PARIS (AP):

South Africa appear to have an easy run to the Rugby World Cup final, while its biggest rivals will be busy knocking each other out.

New Zealand vs France and England vs Australia are the two eye-catching quarter-finals after the final round of group games over the weekend. The four teams have a combined nine appearances in the final and the All Blacks, Wallabies and English have all won the title before.

With the winners of each game set to meet each other in the semi-final, however, only one will return to the Stade de France for the final on October 20.

South Africa, which won the title on home turf in 1995, face Fiji and then either Argentina or Scotland and appear to be cruising to its second appearance in the final.

Not that South Africa coach Jake White will admit it.

"It makes no difference about who we might have pencilled in to play because so many things have changed from the time the competition has started, literally from the opening game," White said, referring to Argentina's upset 17-12 victory over host France.

"I don't think we need to worry about who we're going to be getting. We just have to focus on what's next."

Knee injury

What's next is a game against a Fiji side which doesn't have its playmaker, Nicky Little. The flyhalf misses the rest of the championship with a knee injury he picked up in a thrilling 38-34 group victory over Wales in Nantes on Saturday.

"It's quite simple really," White said. "We needed to win our pool games (and) we won four. Now we need to win three play-off games. So we'll focus now on Fiji."

White acknowledges that the four other teams he expected to see in the quarter-final are in the other side of the draw.

"The All Blacks have to play France. The reality is it's now getting tough ... England play Australia," White said. "We're fortunate we've played Samoa and Tonga, we've had enough practice against the Pacific Island teams. Fiji now. Hopefully, we'll get New Zealand All Blacks on the last weekend."

With the 40 group games over and the knockout stage starting on Saturday, most of the teams are on the move or travelling home.