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Cheslin Kolbe was hunched over on a chair on the sidelines, his head buried deep inside his green and gold jersey for the moment he and South Africa became back-to-back Rugby World Cup winners and history-makers. The pocket-rocket wing - yellow-carded late on - couldn't bear to watch the last, excruciating minutes of the final at Stade de France against New Zealand as the Springboks clung on to win by a point, just as they did against host France in the quarterfinals, and again against England i

This was the Rugby World Cup final New Zealand wasn't expected to reach. Then to get there against arch foe South Africa and lose it 12-11 — one measly point — while playing most of it without the inspirational skipper just made the experience on Saturday all the more agonizing. Ian Foster couldn't have been more chuffed after his last match as coach of the All Blacks.

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi says the country will be united by his team's victory against New Zealand in the World Cup final in Paris.

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…

The Springboks have been lauded for their winning performance in an "epic, seesawing contest" against the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final in Paris this morning.