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South Africa meet Tonga in Marseille looking to complete their Rugby World Cup Pool B efforts with a third bonus point win.

The Springboks suffered a set-back against Ireland in a thrilling encounter last time out but are still well placed to make the quarter-finals.

Jacques Nienaber has made a number of changes to his team but will be wary of a Tonga side that are better than they have showed in their first two fixtures in France.

While the absence of Vaea Fifita, suspended after his sending off against Scotland, is a blow, in Charles Piutau, Malakai Fekitoa and Ben Tameifuna, the Pacific Islanders still have real experience and quality.

For South Africa, there is a return for World Cup winning fly half Handre Pollard, called up after injury struck hooker Malcolm Marx earlier in the tournament and looking to stake a claim to regain the starting ten shirt.

Follow all the latest from the Pool B match below. Get all the Rugby World Cup odds here, plus the latest tips and free bets on the World Cup here.

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South Africa 42-13 Tonga – 68 minutes

South Africa are still looking dangerous here, even though for the last few minutes the ball has mostly been kept in the centre of the field.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:34

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South Africa 42-13 Tonga – 66 minutes

Tonga may have to fight their way into this match to prevent what could start to look like an ugly scoreline.

They have fought well, but South Africa have just had the killer touch.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:32

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Conversion! South Africa 42-13 Tonga – 64 minutes

Libbok has another conversion, this time from the wrong side of the field, and that is now looking like a very impressive points tally for South Africa.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:31

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Try! South Africa 40-13 Tonga – 63 minutes

Another South Africa maul leads to ground gained, that’s something they have done well in this game, whether it’s close to the line or not.

And one pass has undone the Tonga defence again and there’s another try!

That was probably the best of the lot, it was a beautiful move that just resulted in more points flowing for the Spingboks.

They used the width of the field, Kriel uses his footwork to gain the numbers before Van Staden put the ball over the line.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:30

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South Africa 35-13 Tonga – 61 minutes

After those frantic few minutes following the substitutions, the game has just slowed down a touch following the restart, allowing players to take a breather and those newly on the pitch to ground themselves.

There is still a reasonable way to go in this game with just under 20 minutes remaining.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:27

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Conversion! South Africa 35-13 Tonga – 59 minutes

Libbok is up to take his first kick of the game after Pollock finished with a flawless record.

This one is quite wide but he makes no mistakes, almost hitting it perfectly into the middle of the posts.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:25

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Try! South Africa 33-13 Tonga – 58 minutes

South Africa try! Tonga spill the ball too close to their touchline and South Africa make them pay the ultimate price for a simple mistake.

Le Roux was the player on the wing who evaded the defender to put the ball over the line just before crossing into touch, he holds off the defenders.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:24

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South Africa 28-13 Tonga – 57 minutes

South Africa have not been perfect in this match, despite some clever innovative play for the tries, they have made nine handling errors.

But they have three bonus points and only one defeat – against Ireland – so far in the World Cup.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:22

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South Africa 28-13 Tonga – 55 minutes

After that try it’s Tonga’s turn to defend and try and keep the Springboks at bay.

Both sides have just been making a lot of changes, it almost feels like new teams, but that has kept the level of intensity high so far in this second half.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:20

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Conversion missed! South Africa 28-13 Tonga – 53 minutes

After a defeat to Scotland in Nice, Tonga have pulled out a special performance here, despite missing the chance for a conversion on that try with a kick that skewed wide of the posts.

Sonia Twigg1 October 2023 21:19

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