The Springboks will face the All Blacks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final, after beating England 16-15 in their semi-final match.
RG Snyman and the Boks celebrate their win against England in the World Cup semi-finals. Picture: Juan Jose Gasparini/Gallo Images
The Springboks will face their biggest rivals, New Zealand’s All Blacks, in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final, in Paris next Saturday, with kick-off at 9pm., the winners from the 2019 tournament, the Boks, edged England 16-15, thanks to a late converted try by RG Snyman and a 77th minute 50m penalty by Handre Pollard.
It was the second week in a row that the Boks won by a single point; after they edged France 29-28 in their quarter-final clash last weekend.The New Zealand All Blacks beat Argentina 44-6 in their semi-final on Friday night.Boks smash and grab semi win over England: Five key moments The last time the Boks and New Zealand faced off in a World Cup final, in 1995 in South Africa, it was the hosts who won 15-12 after extra-time — for their first title. They also won the Webb Ellis Cup in 2007 and 2019.While the All Blacks beat the Boks 35-20 in a Rugby Championship clash in Auckland earlier in the year, the Boks beat their biggest rivals 35-7 in a World Cup warm-up match prior to the tournament in France.
The Bok flyhalf was also one of the heroes of the win against France the week before, while he also scored 22 points in the 32-12 victory in the 2019 World Cup final.
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