2011 and 2015 World Cup winner Colin Slade believes New Zealand fans are far more relaxed heading into Saturday's final than they were before their last-eight clash with Ireland a fortnight ago
Former New Zealand star Colin Slade has revealed that All Blacks fans were more nervous about facing Ireland in the quarter-final than they are about taking on defending champions South Africa in this Saturday's World Cup final.
Ian Foster's side cruised past Argentina in last Friday's semi-final to set up a date with the fearsome Springboks who are looking to become only the second side in history to win back-to-back World Cups after the All Blacks did so with wins in 2011 and 2015.
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