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England second row Ollie Chessum insists revenge is not a motivating factor for Saturday\u2019s World Cup semi-final against South Africa.<\/p>\n

The rivals collide for the sixth time in the tournament\u2019s history with the most recent of those meetings taking place in Yokohama four years ago when Eddie Jones\u2019 side were toppled 32-12 in the final.<\/p>\n

Having demolished New Zealand a week earlier, England were expected to topple the Springboks but instead they were off the pace from the start and overwhelmed as a consequence.<\/p>\n

There should be at least eight survivors from that starting XV who take the field for the rematch at Stade de France, but Chessum denied there was a score to be settled.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hasn\u2019t been mentioned much, certainly by me anyway. I wasn\u2019t here in 2019 so it doesn\u2019t motivate me,\u201d the Leicester second row said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have got a new group of players now who are quite happy to leave that in the past and focus on what we can do as this new England group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Predictions of the semi-finals being comprised entirely of Six Nations sides have failed to materialise with England the sole European representative and the only unbeaten team left in the competition.<\/p>\n

South Africa are unbelievable across the board and we have got to be the same, if not better<\/p>\n

They face one of the great South Africa sides who have been installed as strong favourites to emulate New Zealand by winning back-to-back World Cups in the wake of their victory over France in the previous round.<\/p>\n

Defence coach Kevin Sinfield has said that England were \u201cin awe of the physicality they brought\u201d against the hosts and Chessum insisted the Springboks must be matched in the forward exchanges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the games you want to be a part of \u2013 against the biggest teams on the biggest stage in the biggest competition,\u201d Chessum said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have some unbelievable players in their pack. They bring an exceptional level of physicality. It\u2019s up to us to go out on the weekend and compete against that.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa are unbelievable across the board and we have got to be the same, if not better.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are definitely hoping for another step from us. That\u2019s been the nature of the competition. Week by week we have grown as a group and got better in various aspects of our game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that we bring the physicality, but also the level of execution as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

England have a settled team and will make only minimal changes to the starting XV that overcame Fiji in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

The biggest area of debate is at full-back where Steve Borthwick is weighing up the high ball and positional expertise of Freddie Steward against the cutting edge in attack provided by Marcus Smith.<\/p>\n

Smith, a converted fly-half, has made only two starts and three replacement appearances in the position and his lack of experience could be exposed by South Africa\u2019s accomplished kicking game.<\/p>\n

Owen Farrell\u2019s impressive display against Fiji appears to have brought his duel with George Ford for the number 10 jersey to a conclusion, but Kyle Sinckler could return at tighthead prop.<\/p>\n

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