This Saturday, in Paris, the two actors will face each other in the final of the competition. Whoever wins will be the biggest winner in the history of the competition.
This Saturday, at 4:00 p.m. in Chile, the All Blacks will play the dream final of the Rugby World Cup against the Springboks. Thus, after more than a month and a half of competition, Paris will see a match where not only the World Cup is at stake, but also the historic domination of this sport.
The two winningest teams in the World Cup meet. New Zealand and South Africa have three titles in their cabinets. Since 2007, this competition has only seen New Zealanders or South Africans win, demonstrating a clear superiority of teams from the southern hemisphere. The last to break this dominance was England, who won the 2003 World Cup. In fact, this edition also reflected the supremacy of teams on this side of the world, who placed three of the four semi-finalists (All Blacks, Springboks and The Puma).
On the way to this definition, both actors lost only one commitment. South Africa fell to France 27-13 and New Zealand lost to Ireland 13-8. But this final will not be unprecedented, since they have already met in this case during the 1995 World Cup, with a memorable victory for the Africans.
The Oceanians will present the following starting XV: Beauden Barrett; Will Jordan, Rieko Ioane, Jordie Barrett, Mark Tele’a; Richie Mo’unga, Aaron Smith; Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Tyrel Lomax; Brodie Retallick, Scott Barrett; Shannon Frizell, Sam Cane (captain), Ardie Savea. Meanwhile, the replacements will be: Samisoni Taukei’aho, Tamaiti Williams, Nepo Laulala, Samuel Whitelock, Dalton Papali’i, Finlay Christie, Damian McKenzie, Anton Lienert-Brown.
For their part, the South Africans are accompanied by: Damian Willemse; Kurt-Lee Arendse, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Cheslin Kolbe; Handré Pollard, Faf de Klerk; Steven Kitshoff, Mbongeni Mbonambi, Frans Malherbe; Eben Etzebeth, Franco Mostert; Siya Kolisi (captain), Pieter-Steph Du Toit, Duane Vermeulen. The replacements will be: Deon Fourie, Ox Nche, Trevor Nyakane, Jean Kleyn, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Jasper Wiese, Willie Le Roux.
England, third
The only team from the northern hemisphere in the semi-final was England, who lost to those led by Jacques Nienaber. However, The European team, which faced Los Cóndores in the group stage, had its consolation prize this Friday. They beat Argentina 26-23 and took third place.
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Source: Latercera
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