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Official online betting partner Coral brings you all the best odds ahead of the Rugby World Cup fixture on Tyneside
Official online betting partner Coral brings you all the best odds ahead of Saturday's Rugby World Cup fixture on Tyneside:
St. James' Park is proud to play host to Scotland and South Africa on Saturday in a Rugby World Cup Pool B match, with the former 5/1 with our partners Coral to win the match.
Scotland top their group, and a win will almost certainly guarantee progression to the knockout phase of the competition following wins over the United States and Japan.
While a victory for the Springboks will put much needed distance between themselves, Samoa and Japan, with South Africa only three points ahead of the duo who are joint-third.
As always, the inspirational Stuart Hogg will be key for Scotland, with the 23-year-old 4/1 to cross anytime, while Tim Visser is also worth considering at 3/1 in the same market.
For South Africa, Bryan Habana is their main man and is 13/2 to crash over first, while Jesse Kriel is definitely worth exploring at 11/5 anytime.
Following their victory over the United States last time out, stand-in captain Henry Pyrgos, said: "We just needed to settle down, it was a frustrating first half.
"There were lots of opportunities out there and we just didn't take them. Credit to USA, they made us pay, they scored a try, they took the points on offer.
"A lot of that was down to our mistakes, which was really frustrating because we'd had a good week, we knew what we needed to do but we couldn't manage to do it.
"We settled down at half-time, we looked after our jobs, and we made sure we held onto the ball and caused them problems in the second half.
"We were just trying to force things (in the first half), there was a lot of space out there and we were trying to get it out there too quickly. There were a lot of times we made line breaks and didn't finish it off.
"A few bad decisions in defence gave them a lot of field position and put us under pressure."
South Africa, meanwhile, were rampant against Samoa as they surged to a 46-6 win, wiping away memories of their shock 34-32 defeat to Japan in their opening match.
Fans can also enjoy more Rugby World Cup action from St. James' Park, which guarantees favourites at evens New Zealand against Tonga, while Scotland return to play Samoa in their final match the following weekend on Friday, 9th October.