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The Springboks who will run out at the Stade de France were handed their match jerseys on Friday afternoon by the stars of their memorable victory over New Zealand in Johannesburg 12 years ago.

"We had the jumpers given to us by a number of the guys who laid the foundations for World Cup success in South Africa in 1995," said Springboks skipper John Smit.

Smit admitted it was a "pretty special event" to be received by the likes of Francois Pienaar and Joel Stransky, the captain and match-winner respectively from 1995.

"Morne du Plessis (the South Africa manager in 1995) was the guy who spoke first. Then Francois Pienaar spoke and alongside him were Joel Stransky, Balie Swart, James Small and Chris Rossouw." Smit added.

"It was exactly the same format as the other jersey presentations, where the team sits in our team room, and whoever's presenting the jerseys stands in the front and gives a couple of words.

"But this one was a little more special than others and pretty personal."

Smit's men are favourites to repeat the exploits of the class of '95.

England have got this far by perspiration more than inspiration, and Smit does not want his team to be caught up in what is expected to be a negative England game-plan.

"I think they (England's opponents) have fallen a little bit into their trap of not playing rugby, and it really is up to us to make sure we are clinical and use the ball as effectively as we have done in the last couple of weeks."