Wales and France meet in the first of this weekend's Rugby World Cup semifinals at Eden Park in Auckland at 10am (SA, CAT, GMT+2) on Saturday. Here is all the information you'll need.
LINE-UPS:
WALES: 15. leigh Halfpenny, 14. Shane Williams, 13. Jonathan Davies, 12. Jamie Roberts, 11. George North, 10. James Hook, 9. Michael Phillips, 8. Toby Faletau, 7. Sam Warburton (Captain), 6. Dan Lydiate, 5. Alun-Wyn Jones, 4. Luke Charteris, 3. Adam Jones, 2. Huw Bennett, 1. Gethin Jenkins
Replacements: 16. Lloyd Burns, 17. Paul James, 18. Bradley Davies, 19. Ryan Jones, 20. Lloyd Williams, 21. Stephen Jones, 22. Scott Williams
Wales have made one change to the line-up that beat Ireland for this semifinal. James Hook replaces the injured Rhys Priestland at flyhalf.
Hook has won 12 of the 17 matches he has started for Wales at flyhalf. His last loss was this year's Six Nations match against France. His last loss before that was against South Africa in 2007.
Gethin Jenkins will play his 14th RWC match to equal the Wales record held by Gareth Thomas.
The 625 caps among the Wales starting XV is their third highest for a RWC match. Only their 728 caps against Australia at RWC 2007 and 665 against Fiji also in 2007 were higher. Wales lost both those matches.
Team announcement - Wales bring in Hook
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FRANCE: 15. Maxime Medard, 14. Vincent Clerc, 13. Aurelien Rougerie, 12. Maxime Mermoz, 11. Alex Palisson, 10. Morgan Parra, 9. Dimitri Yachvilli, 8. Imanol Harinordoquy, 7. Julien Bonnaire, 6. Thierry Dusautoir (Captain), 5. Lionel Nallet, 4. Pascal Pape, 3. Nicolas Mas, 2. William Servat, 1. Jean Baptiste Poux
Replacements: 16. Dimitri Szarzewski, 17. Fabien Barcella, 18. Julien Pierre, 19. Louis Picamoles, 20. Francois Trinh-Duc, 21. David Marty, 22. Cedric Heymans
France have named their first unchanged starting line-up of RWC 2011.
It is their sixth unchanged starting line-up in RWC history. Four of their previous five unchanged line-ups were also for knockout matches and all four resulted in defeats - three of them by at least 17 points.
The 687 caps among France's starting XV is their most since the RWC 2007 semifinal defeat to England and their fourth most capped line-up ever.
At an average age of 29 years and 305 days, this is France's second-oldest RWC line-up. Only the team that faced Argentina in the pool phase of RWC 2007 was older at 30 years and 288 days.
Team announcement - France retain winning formula
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