Rugby World Cup 2023: How to watch New Zealand v Argentina, South Africa v England

The Rugby World Cup is down to the crunch matches as the action descends on the Stade de France for the semi-finals.

The All Blacks have emerged as one of the teams to beat after their win over Ireland, joined by South Africa after they knocked out hosts France.

Meanwhile, Argentina and England will enter their respective finals as underdogs after scrapping through their quarter-finals in Marseille.

The winners will face off in the final on October 28.

Here is everything you need to know about the World Cup semi finals.

The All Blacks' semi final against Argentina will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport on Saturday October 21.

Coverage will start from 5:30 am (AEDT), with kick-off expected at 6:00 am

The Springboks' semi-final will also be shown LIVE on Stan Sport on Sunday October 22.

Like the first semi-final, coverage will start from 5:30 am (AEDT), with kick-off expected at 6:00 am

For Springbok fans, SuperSport is the home of the Rugby World Cup 2023, which will show both semi-finals. The South African game will be also shown on free-to-air on SABC.

In New Zealand, Sky Sport will show the game, with the All Blacks game free on Sky Sport Open.

As for England, the games will be on ITV whilst in Argentina, ESPN Latin America/Star+ will show the game.

For the rest of the world, including Australia:

Australia: Stan

Austria: Prosieben

Belgium: Telenet

Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia: Sportklub

Cook Islands: Cook Islands Television

Czechia: Ceska Televize

Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden: Viaplay

Fiji: Fiji TV

France: TF1/France TV/M6

Germany: RAN

Ireland: RTE/Virgin Media

Italy/San Marino: Sky Italia/Rai

Japan: NHK/Nippon TV/J-Sports

Luxembourg: TF1

Middle East/North Africa: Starzplay

Netherlands: Ziggo

Papua New Guinea: Digicel/EMTV

Poland: Polsat

Portugal: Sport TV

Romania: Digisport

Samoa: TV1

Spain/Andorra: Movistar+

Solomon Islands: Telekom TV

Tonga: Digicel/Tonga Broadcasting Commission

Turkey: SSport

United Kingdom (including England): ITV

United States: NBC

Argentina (15-1): Juan Cruz Mallia; Emiliano Boffelli, Lucio Cinti, Santiago Chocobares, Mateo Carreras; Santiago Carreras, Gonzalo Bertranou; Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer, Juan Martin Gonzalez; Tomas Lavanini, Guido Petti; Francisco Gomez Kodela, Julian Montoya (capt), Thomas Gallo

Replacements: Agustin Creevy, Joel Sclavi, Eduardo Bello, Matias Alemanno, Rodrigo Bruni, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Nicolas Sanchez, Matias Moroni

New Zealand (15-1): Beauden Barrett; Will Jordan, Rieko Ioane, Jordie Barrett, Mark Telea; Richie Mo'unga, Aaron Smith; Ardie Savea, Sam Cane (capt), Shannon Frizell; Scott Barrett, Sam Whitelock; Tyrel Lomax, Codie Taylor, Ethan de Groot

Replacements: Samisoni Taukei’aho, Tamaiti Williams, Fletcher Newell, Brodie Retallick, Dalton Papali’i, Finlay Christie, Damian McKenzie, Anton Lienert-Brown