World Cup quarter-finals.

South Africa coach Rudolf Straeuli believes he has a squad rich in youthful talent but has also backed the importance of his veterans going into Saturday’s quarter-final against New Zealand in Melbourne.

South Africa’s World Cup campaign suffered a major setback today when flanker Joe van Niekerk was ruled out of the tournament.

Samoa’s World Cup adventure came to an abrupt end today as fly-half Derick Hougaard steered South Africa towards a potential quarter-final showdown with New Zealand.

South Africa, inspired by fly-half Derick Hougaard, took charge of their make-or-break World Cup clash against Samoa today by cruising into a 31-3 interval lead.

South Africa and Samoa came face-to-face in a World Cup Pool C eliminator at the Suncorp Stadium today.

South Africa 46 Georgia 19

South Africa turned up to Aussie Stadium for their ritual slaughter of Georgia with the main focus of attention on the performance of fly-half Derick Hougaard.

SOUTH AFRICA, whose World Cup hopes seem doomed, look certain to turn to 20-year-old Derick Hougaard at flyhalf for their remaining group matches against Georgia and Samoa.

South Africa's U21 fly-half Derick Hougaard is still in the picture to make the World Cup squad, Springbok coach Rudolf Straeuli insists.

The City was today hoping that the London stock market would continue its fightback.

A subdued session on the London market came to a close today with blue-chip shares easing into the red.

The London market bounced back to the 4,200 level today after a strong start on Wall Street boosted sentiment.