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By Nick Mulvenney PARIS (Reuters) - South Africa produced a magnificent defensive display to edge 14-man New Zealand 12-11 in a compelling arm-wrestle of a Rugby World Cup final and win the Webb Ellis Cup for a record fourth time. Only a single yellow card had been shown in nine previous World Cup finals but…

* South Africa edge out NZ 12-11 to win fourth World Cup * NZ captain Cane first player sent off in World Cup final * Beauden Barrett scores only try of game for NZ * Handre Pollard kicks four first-half penalties for South Africa By Nick Mulvenney PARIS (Reuters) - South Africa...

South Africa produced a magnificent defensive effort to edge 14-man New Zealand 12-11 in an arm-wrestle of a Rugby World Cup final, claiming the Webb Ellis Cup for the fourth time in eight attempts.

Handre Pollard (Gallo) South Africas Rugby World Cup winner Handre Pollard made his first appearance since September as Montpellier reached the European Challenge Cup final with a 19-10 win at Bath on Saturday. Flyhalf Pollard, who suffered a serious knee injury in just his second game of the season, came off the bench in the second half to kick a late penalty for the Top 14 strugglers. Montpellier, the 2016 Challenge Cup winners, will face Leicester in the final on May 21 a...