South Africa lock Victor Matfield is likely to be fit in time for the Boks’ final Pool D game.

Matfield was left out of South Africa’s match with Fiji after picking up a hamstring injury during their opening 17-16 win over Wales.

Team doctor Craig Roberts has said that he is happy with Matfield’s progress, but does not want to rush the 6ft 6in forward back into action.

"Victor has done really well," said Dr Roberts. "He has done a lot of intensive rehabilitation last week and has made good progress, but it’s a long tournament and we are not going to rush him back. We are happy with where he is at the moment and we’ll reassess him at training tomorrow."

Roberts also revealed that the Boks came out of their highly physical 49-3 win over Fiji unscathed.

"It’s not often that I can sit after a physical game like that and say that we have no injuries, but apart from the normal bumps and bruises we got away with a clean bill of health," he said.

Jean de Villiers, Bryan Habana and Butch James currently sit on the injury list with Matfield, and a decision on their next involvement with the team is expected to be made later in the week.

South Africa will continue their World Cup campaign against Namibia on Thursday, September 22.