Butch James claims World Cup revenge will not be on South Africa's agenda tonight.

The Springboks' 2003 World Cup hopes were effectively derailed by England winning a crucial pool clash in Perth four years ago.

The roles have been reversed this time around though, with South Africa going into the Pool A encounter as firm favourites to send England packing.

But fly-half James said: ''Not one thing has been mentioned about revenge.

''A lot of the guys here weren't even there in 2003.''

South Africa will be without star flanker Schalk Burger for the game, although there was a degree of good news surrounding his future tournament participation after a four-match ban was reduced to two on appeal.

It means Burger will now be available to play in South Africa's final pool game against the United States later this month, whereas his initial suspension would have sidelined until the semi-finals.

Wickus van Heerden takes Burger's place in the starting line-up, with Francois Steyn replacing ruptured bicep victim Jean de Villiers, while prop BJ Botha is preferred to CJ van der Linde.

Botha said: ''It was a shock to lose Schalk, but it is a World Cup, so things like that may happen. England will want to scrum and drive us in the lineouts, but we are prepared for that and we are looking forward to facing them on Friday.

''They are strong up front, (with) a strong lineout they form their game around, so we have to be prepared for that.''

South Africa have won their last three Tests against England, including a Twickenham triumph last December that cost Andy Robinson his job as red rose head coach.

They also recorded a points half-century in both Tests during the summer in Bloemfontein and Pretoria, although England were considerably under-strength on those occasions.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden was given reason to cheer after seeing all but one of his injured players return to training.

The 56-10 defeat Portugal left its mark on a number of players.

Lock Nathan Hines (bruised ankle and knee), flanker Allister Hogg (dead leg), winger Sean Lamont (ankle) and full-back Rory Lamont (bruised shoulder and hip) all picked up knocks and missed training this week.

Centre Andrew Henderson's dead leg had ruled him out of the Portugal match, while scrum-half Rory Lawson ''tweaked his back'' during a weights session earlier this week.

Hadden would therefore have been delighted to see only one of the injured clan - Sean Lamont - not feature in training yesterday.

And the Northampton star is expected to be back on the paddock today for the Scots' penultimate practice session ahead of Tuesday's Pool C match against Romania at Murrayfield.