scrum—half ben spencer. spencer has onlyjust arrived here in japan. ben spencer. ere was an injury to willi heinz at the weekend, he's been called up as an emergency replacement and he could well make an appearance at some stage, so what a world cup debut it could be for ben spencer. as for south africa, they have made one change to the team that it wails in their semi—final. winger cheslin kolbe is back in the side in place of nkose. kolbe missed the semi—final with an ankle injury but he's established himself as one of the most exciting talents in world by, the most exciting talents in world rugby, so his return is a real boost to the springboks. england will start as favourites to win their first world cup since 2003. plenty more for you in the briefing today. a packed business briefing with the results from facebook. apple results as well. more discussion of the fed et cetera and their decision on interest rates. you've been talking to us about your thoughts on twitter and its decision. "a freefall is perfectly a cce pta ble decision. "a freefall is perfectly a

the ben spencer who has come inforan including the ben spencer who has come in for an injury.kely to continue. billy vunipola is in confident mood. we set out wanting to be the best in the world, and we have to back up what we did last week. it cannot just be a fluke, and i think the challenge has been laid down by south africa. they are very big people, but we have got a few big quys people, but we have got a few big guys and our team as well. they have said they will fight fire with fire, andi said they will fight fire with fire, and i guess we return that by saying, bring it on. wales will not be on saturday's final, but will play the third—place play—off on friday. the wales camp are positive about the occasion and playing against new zealand. i'm glad it is against new zealand. i'm glad it is against the all blacks. i do not think it would be the same as we we re think it would be the same as we were facing some deals, because the all blacks are the all blacks. it is not everything that gets the opportunity to face them. especially in the world cup. that is no pressure on

scrum—half ben spencer has arrived as a replacement for willi heinz after he was injured during the victoryay. spencer is expected to be named on the bench for the final so he could be making his world cup debut on saturday which would be some story. as well as him, the rest of the england players were out there training, including jonny may, 0wen farrell and kyle sinckler who have been recovering from injuries they picked up at the weekend. england say they expect all of them to be fine for saturday and they are looking forward to the challenge of facing south africa. they are very big people, but then again we have a few big blokes on our team, they have already come out and said they will fight fire with fire, so bring it on. it is a final, you have to front up to it, and it is one of their biggest assets, so something we have been working on. they have many different threats as well as their forward pack. eddiejones names his team for the final on thursday and the big question, will he stick with george ford at fly half or will he play captain 0wen farrell there with henry slade in the

there is one interesting new name though on the bench, scrum—half ben spencer.arrived out injapan on monday, he wasn't in the original squad. he was called out as emergency cover when willi heinz was injured during the game against the all blacks. he is very likely to play a role at some stage, so what a story that could be. england will start the final as favourites. they had a stunning performance against new zealand. eddie jones says stunning performance against new zealand. eddiejones says he is taking nothing for granted. we have spent four years getting ready for this occasion so that is why the players can be relaxed, why ican be why the players can be relaxed, why i can be relaxed, because we know we've done the work. but we are not relaxed about knowing what is in front of us. we know south africa are coming hard, they have a history of being the most physically intimidating team in the world so we have to take that away from them and the boys know what is ahead of them. everyone knows what is at stake but because we've had such good preparation, we can

ben spencer has been drafted in this week. he is flown out here.n himself, have all cleared up. at full strength, full of confidence and of course, sporting immortality beckons if they can do the business. here is what eddiejones said a couple of hours ago. that's why the players can be relaxed, that's why i can be relaxed because i know we've done the work. we know south africa is going to come hard. they got a history of being the most physically intimidating team in the world so we are going to take that away from them and the boys know what is ahead of them. everyone knows what is it state. world-class, very dangerous winger, missing the semi—final against wales. he's been named in the starting 15. the only change to the starting 15. the only change to the squad. all the predictions are, this could be a very tight encounter despite the way england played but if they can do it, they will emulate the team for 2003. jonny wilkinson, martinjohnson the team for 2003. jonny wilkinson, martin johnson and the the team for 2003. jonny wilkinson, martinj

england are looking to build on them press a victory over new zealand in the semifinals at number 9 ben spencer has flown out to replace the injured willie hines this by only having 3 caps and no starts spencer will almost certainly be on the bench as backup for bend young's fall in south africa and a brand have on a one to the wall cup in 2007 he says saturday's final is too close to call. so difficult to give a prediction that being wrong is there a conflict we absolutely love to see see at least become the 1st player characters that we have 2 world cup victory but they will know that they are they coming up with a really good england side that they 1st and foremost will respect on many levels not just from playing perspective you know a chance in the court of the people side in 2007 so i'll definitely be wearing my spring work is the hoping that you know we can go out the end and see 3 being made . to the n.b.a. and joel embiid was the star for the philadelphia $76.00 says as they made it 3 wins a from 3 to start the season 7 goods and then the this is where it was and reid scored $36.00 poi

ben and nicki. >> how about the niners 5-0. >> doing wonderful. >> happy divorce. >> thank you. >> your accuweather forecast. spencer breezy and gusty conditions across the bay area right now. the result is that we have elevated wave heights and a high surf advisory until 9:00 tomorrow night. there is the possibility of dangerous rip current and beach erosion with conditions like this. on we go to overnight conditions, mainly clear skies. high clouds passing through in the overnight hours. high temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. 50 degrees or 51 around the bay shoreline. tomorrow, after some early morning high clouds, we'll get bright, mostly sunny afternoon. highs range from low 60s at the coast to upper 60s around the bay to low 70s inland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. not much change on saturday. gradual warming or minor warming on sunday. bigger warming on sunday. inland highs in the mid-80s. 80 degrees on the shoreline. up to 70 at the coast. >> thank you, spencer. >>> get ready to get creeped out. nothing to do with spencer. the haunted house scaring seasoned fright fans. >>> i'm michael finne