The time has come to decide who is the best Egg Chasers in the world and luckily I have been given the opportunity to share some thoughts given that I have a stake in both nations.

For the many who don’t know me, I am a rather confusing character. I was born and lived in South Africa till the age of 10 when I then emigrated to Shropshire with my parents and elder sisters.

Over the last 20 years I have then been a resident in Wem Shropshire, Malton Yorkshire, Edinburgh and now reside on the borders in near Minsterley.

All the while I have maintained a rather convoluted accent which is not South African nor English. While I consider myself British, when it comes to sport, I am fully South African.

As a young child I ventured to Twickenham with my father and friend to which the Martin Johnson led side against Corne Krige’s South African team.

With my face painted and wearing the green and gold I then watched as the South African lock ploughed through Jonny Wilkinson in the early minutes and was sent off.

South Africa then spent the next 70 minutes trying to pick a fight as they were beaten 53-3.

It was at this time when I realised that being a full hardy supporter in another nation does not quite work as when you win you choose not to gloat and when you lose you receive both barrels.

So as a result I have tried to take a distant stance when supporting South Africa.

This world cup has changed everything. I have started a satirical podcast called Hindsight Sports following the World Cup with my friends and my fuel and energy has been refuelled. I apologise for that unnecessary plug….

Credit must go to the Japanese who have packed out every stadium, sung a long to every anthem and provided us with a team that has shun a light on developing rugby.

They also tackled a typhoon in the middle of all this which is quite remarkable given the loss that has occurred.

So onto the games this weekend.

Let us start with the Eddie Jones led outfit.

Following the hideous departure at the last World Cup, England have looked to a saviour and have found this in Eddie Jones.

In hindsight Eddie Jones has run this last four years perfectly. They went on a record-breaking winning streak, then trialled players in the middle of the four years, then grew back into this World Cup.

The winners of these competitions lie in those who peak at the right time and watching them beat the All Blacks in such a way was like watching someone summit Everest.

Never have I seen a more complete England performance over 80 minutes. I am scratching my head to think of a team who have delivered a game plan as well as we saw last weekend.

When England took on the V formation facing the Haka I originally thought it was a bold move as we have seen teams punished as a result.

Then watching how Dane Coles was searching out his opposite man, thus making him face one way and look another, I realised that this has unsettled the All Blacks team.

The game started with a brutal but strategical onslaught leading to Tuilangi’s try. This supreme execution of skills did not relent until Jamie George misplaced his man in the line out leading to Savea’s try.

Itoje, Underhill, Curry and Tuilangi were stopping any attacking opportunities and when the All Blacks have faced similar opposition in the past, they have sat in wait, poised for when the opposition make a mistake, this moment never came.

When Farrell picked up a knock and passed on the kicking duties to Ford, one thought that this might be the glitch, but Ford held strong missing just one kick throughout the game.

The All Blacks could not kick to the back three as any of Watson, May or Daly would run this back forcefully or kick it back precisely pinning the New Zealand team all the time.

I have this weird feeling about English sport at the moment. All of the national teams have shown great success in recent times starting with Gareth Southgate's football team reaching the World Cup semi final. Trevor Bayliss leading England 50 over cricket squad to victory in the World cup for the first time ever.

Is it another Australians opportunity to lead an England team to another world cup win this weekend?

Sunday was not a pleasant morning for me. While many neutrals would have watched the South Africa v Wales game and thought it was a great game for the purists.

When one has a stake in a game like that it is not easy to sit down while watching. At one moment I screamed forgetting that my wife had just put our one year old daughter down for a nap……if looks could kill….

There was so much aimless kicking with both teams willing to flip a coin in the air to see who would make the mistake first.

As it turned out it was just some poor defence that let in De Allende’s try and Louws turnover which decided the game, not forgetting some great accuracy from Pollard off the tee.

Credit must go to Wales who have had a wonderful campaign and many good years under Warren Gatland. With a small player pool and a turbulent domestic structure this has been a very good job. Credit must also go to their medical staff who just about kept to fit fly halfs available.

I am struggling to see where South Africa have been good this World Cup. It is interesting to think that the last two times these teams met in a final in 2007 it was quite the opposite and it was South Africa who had all the momentum and structured team while England under Brian Ashton were piecing together things into the final match.

The South African pack is beastly, a huge front five who love to maul and a well-travelled team all round who will not be intimidated by many of their colleagues playing in the England team.

I would not be surprised to see a lot of lineouts and mauls this weekend and no doubt Eddie Jones will be drilling the maul defence all week.

Outside of the forwards the South African game plan stops. They do not run backs moves, their main attacking asset is in the form of the pinball that is Cheslin Kolbe who only receives the ball when it has been shipped along to him.

Willie Le Roux is playing some very poor rugby and I am surprised Frans Steyn has not come into the team to complement the pack with his enormous kicking game.

De Klerk isn’t even playing his best rugby and is somehow picking up man of the match performances

With all that being said, I have a funny feeling about this South African team. Rassie Erasmus has pulled this team back to the heights all the wile not having to pull any punches.

There is not better story in world rugby than that of our captain Siya Kolisi who grew up in the township of Zwide, Port Elizabeth and this weekend leads his team as the Springboks first black captain.

I think it is fair to say that since 1995 the South African team has not been as well supported and a victory this weekend would be massive for the nation.

So what to expect…..

I don’t think England can display as complete performance as they showed last weekend, but I don’t think they will be required to.

This game will be played on the fringes with a lot of one out rugby.

Jerome Garces is bound to turn the breakdown into a mess with no instruction as to how to win the ball back and little thought as to why he has awarded a penalty…..sorry Jerome I’m sure you are a very nice man.

Ben Skeen the TMO will do something silly to involve himself in the game, even on the smallest stage he loves to be involved.

South Africa will maul, a lot.

Both Owen Farrell and Handre Pollard will need to bring their kicking boots and there will certainly be some drop goal attempts.

And just as a last thought, please South Africa, just please don’t have one of your locks sent off in the early minutes. We don’t want this to be another 53-3.