South Africa's Handre Pollard emerged as the ultimate savior, defying all odds to secure a dramatic 16-15 semi-final victory over England.
Three things we learned from South Africa’s dramatic 16-15 semi-final win over England that sets coach Jacques Nienaber’s team up for a final against New Zealand at the Stade de France next weekend:Handre Pollard didn’t make the initial 33-man Springbok squad, deemed not to have recovered sufficiently from a calf injury.game with his club Leicester and before you know it he was on a plane to France as an injury replacement for hooker Malcolm Marx.
Libbok was hooked after 30 minutes of the semi-final, Pollard installed at fly-half with one job: claw South Africa back into the game at a rainy Stade de France.He hit an opening penalty and converted RG Snyman’s try, before soaking up all the pressure to nail a 49-metre penalty to win the game with just three minutes remaining.The set-piece of the scrum and line-out has long been the cornerstone of the Springbok rugby side, the effective platform from which any attacking gameplan is launched.
A second shot at goal also went the way of touch, but Franco Mostert knocked on. The Boks collapsed the resulting scrum, referee Ben O’Keeffe awarding England a penalty to easily escape from their 22m area. Steward had started 29 of the 30 Tests since his debut in 2021, valued at the back for his superb aerial and defensive game
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