The Springboks and All Blacks have clashed five times previously at the Rugby World Cup, with the 2023 final their sixth meeting.
Beauden Barrett gets past Siya Kolisi in the All Blacks’ meeting with the Springbok in Yokohama in 2019. Picture: Mike Hewitt/Getty ImagesHere, ahead of Saturday’s 2023 Rugby World Cup final between the Boks and All Blacks in Paris, we take a look back at those five previous World Cup clashesIn 1995 the Boks and All Blacks clashed in an epic at Ellis Park. Picture: Wessel Oosthuizen/Gallo Images
A Mehrtens drop goal was then the only points of the second half, sending the game to extra time. The two flyhalves traded a penalty each in extra time before Stransky struck that famous drop goal winner.This was the second time that the Boks and All Blacks met at the World Cup, after their thrilling final in South Africa four years earlier. The game was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff after both teams were knocked out in the tournament semifinals.
An early Honiball penalty in the second half put the Boks 19-12 up, but two more Mehrtens penalties made it a one-point game, before Montgomery sealed the 22-18 win with a late drop goal.Coach Rudolf Straeuli talks to the Bok leadership group at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. Picture: Tertius Pickard/Gallo Images
The Boks had a fairly young team at the tournament and included the likes of John Smit, Bakkies Botha, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw, Ashwin Willemse and a 20-year-old Derick Hougaard, who started at flyhalf in the final-eight match. Owen Franks of New Zealand is tackled by Schalk Burger of South Africa, as Bismarck du Plessis looks on, during the 2015 World Cup semi-final. Picture: Steve Haag/Gallo Images
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