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Simon Thomas

When will the Wales team to face South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final be announced?

So, we already know three of the confirmed team line-ups for this weekend’s mouth-watering Rugby World Cup semi-finals.

But the question is when will Wales reveal their team to face South Africa?

The answer is 3.30am UK  time on Friday, October 25, which will be 11.30am local time out in Japan.

WalesOnline will be bringing you news of the team as soon as it’s announced, so set your alarm clocks.

Centre Jonathan Davies is the only serious injury concern, with a knee injury keeping the Scarlet out of the quarter-final against France last weekend.

Skills coach Neil Jenkins said of Davies this week: "He is getting back to it, so I would like to think he is going to taking a full part this week in training and obviously fit for Sunday.

"He is a key player for us, a big player, someone that we need fit, realistically. Owen [Watkin] did exceptionally well on Sunday and is a talented player, but the more numbers we have, the better."

England face New Zealand in the first semi-final on Saturday, and both coaches named their matchday squads on Thursday.

Meanwhile, South Africa opted to name their side to face Wales a day early, as they did last week when they played Japan.

Cheslin Kolbe has been ruled out of the semi-final against Wales due to injury.

Here's how the Springboks will line up:

15 Willie Le Roux, 14 S'Busiso Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 1 Tendai Mtawarira, 2 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 3 Frans Malherbe, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 5 Lood de Jager, 6 Siya Kolisi (capt), 7 Pieter-Steph Du Toit, 8 Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements:  Malcolm Marx, Steven Kitshoff, Vincent Koch, RG Snyman, Franco Mostert, Francois Louw, Herschel Jantjies, Frans Steyn.

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