Rugby World CupSouth Africa beat the All Blacks 12-11 to win their record fourth Rugby World Cup title Saturday at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a suburb just north of Paris. For the New Zealanders, the 2023 Rugby World Cup has finished just as it started: by losing at Stade de France. The old rivals and rugby’s historic heavyweights went into the match with similar World Cup runs, each losing one pool match. The team’s progress reignited rugby fever in the country that has dominated the rugby world over the last half-century. Rumoured to be retiring after this World Cup, he played an outstanding match, bowing out of World Cup rugby with class.
