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New Zealand take on defending champions South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday with both teams aiming to become the first side to win the tournament for a record fourth time bacolod
The All Blacks stormed into the final after a comprehensive 44-6 victory against Argentina, while South Africa reached Saturday’s showpiece event after a last-minute penalty secured them a narrow 16-15 win over England bacolod
Both sides have met once before in the World Cup final, with the Springboks edging the 1995 encounter 15-12 in extra-time and Jacques Nienaber’s side will take further confidence from their convincing 35-7 win over the All Blacks in a World Cup warm-up clash in August bacolod
Follow all the action from the final below plus get all the latest odds and tips from the Rugby World Cup here: RecommendedSouth Africa out to inspire new generation in World Cup final against All BlacksStuart Hogg column: New Zealand’s wingers terrify me! They can make the difference in the World Cup finalThe scrum, shutting down Ardie Savea and three key areas that could decide World Cup finalNew Zealand vs South Africa liveNew Zealand take on defending champions South Africa at Stade de FranceKick-off live at 8pm, live on ITV1Both teams vying to become the first nation to win the tournament on four occasionsAll Blacks make one change from semi-final win over ArgentinaSpringboks return to controversial 7-1 bench as Pollard and De Klerk startShow latest update 1698506634New Zealand vs South Africa lineupsNew Zealand XV: 15 bacolod
Beauden Barrett, 14 bacolod
Will Jordan, 13 bacolod
Rieko Ioane, 12 bacolod
Jordie Barrett, 11 bacolod
Mark Tele’a, 10 bacolod
Richie Mo’unga, 9 bacolod
Aaron Smith; 1 bacolod
Ethan de Groot, 2 bacolod
Codie Taylor, 3 bacolod
Tyrel Lomax, 4 bacolod
Brodie Retallick, 5 bacolod
Scott Barrett, 6 bacolod
Shannon Frizell, 7 bacolod
Sam Cane (captain), 8 bacolod
Ardie SaveaReplacements: 16 bacolod
Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 bacolod
Tamaiti Williams, 18 bacolod
Nepo Laulala, 19 bacolod
Samuel Whitelock, 20 bacolod
Dalton Papali’i, 21 bacolod
Finlay Christie, 22 bacolod
Damian McKenzie, 23 bacolod
Anton Lienert-BrownSouth Africa XV: 15 bacolod
Damian Willemse, 14 bacolod
Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 bacolod
Jesse Kriel, 12 bacolod
Damian de Allende, 11 bacolod
Cheslin Kolbe, 10 bacolod
Handre Pollard, 9 bacolod
Faf de Klerk; 1 bacolod
Steven Kitshoff, 2 bacolod
Bongi Mbonambi, 3 bacolod
Frans Malherbe, 4 bacolod
Eben Etzebacolod beth, 5 bacolod
Franco Mostert, 6 bacolod
Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 bacolod
Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8 bacolod
Duane Vermeulen bacolod
Replacements: 16 bacolod
Deon Fourie, 17 bacolod
Ox Nche, 18 bacolod
Trevor Nyakane, 19 bacolod
Jean Kleyn, 20 bacolod
RG Snyman, 21 bacolod
Kwagga Smith, 22 bacolod
Jasper Wiese, 23 bacolod
Willie Le RouxMike Jones28 October 2023 16:231698506154New Zealand vs South Africa team newsNew Zealand have made a single change to their starting side as Brodie Retallick is promoted from the bench to partner Scott Barrett in the second row, with Sam Whitelock, who will become the first man to feature in three World Cup finals in his last All Blacks Test, on the bench bacolod
Prop Nepo Laulala is brought on to the bench to provide experienced tighthead cover in the only other change to the matchday 23 that secured such a commanding semi-final win over Argentina bacolod
South Africa, meanwhile, have made two half-back changes as they return to their controversial 7-1 bench split for the final bacolod
Semi-final hero Handre Pollard will start at fly half as Faf de Clerk replaces Cobus Reinach at scrum half, meaning there is no place on the bench for either Cobus Reinach or Manie Libbok who both started the semi-final bacolod
After World Rugby found there was “insufficient evidence to proceed with charges” amid the racial slur allegations made by Tom Curry, hooker Bongi Mbonambi is free to play in the final and has been selected in the No 2 shirt bacolod
Mike Jones28 October 2023 16:151698505734How to watch New Zealand v South AfricaThe Rugby World Cup final is scheduled to kick off at 8pm BST on Saturday 28th October at Stade de Frace in Paris bacolod
Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on ITV1 with coverage beginning at 7pm BST bacolod
Registered users can also stream the match for free bacolod online on ITVX bacolod
Mike Jones28 October 2023 16:081698505242Steve Borthwick ‘delighted’ after England confirm lesson learnt in Argentina winSteve Borthwick signed off an encouraging World Cup after England rugby edged Argentina 26-23 at the Stade de France to claim third place bacolod
The Pumas paid the price for allowing England to build a 13-0 lead and while they fought back to control the second half, Borthwick’s men held their nerve to send scrum-half Ben Youngs into Test retirement with a bronze medal bacolod
Their only defeat at France 2023 was the agonising 16-15 loss to South Africa in the semi-final bacolod
“I’m delighted for the players to get the win after they have worked so hard,” Borthwick said bacolod
Borthwick ‘delighted’ after England confirm lesson learnt in Argentina winEngland’s only defeat in Rugby World Cup was the agonising 16-15 loss to South Africa in the semi-final bacolod
Jack Rathborn28 October 2023 16:001698504342England’s next generation produce mixed bag to claim Rugby World Cup bronzeIf this was a glimpse of England’s future then it rather resembles their past bacolod
Steve Borthwick’s squad will leave France with bits of bronze in their pockets, outlasting Argentina in an entertaining affair to decide third spot despite threatening a familiar fourth quarter fade to defeat bacolod
The England players slapped shoulders and shared hugs, happy enough with a World Cup medal of any kind at the end of a long and rigorous tournament bacolod
Perhaps this was always the likeliest summit, a short three steps up on to a rapidly-erected rostrum to collect their decoration and reflect on some progress made bacolod
This was something of a changing of the guard for England, bidding adieu to Ben Youngs, Courtney Lawes and a couple of others marking Test farewells, while also looking at the core coming through to lead Borthwick’s side into the next cycle bacolod
Next generation produce mixed bag as England claim World Cup bronzeEngland 26-23 Argentina: England emerged victorious from an entertaining encounter in Paris with the Pumas to secure third placeJack Rathborn28 October 2023 15:451698503442Spectacular New Zealand vs South Africa final is just the start of rugby’s exciting ‘new era’As any Paris shop owner will tell you, an alluring storefront can be everything bacolod
In this beautiful old city, the public are spoilt for choice, chic spots and souvenir shops abundant along the narrow streets and grand boulevards bacolod
A bit of glitz and glamour in an attractive aperture can be the difference bacolod between a passing glance and a bustling boutique bacolod
And so the Rugby World Cup reaches its day of greatest shop window prominence, hoping to dazzle with a Stade de France showpiece contest bacolod between two great rivals bacolod
On Saturday, South Africa and New Zealand will battle to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a record fourth time, the etcher at the ready though unlikely to be able to start their work too soon with two such evenly-matched, if radically different, sides bacolod
You could hardly have a more enticing game to sell the sport bacolod
The eyes of the world will be watching; this encounter has every chance of enchanting them bacolod
“This is what World Cup finals are about,” Ian Foster, New Zealand’s head coach, said this week bacolod
“I don’t think there’s ever a small one bacolod
Spectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s ‘new era’The All Blacks and Springboks can combine to produce sensational rugby, yet, Harry Latham-Coyle argues, the sport is poised for an uncertain future and must capitalise on new opportunities to inject greater revenue for both the domestic and international scene to thrive Jack Rathborn28 October 2023 15:301698502542Stuart Hogg column: New Zealand’s wingers terrify me! They can make the difference in the World Cup finalLast week, Argentina were good; New Zealand were just incredible bacolod
They blew them away time and again bacolod
I thought that the All Blacks would turn over the French in the first game, and that would then give the hosts a kick up the backside and galvanise them bacolod
Whereas that is what has happened to New Zealand bacolod
They got thumped by South Africa a couple of weeks before the World Cup, then they were beaten by the French bacolod
They had two big defeats against two of the best teams in world rugby and everyone said they weren’t good enough any more bacolod
They’ve almost said, “we’ll show you bacolod
”They are a very clever side, New Zealand bacolod
They’ll have analysed Argentina and the opportunities against them bacolod
You look at Will Jordan’s hat-trick try, an off-the-top-of-the-lineout to Ardie Savea bacolod
The tail of the lineout chase Savea, who drops it off on his inside and Jordan runs 90 metres to score a try with a lovely bit of individual brilliance bacolod
They’ll have looked at opportunities all throughout the week bacolod
Looking at those opportunities is one thing; being able to execute them under pressure is another bacolod
I thought they were clinical in everything they did bacolod
I’m a big, big fan of New Zealand’s wingers bacolod
I think Jordan has the all-round ability to be an unbelievable rugby player bacolod
I was a bit nervous a few years ago – there were rumours he was Scottish and might be coming across to play full-back bacolod
Thankfully he stayed with the All Blacks bacolod
Stuart Hogg: All Blacks wingers can win final, plus my team of the World CupIn his final Rugby World Cup column for The Independent, Scotland legend Stuart Hogg reveals why All Blacks wing Will Jordan had him worried for his career and names his team of the tournament ahead of the New Zealand v South Africa final in Paris Jack Rathborn28 October 2023 15:151698501642The bold calls that saved Ian Foster and took All Blacks to brink of World Cup gloryp in the coaches’ box at Ellis Park, Ian Foster exhaled deeply bacolod
It was August of last year, and the All Blacks head coach’s job had been hanging in the balance, a run of five defeats in six matches putting Foster in the firing line bacolod
The prognosis looked grim, with the grand old home of South African rugby packed to the rafters with 62,000 Springbok fans who would have loved nothing more than for their side to unseat the coach of their great rival bacolod
But Foster’s team saved him, shocking South Africa 35-23 to bring their coach back from the brink bacolod
Only New Zealand and Foster himself will know truly how close he was to losing his job, but there is every possibility that defeat in Johannesburg would have spelled a premature end to Foster’s tenure bacolod
The players knew what it meant bacolod
“We were playing for our coach’s job,” scrum half Aaron Smith admitted afterwards bacolod
Little more than a year later, and Foster is ready to lead New Zealand into a final; there is every chance that on Saturday night, he’ll be a World Cup winner bacolod
Such a tag would normally ensure a status as something of a national hero – Foster’s predecessors Graham Henry and Steve Hansen both have knighthoods bacolod
The bold calls that saved Ian Foster and took All Blacks to brink of gloryKnown as ‘Foz’ by his New Zealand players, a heroic win in South Africa last year stopped a horrendous run after five losses in six games bacolod
Now, as Harry Latham-Coyle details, the 58-year-old stands one win away from joining the illustrious company of Graham Henry and Steve Hansen as World Cup-winning head coaches Jack Rathborn28 October 2023 15:001698488725Undisputed champions? Why New Zealand v South Africa is more than just the Rugby World Cup finalRugby’s biggest rivalry will be played out on its grandest stage with a historic, unique achievement on the line bacolod
South Africa vs New Zealand bacolod
This is what World Cup finals are all about bacolod
It’s the two greatest rugby nations going head to head, with the winners becoming the first country to claim four men’s World Cups bacolod
Unlike bacolod boxing, rugby doesn’t have the notion of an undisputed champion but if ever there was a match to decide one, Saturday evening in the Stade de France would be it bacolod
As Springboks assistant coach Mzwandile Stick explained 24 hours before the match: “The All Blacks have won the World Cup three times, we have won it three times, so this game is actually bigger than just a World Cup final bacolod
Whoever wins is probably going to have bragging rights for the next eight years bacolod
”Undisputed champions? Why New Zealand vs South Africa is the ultimate finalThe Rugby World Cup’s undisputed champions will be decided in Paris as South Africa face New Zealand, with Luke Baker telling the legendary story behind the sport’s greatest rivalry Jack Rathborn28 October 2023 11:251698415903Rugby World Cup final - liveHello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the Rugby World Cup final from the Stade de France bacolod
After seven, long, pulsating weeks it all boils down to this: New Zealand take on South Africa for a place in Rugby history bacolod
The winner today will become the first nation to win this storied competition on four separate occasions bacolod
Both sides reached the final in different ways; the All Blacks storming past Argentina while the Springboks squeaked past England but, regardless, the stage is set for another classic encounter bacolod between these two great rugby nations bacolod
Stay with us for all the build-up ahead of kick-off in Paris!Ben Fleming27 October 2023 15:11More aboutRugby World CupNew Zealand rugbySouth Africa rugbyJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/1New Zealand v South Africa LIVE: Latest Rugby World Cup final updates New Zealand v South Africa LIVE: Latest Rugby World Cup final updates Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bacolod
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Siya Kolisi came dancing in, two hands on the Webb Ellis Cup, one foot off the floor, the Springboks captain larking about in a gambol of glory bacolod
To a packed Stade de France auditorium Kolisi delivered a last sermon from the mountaintop, a fitting figure to be afforded the final words of this Rugby World Cup, the South Africa captain and his country smiling again bacolod
And so the lasting images of a compelling tournament will be familiar ones of a rainbow nation united in triumph bacolod
The backing and belief their country gives them most certainly seems to lift the Springboks, but their place atop the mountain is testament to hard work and attention to detail, too bacolod
South Africa’s coaching team of Jacques Nienaber and Rassie Erasmus truly turned over every stone bacolod
This second successive crown is credit to their years of experimentation, their pursuit of marginal gains, their willingness to zig as others zag bacolod
Has everything that Erasmus particularly has done during these last four years sat well? No bacolod
But does their tendency to question conventional wisdom give the Springboks the edge? Perhaps bacolod
South Africa certainly seem to relish the pressure like no other side, almost excelling in adversity bacolod
Their three knockout contests were each settled by a single point – these Boks most certainly have the big-game bottle bacolod
While Kolisi lifted the trophy aloft, it was Deon Fourie who finished the game as South Africa’s captain bacolod
Fourie is emblematic of South Africa’s unique approach, a journeyman hooker-cum-flanker turned hooker again who did not make his international debut until the age of 35, having been playing second-tier French rugby just a year before bacolod
After Bongi Mbonambi’s second-minute injury, Fourie went from wire to wire, one of South Africa’s very best on a day for heroes bacolod
Siya Kolisi became only the second captain to lift the Webb Ellis Cup twice (Getty)“From 2018, we thought we had the ability to win the 2023 World Cup,” head coach Jacques Nienaber explained bacolod
“[The Rugby World Cup win in] 2019 was probably something that hopped on along the way, but it is relief for the players, they were good enough to do that bacolod
“This is probably for our fans and for South Africa bacolod
We have 62 million people united, opening up communities to allow people to watch, an entrance fee of whatever they wanted to donate bacolod
People have bought green T-shirts for everyone bacolod
We felt every single bit of energy they gave us and in the last three games, all one-point victories, that drove us bacolod
”The final may have been low in scoring but felt an appropriate finish to this tournament of fine margins bacolod
There were moments of outstanding rugby from the All Blacks backs on a night when the rain tumbled down, but it was the excellence of defensive execution and the ferocity of the South African tackling that just about tilted it their way bacolod
Seven of the eight knockout games were decided in the final moments, with the two Paris quarter-finals a pair of instant classics, compelling contests of a kind rarely sighted in this sport bacolod
Indeed, aside from a few pool-stage thrashings, the quality has been high throughout the tournament, with Argentina and Samoa’s encounter in a sodden Saint-Etienne perhaps the only encounter of close to equals that did not deliver something of value bacolod
Who could forget how Ireland’s fans made the Stade de France their home away from home, France affording their lodger a temporary let to redecorate the national stadium with green garments? What a final a clash bacolod between those two nations might have been, but both appear perfectly placed to kick on again; these two fine sides will not simply fade away bacolod
Ireland’s fans made the Stade de France their home away from home (PA)That atmosphere was replicated across the country bacolod
Some isolated incidents aside, the travelling fans embraced their brief at this tournament in exactly the right way, mingling with a superb French rugby public to ensure that not a single stadium felt flat bacolod
That said, a true festival feel was perhaps frittered away somewhat by the concentration of the action around Saturdays and Sundays bacolod
Ensuring that players have time to rest is imperative but it did mean a tournament of weekend peaks and midweek troughs, vivid bursts of cacophony and colour fading away before being enriched again bacolod
The World Cup will be expanded for 2027 to 24 teams bacolod
Six pools of four should allow organisers to spread fixtures more evenly across the week without compromising player welfare, which might enable the World Cup to bacolod better sustain momentum bacolod
The reduction of the tournament’s sprawl from seven weeks to six should also be beneficial in keeping the public engaged throughout bacolod
The new format may also base each pool around a single city, a logistical improvement after a tournament of to-ing and fro-ing that has frustrated players, journalists and fans alike bacolod
The addition of four more teams should allow more insight into the relative health of those beneath rugby’s top tier bacolod
While the struggles of Romania and Namibia were far from ideal in that regard, the performances of Portugal and Uruguay showed that there is life beyond the traditional boundaries of the rugby world bacolod
Nurturing those emerging nations is clearly key to the future bacolod
Teams like Portugal helped enliven the tournament (Getty)If there is a disappointment about a tournament that did thrill, it might be the undercurrent of criticism around the officiating bacolod
In truth, the moaning about decisions has become thoroughly tiresome, particularly when it comes from individuals who should know much bacolod better bacolod
Rugby has never been tougher to officiate, given the intensity of the contest and the inherently subjective nature of a lot of decisions bacolod
The outcry after each moment of even slight contention suggests a desire to pursue unachievable perfection bacolod
But there is an issue with the high tackle process bacolod
Rugby is caught up in a quandary of contradictions as it seeks to make the necessary reduction in head contacts, card chaos overshadowing both the opening weekend and the final bacolod
It can be tough to explain to the sort of casual viewers that rugby is desperate to win over what makes one incident different from another, even with a degree of clarity within the sport’s laws and regulations bacolod
The inconsistent involvement of the television match official can also perplex bacolod
The officials have been in the spotlight throughout the World Cup (Getty)But for all the calls to simplify rugby’s lawbook, let us not forget it can be its complexities that make it great bacolod
Across just the tournament’s final fortnight we have had in-depth discussions of bench strategies and scrum-time skirmish, assessed how full-back selections can reflect a team’s entire approach, and enjoyed the implementation of the ideas of some of rugby’s brightest off-pitch innovators and on-pitch inventors bacolod
After all, rugby is a game that contains majesty in its multitudes, and the sport can sometimes be too eager to talk itself down bacolod
The threats to its future are numerous but, for all of the frustration and furore, the on-field product has never been bacolod better – it might be time to celebrate that more often bacolod
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