The Boks produced a defensive effort for the ages in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final to retain their status as world champions by a single point against the All Blacks in Paris on Saturday.
In keeping with their character and their path through the playoffs, the Springboks clung on for dear life to claim a 12-11 win against a 14-man All Blacks to retain the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time in their history.An incredible match went down to the wire as the All Blacks, who became the first team to be reduced to 14 players in a World Cup final when captain Sam Cane saw red in the first half, surged back in the second half after going into the break trailing by six points.
A sensational effort on defence, encapsulated by man-of-the-match Pieter-Steph du Toit’s 27 tackles, saw the Boks survive an onslaught to go back-to-back.The Springboks suffered a massive blow in the first half when Bongi Mbonambi was injured by Shannon Frizell in a dangerous clean-out that only earned the All Blacks flanker a yellow card.
The Springboks saw both Kurt-Lee Arendse and Damian de Allende narrowly denied tries at the start of the second half, before captain Siya Kolisi was sin binned for a head-on-head collision with Ardie Savea.
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