Departing Springboks assistant coach Felix Jones alongside players Kwagga Smith and Willie Le Roux detail how the side plans to take down the All Blacks in a Rugby World Cup final ‘spectacle’. “The rivalry goes back a long time,” the 2019 World Cup winner told reporters on Wednesday, predicting “a spectacle, an amazing game” at the Stade de France. “This week is a World Cup final week. “The two best sides in test rugby and historically at the World Cup, competing to become the first country to claim four [men’s] world titles, in their first World Cup final against each other in the professional era, is a mouthwatering prospect for a neutral. “This is the final every rugby purist wanted... a first-ever World Cup final showdown on neutral ground between these two foes.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 26, 2023 07:34 UTC