New Zealand run the Springboks close despite losing captain Sam Cane to a first half red card
South Africa's flanker and captain Siya Kolisi lifts the Webb Ellis Cup after beating New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup final. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Imagesin eight attempts, and their fourth final out of four. When you know how to win, you know how to win. The Springboks won the World Cup with three one-point victories in the knockout stages.
Another New Zealand back rower goes to the bin, with Sam Cane guilty of a high tackle. And another nervy wait to see if this one is upgraded to redHaving already absorbed one yellow card to Shannon Frizell, the All Blacks were now destined to play over an hour of the match with 14 men.
Whether or not things might have panned out differently but for Cane’s red card will never be known, but despite some clever strike moves, the Springboks’ pressure game and defensive line speed largely shackled the All Blacks attack. Back to 15, if not for long as it transpired, the All Blacks used a tackle off the ball by Faf de Klerk to launch Jordie Barrett on a good carry off the lineout, and were unlucky when his subsequent left-footed chip just eluded Savea when otherwise a try by the posts was a certainty. Compensation came by way of a Richie Mo’unga penalty after Kolbe denied Rieko Ioane in the corner with the advantage play.
On the resumption after half-time, the ‘Boks went for the kill, but were held up over the line before Willemse miscued a second drop goal attempt. Kurt-Lee Arendse then almost scored in the corner when Beauden Barrett attempted to shepherd a Willemse grubber over the line.But then the ebb and flow of psychic energy shifted again when Siya Kolisi was binned for a high hit on Savea, catching him on the chin with his head. The yellow card would not be upgraded.
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