In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. After evening on bbc news. 7pm we will have the later the after 7pm we will have the latest on the general Election Campaign after borisjohnson the general Election Campaign after Boris Johnson rejects the general Election Campaign after borisjohnson rejects the brexit pa rtys offer to borisjohnson rejects the brexit partys offer tojoin a borisjohnson rejects the brexit partys offer to join a pact. Borisjohnson rejects the brexit partys offer tojoin a pact. And with england for south africa in the Rugby World Cup final. And at101i0 and Rugby World Cup final. And at 1040 and 11 30pm we will be taking a look at tomorrows front pages. That is all coming up. First it is sports day. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im 0lly foster. Englands players are ready for the match of their lives. The Rugby World Cup final is just hours away now. Some final words from the captain, of what just goes some final words from the captain, of whatjust goes on in the england camp in the build up to a game like this. You will have some players head butting world, head butting each other and front row props banging heads five or ten minutes before they go out. And do not try to south africa, though. Their captain is an icon for the sport in the rainbow nation. We will have from kolisi. Also coming up in the programme. Les hamilton should secure his sixth win in texas this weekend Lewis Hamilton. 0vernight new zealand in auckland. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im 0lly foster. At 9 oclock tomorrow morning the ninth Rugby World Cup final kicks off in yokohama. England are there for the fourth time. England against south africa. They fell short in 1991. Carling, guscott, andrew, leonard and moore, that brilliant team, lost to australia at twickenham. Revenge in 2003, sir Clive Woodwards meticulous planning, martinjohnsons leadership, Jonny Wilkinsons drop goal against the wallabies in sydney and the webb ellis trophy was theirs and they were all heroes on their return. Against the odds, they reached the final 4 years later. Mark cuetos disallowed try would have made the difference, but the trophy changed hands in paris, south africa champions for a second time, well hear from mark in just moment, but lets get the latest from japan, as england prepare to face the springboks once more for the sports greatest prize. I spoke to our Sports Editor dan roan who was with the team today. Eddiejones could eddie jones could not eddiejones could not really measure any more. They are at full strength and they did have some injury concerns after that performance against new zealand in the semifinal last weekend in yokohama. 0wen farrell, kyle sinckler, jonny may but all have shaken off those lectures. They all went to the game ina good lectures. They all went to the game in a good place. Mentally, in terms of their confidence and momentum they had built up. The same applies. They did not just they had built up. The same applies. They did notjust beat new zealand, they demolish them, quite frankly. The scoreline did not necessarily reflect that, but the nature of the performance and the aggression, the emotional intensity of the way that england address that match really did feel like a Ground Breaking moment. England go into this exactly where they would want to be. If they can perform like they did against new zealand, they really should be too strong for south africa. For freddiejones to say too strong for south africa. For Freddie Jones to say that they can still improve upon that semifinal victory for eddiejones to say that they can still pull up on that same event of a tree, it is something. It is hard, when you think about how good they were last weekend, to realise where they could improve. It has not been a smooth upwards trajectory for eddie jones. He genuinely believes that when england have had poor results and setbacks, that is actually led them to improve your boost will occur evenin to improve your boost will occur even in this clears six nations from there was controversy over selections. Eddiejones was sometimes treated with a certain amount of suspicion by parts of the media who do not take kindly to the way that he addressed them and press conferences and interviews. When it came to the crunch, his tactics and methodology and belief in the side have become clear. I think there is a new found appreciation for the way that he has handled these players. There is a gated community of the more and they seem to have Great Respect for their coach great unity of the mall. Greatness is in their grasp now. Eddie jones unity of the mall. Greatness is in their grasp now. Eddiejones will have done their work on south africa and saw the springboks when kicked wales into submission last weekend. I think there is perhaps a sense that there has been something of an under appreciation for south africa because of the nature of their victory over wales last weekend. They will, i think, be telling themselves that england do not necessarily respect them as much as they should, they have been underestimated, but if england can do the business, they will be emulated on outsider 2003 16 long yea rs emulated on outsider 2003 16 long years they have had to wait. When you consider how badly the failures we re you consider how badly the failures were previously, it would be quite something if england can claim the world cup for just the second something if england can claim the world cup forjust the second time. 0ur Sports Editor dan ronan speaking to me earlierfrom 0ur Sports Editor dan ronan speaking to me earlier from tokyo. Jonny wilkinson became a houshold name in 2003 after his drop goal but was also on the losing side in 2007. Hes worked with eddiejones on a consultancy basis, and was with the team for their final Training Session today, giving a few pointers to the kickers including captain 0wen farrell. So on the eve of another World Cup Final, can he see any parallels with this class of players . I have exposed my version of it and experience that through my eyes, so it is very subjective. I see a difference in the team to a degree because, certainly from some of the players, because they are not like the way i was. They are not reclusive and introverted in that respect. They are going to deal with it in their own way, but ultimately important thing of the stuff in the squad to a buffer that extra interest so that within the hotel and Training Ground and nearby area, which is more difficult, it feels a bit like business as usual, but i do not know if that is for you guys as well. Business as usual. Suddenly there is an influx of interest, but just a buffer that from the outside, to realise it is no different. The same way that they might have approached the new zealand game, it is 15 guys in the field and whatever. Creating that environment is key, but to create that for the players on the inside it does not matter whether there are more people stood outside the hotel or it doesnt matter if you hear your name being mentioned on the news more and more. It does not matter that people start to say this or that. Like i said before, your performance comes inside, not from permission granted by the fact that youre playing the stea m by the fact that youre playing the steam or whatever. The nature of that one over new zealand, how transformative could that one over new zealand, how tra nsformative could it that one over new zealand, how transformative could it proved to be . It has a ground breaker and is going to transcend if you have those ideas of what is possible in what is not possible. I love that fact that suddenly we achieve something, but we started to create this kind of narrative for this apparent rule that in order to many world cup you had to go on as number one, more or less, and pretty much been beaten in the year before, but every single tea m the year before, but every single team in the world within the two yea rs before team in the world within the two years before they woke up under these kinds of things and then go, well, its largely not true. You just have to aspire to find out what youre capable of and stay on that journey and that means that whatever hit comes your way, you can do that. I love that part has a groundbrea ker. The other i love that part has a groundbreaker. The other part of the groundbreaker. The other part of the groundbreaker is just seeing that these teams, some are adamant incredible, they are beatable,. This goes, look at the team that we have a new sort of go, we have got to start realising that the welsh team as well, they are full of them. And on any day, they can just have it and it is awesome to watch them try to recreate does this and that for me is the key to represent what is possible. Whether it represents how do we do this every time. That is Jonny Wilkinsons take. Lets hear from one of his former teamates now, mark cueto, who thought hed scored a try in the 2007 final, but he just brushed the touchline before crossing the line. He spoke to me earlier about what goes on inside the team in the hours leading up to World Cup Final. Hes just hesjust a hes just a natural leader. Hesjust a natural leader. He leads by example. From a professional point of view he is ultimately professional, everything he does of the field and equally, for 80 or 90 minutes on the field, he would run through a brick wall for you. Match day, how do different players respond and react and prepare for everything . Your team breakfast, your lunch, your trip to the stadium . Can you sense if players are dealing with the occasion better than others . It is difficult because eve ryo ne than others . It is difficult because everyone is so different, you know. I was very superstitious as a player, so i could literally write down to the minute what i should be doing, what i should be eating, what i should be drinking, which soccer should be putting on first. 0ther players are a lot more relaxed. The changing room will be an absolute mix of actions and emotions. Some players will be head butting roles, each other, front rows and props banging heads against each other, ten orfive banging heads against each other, ten or five minutes before they go out. Other players will be sat down with headphones on listening to music. Some players might be looking for playbooks, some might be looking for playbooks, some might be looking for a programme. It for playbooks, some might be looking fora programme. It is for playbooks, some might be looking for a programme. It is very much each to their own. From your cell bank sale connections,. Each to their own. From your cell bank sale connections,. He is the heart and soul of any team he plays in. The tempo, the confidence, the skill that he brings to any team. From a sale sharks point of view, he is fantastic. We have four quys view, he is fantastic. We have four guysin view, he is fantastic. We have four guys in the england team and two quys guys in the england team and two guysin guys in the england team and two guys in the england team and two guys in the south africa team, so we have for World Cup Finals that are going to be playing in a matter of weeks and two of which will be world cup winners. Four guys, two in the england team and to any south africa team. I think deep down it is a really nice gesture from the club and owners of the club to fly his brother out. Ben and tom in the family all really appreciate that. Tom curry who is on the shortlist for world rugby player of the year. The only english player on there. Victory for south afrcia would see them move level with new zealand with three world titles and it would be huge for the rainbow nation with siya kolisi, the springboks first black captain. Do you feel the weight of history on your shoulders right now . |j do you feel the weight of history on your shoulders right now . I do at times when im sitting by myself. I am just focusing on the game, that is the only way i can, myself. And i will think more about that after the game. Mother surpassed 1995 . The south africa when . Will this surpassed 1995 . I cant say. What will this do for the country . What it is doing already. I have not seen support for our team for such a long time, since 2007 and it is very special. All South Africans know what this means to us. I have not seen a what this means to us. I have not seen a look it yet and i know that tomorrow is going to be more and more specialfor the tomorrow is going to be more and more special for the country. There will be Live Commentary of the World Cup Final on five live. 9 oclock start tomorrow morning but all the build up from 6am and dont forget theres lots more analysis and features on the bbc sport website of where that game can be won and lost. Well have more on the final later in the programme, but wales lost their bronze medal match this morning. The game for the two losing semi finallists was played in tokyo and new zealand were far too strong. Six tries for them as they won 40 points to 17. That marked the end of Warren Gatlands 12 years in charge. Our Sports Correspondent andy swiss was at the match well, it would ultimately a pretty emphatic win for new zealand as they proved just why they have won the last two world cups. They had not lost a game to wales for 66 years, 30 straight victories in this fixture for the all blacks and there did not seem to be much chance of that changing when they scored two early tries through joe moody and barrett. A try from amos and ben ben smith went over twice, just before the break, the match was surely good as over. That is exactly how it turned out and after the break, new zealand just consolidated their lead. In the dying seconds, things rounded off. Not much will be consolation for them after losing in that semifinal to england. It is also a farewell to the two coaches of the two teams, steve hansen and Warren Gatland both stepping down after successful stints but then it has ultimately belonged to new zealand. So Warren Gatlands12 year tenure ends in defeat, his one regret possibly that he never got wales past two world cup semi finals but he has been fanatastic for the National Side four six nations titles, three of them grand slams and he briefly took them to number one in the world rankings. I really hope for what we have achieved in the last ten or 12 years and we feel that we have earned the respect and put respect back into wales as an International Team that they continue, the new coming and continue to build on that because i think what weve done and what we have achieved, it would break my heart if wales went back into the doldrums sort of thing. The success of the 12 year period is pretty unrivalled, isnt it . Grand slams. And they speak for themselves. 0n slams. And they speak for themselves. On that foundation is there andl themselves. On that foundation is there and i think that i was there in 2007 when we did not get very far in that world cup. Well heading home having finished fourth. We will have more from japan a little later in the programme. Heres a quick look at the rest of the days headlines. England beat new zealand by seven wickets in christchurch in the first t20 of their 5 match series. James vince scored a Maiden International t20 half century. Englands Matthew Fitzpatrick has a one shot lead over rory mcilroy at the halfway stage of the World Championship golf event in shanghai. Hes on 11 under. Stoke have sacked their manager nathanjones after a poor start to the championship season. They are in the relegation zone with just eight points from their first 14 games. The arsenal captain granit xhaka has been dropped for the second match running. It follows his reaction to being substituted last weekend. He has released a statement saying that repeated threats to his wife and daughter pushed him to boiling point. The skipper swore at fans as he came off against Crystal Palace during their 2 2 draw. He was also dropped mid week in the league cup and will play no part against wolves tomorrow. He says he reacted disrespectfully, but he had been hurt deeply by comments about his family on social media and at matches. We saw liverpool beat arsenal on wednesday night to reach the League Cup Quarterfinals but we still dont know when the tie against aston villa will be played. It clashes with liverpools trip to the Club World Cup in qatar in december. The premier league is unlikely to change their schedule to accomodate it and the fixtures are piling up for liverpool it is obvious. It is obvious that it is too much. Absolutely obvious. Everybody involved in the game will tell you that and you know it as well. The premier league, what a competition, sensational, etc, but then at the calabar cup, and as competition of ready and we had a wonderful game the cannibal the end of january after a busy schedule in december and maybe the football leagues, but they have set on the table and really discuss and think about the players and not about their wallet. Lewis hamilton should win his sixth formula one title this weekend. Hes in texas, where weve already had first practice at the circuit of the americas for sundays us grand prix. Jenny gow is there for us. It is practice day here at the circuit of the americas. You might be able to hear some of the car noise any background. For Lewis Hamilton, this weekend should be a Pretty Simple affair. All he has to do isa Pretty Simple affair. All he has to do is a finish in the top eight to guarantee himself a sixth world title. Any one man only one man has ever done that, the great michael schumacher. This is the territory of legends. And, quite frankly, the last ten at Lewis Hamilton did not finish a race, you have to go back to austria last year when mercedes suffered a double retirement. As it likely that us hamilton will come away from this weekend with that Lewis Hamilton will, with the from this weekend with a sixth championship, yes stop something bizarre could happen, but from last year may scupper his chances were quite slim we were at 2280 metres, we have dropped and sometimes, but it is a really cold weekend. It feels more like silverstone in april than it does america in november. Lets see if there is something scary or something really pleasant facing those hamilton the day after halloween. Great britains rugby league side have a really tough match coming up overnight. Its the first of back t oback tests against new zealand. Dave woods is in auckland for us. Disappointment for Great Britain in their opening test match against tonga last week. This week, they are up tonga last week. This week, they are up against new zealand in the first up up against new zealand in the first up many cds. Here at eden park in auckland, brian noble is a former Great Britain coach. How important is ita Great Britain coach. How important is it a great betting are to win this week. It is extremely important. They went down to the tongans last week and what they would describe as a scrappy affair and ina would describe as a scrappy affair and in a four match, if you want to consider it in that kind of series, the game becomes vitally important for them. When a two tactical changes by wayne bennett, the most significant is a jonny lomax, the full back comes in, are you happy with that selection . I am excited by that selection. He came off the bench last week and had quite an impact. He started embeddeds style and bennetts know is what he wants in relation to that. New zealand are little winded well because they were beaten by australia last week and disappointed in defeat. Probably not up disappointed in defeat. Probably not up to the standards that they set for themselves either and more interest in for rugby league fans at home, they have dropped the mercurial Shawn Johnson who has home, they have dropped the mercurial shawnjohnson who has been a linchpin and kingpin from them for many years. Lets see how it goes. It will be a terrific game and one of three matches in the stadium tomorrow. Great britain versus new zealand, then fiji against samoa and then. That matches live on bbc two tomorrow morning. Getting back to the rugby union Great Britains rugby league side have a really tough match this is the japans most mountain and getting here is the high point of theirjapani and getting here is the high point of theirjapan i we had a number of things to tickle off when we came to japan. We only had two left in our list as of this morning and one was to see mount fuji, done. The only fine i want to take off now is watching england win the World Cup Final. Andy and scott are the lines and pink, a group of british rugby super fans. For the last month, they have been crisscrossing japan, making friends everywhere they have gone. The whole expense has been crazy. Friends everywhere they have gone. The whole expense has been crazym has an expense in itself. You will not find it anywhere else. The whole experience has been crazy it is an experience in itself. It is not cheap. We will have done just over four weeks and then i wives who have came out for 14 or 15 days as well. We have tickets to pretty much every game since we have been here. I would put it in the ballpark of around eight or £9,000. Has it been worth it . 10096. As england and pineapple, make their final preparations, one question remains and south africa make their final preparations one question remains, england have to beat the favourites, shirley . Never disrespect the south african is a good performance out on the day. This Rugby World Cup has been a huge win. It is nearly as good as when we will be in that stadium on saturday in yokohama. Come on england thats just about it for this sportsday, well be back at 6. 30 and 7. 30 tomorrow evening on bbc news, with all the reaction to the Rugby World Cup final, but well leave you this evening with englands journey throuthapan, they are almost at their final destination. It is hardly surprising if i tell you theres more rain in the hmmfi you theres more rain in the forecast this weekend and some very weather as well. The met office has issued a Severe Weather warning. And those winds could prove disruptive. And even damaging during the course of saturday. This low pressure is heading our way and it is going to park itself over the uk during the course of the weekend, bringing u nsettled course of the weekend, bringing unsettled weather. It will also bring milder weather and at the moment it is still pretty chilly in the north of the country, but that no matter weather its going to spread northwards. In the short term, we have rain spreading through Northern Ireland into scotland and the odd clear spell, but the real story is this area here, just to the south of ireland. That is where the swathes of very strong winds as early on saturday morning. The onset of the girls around 5am along the coasts of carmel, devon and the south coast of wales as well. The onset of the gales. That will be tracking across southern parts of the uk. Central and southern england just edging into these admittance, east midlands, east anglia, at the same time, Northern England much lighter winds here. Hardly any wind at all in glasgow and belfast. It will really be the southern portion of the uk, isolated gas could hit 80 meals per in exposed places that in mind, places like london, up to 70 miles per isolated gusts could hit 80 mph in exposed places. Across Northern England we have some sunshine across the lakes and newcastle. Temperatures, weather youre in the south or north of the country it will be more or less the same. I ran ten to 12 celsius. That low pressure is going to park itself across the uk and start to blow itself out. He winds a much lighter on sunday. A bit of a breeze at there. The real message for sunday is just how changeable they weather is just how changeable they weather is going to be for some sunny spells are two occasional heavy showers. That will continue into monday goodbye. This is bbc news. The headlines at 7. 00pm nigel farage calls on Boris Johnson tojoin forces for the election but borisjohnson says therell be no deal. Any other party, voting for any other party, it risks putting Jeremy Corbyn into number 10. A man faces extradition from ireland, as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. The england team is preparing for tomorrows big match will they lift the Rugby World Cup trophy for the First Time Since 2003 . The queen has wished englands rugby team the very best for a memorable and successful match tomorrow as they prepare to take on south africa in the World Cup Final