This Saturday, South Africa was proclaimed world rugby champion, after beating New Zealand 12-11, in the final of the 2023 World Cup in France, in Paris, and became the first team to win four world titles.
Four penalties by Handre Pollard (minutes 03, 13, 19 and 34) gave the Springboks the title, in a match in which the All Blacks were the only team that reached the test, through Beauden Barrett (58), despite playing at a disadvantage. number since the expulsion of Sam Cane (27).
The South Africans thus added their fourth world title, after their conquests in 1995, 2007 and 2019, and became the second team to retain a world champion title, after New Zealand achieved it in 2011 and 2015.
Source: TSF
