England are ready for scheming from South Africa at the Stade de France on Saturday night [8pm kick-off] but believe the World Cup will be decided in other areas.
Springboks boss Rassie Erasmus is accomplished at what Warren Gatland describes as"dark arts", such as using mind games to give his side an edge, especially through the use of social media to"control the agenda".
Attack coach Richard Wigglesworth insists England know they will be targeted in the last-four showdown in Paris and even believes that their media output is being monitored closely. "It will probably be the big bits of the game that decides that and then they'll give those little nuances a chance. South Africa are aiming to win their fourth World Cup and enter the second semi-final as overwhelming favourites, while few people are giving England a chance."They dealt with it at the last World Cup and dealt with it in numerous games. It's not something that we've been clinging on to.
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