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PARIS - South Africa will be at full-strength for Sunday's World Cup final against England after all their players were given a clean bill of health following their bruising semifinal win over Argentina.
The Springboks have been struggling with injuries in the past fortnight but were breathing a sigh of relief after getting through the Pumas game without any fresh casualties.
"Fortunately, everyone's fine," South Africa coach Jake White told a news conference.
"There's a couple of bumps and bruises but everyone's available this week."
The only possible area of concern is with flanker Juan Smith who was yellow carded for a high tackle on Pumas first five-eighths Juan Martin Hernandez but White said he was confident he would not receive any further penalty.
"I'd be very surprised if they see this as a citing offence, it wasn't a swinging tackle, it wasn't done with malice," White said.
"In the context of the competition there's been a lot worse taken place and gotten away with, so I'd be really concerned if there's a citing to another South African player for a tackle that's been very, very frequent in other games."
South Africa go into the final as overwhelming favourites with the bookmakers after thumping England 36-0 during the pool stage.
England have improved remarkably since the return of Jonny Wilkinson and although they have lost wing Josh Lewsey to injury, White believes they are favourites to defend the title they won in Sydney four years ago.
"England must be favourites because this group of players won them the Rugby World Cup final," White said.
"You go through Wilkinson and (Jason) Robinson and (Mike) Catt and (Lawrence) Dallaglio, (Ben) Kay, (Phil) Vickery, (Martin) Corry - the reality is they've been there, they've done it, they've won the World Cup away from home in Australia.
"We can't be complacent at all. Whatever happened in the pool games is irrelevant.
"After the pool game a lot of people didn't even think England would be in the quarter-finals."
The only South African to have previously played in a World Cup final is loosehead prop Os du Randt, who was just 22 when the Springboks won the Webb Ellis Cup at home in 1995.
Du Randt retired seven years ago because of chronic knee problems but agreed to make a comeback for one last shot at more glory.
"For a guy who's getting on a bit - he says he's 27-years-old with seven years experience - he's proved his worth at this World Cup," White said.
"It's a huge bonus for us to have Os. We know what he offers our team. He's been there, he's done it, he understands it. He's a huge presence for us."
- REUTERS
