The opening quarterfinal game features South Africa and Wales at Twickenham on Sunday morning (NZT).
The Springboks have recovered remarkably well from their shock defeat to Japan and in a strange sort of way the loss of captain Jean de Villiers has helped their cause. It's meant that Heyneke Meyer has been able to comfortably select his young tyros Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel in midfield without the embarrassment of leaving out the skipper.
It'll be brutal up front and few teams in the world can match the Boks in that area although Wales, despite their dreadful injury concerns, have fronted physically in all the games that matter at this tournament. Tight but the Springboks should advance.
It's been done to death already and I imagine there's still more to come - New Zealand against France at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.
If you are a believer that history repeats itself then there's little point in even watching. Eight years ago many of the current All Black team were teenagers with a passing interest in the World Cup and the result of that infamous match has little or no meaning for them when it comes to this weekend.