Team news, match preview and statistics for New Zealand and South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final in Paris on Saturday.
New Zealand and South Africa are bidding to become the first nation to win the Rugby World Cup for a fourth time on Saturday in Paris.The sides last met in August at Twickenham with South Africa inflicting a record 35-7 defeat on New Zealand.
Ian Foster's All Blacks lost the opening game of the competition to France but have since been on an impressive run, beating the then number one-ranked side Ireland and Argentina to reach their first final since 2015. South Africa, now ranked as world number one, have a starting XV with a total of 987 caps while New Zealand, who are second in the rankings, have 981.Brothers Scott, Jordie and Beauden Barrett retain their places in the starting XV from the side that cruised past Argentina in the semi-finals.B Barrett; Jordan, Ioane, J Barrett, Telea; Mo'unga, Smith; De Groot, Taylor, Lomax, Retallick, S Barrett, Frizell, Cane , Savea."This is what World Cup finals are about.
"We have been able to put back-to back performances together, which is probably what was missing before. The challenge for us against South Africa is to be able to go three big games in a row.""In a final it's about the final. I don't think the past will have any bearing on what's going to happen on Saturday.
Wing Cheslin Kolbe on covering the scrum-half position should Faf de Klerk have to leave the field of play: In the past 10 meetings the All Blacks have won five games with South Africa winning four, with one draw in 2019New Zealand have averaged the most line breaks and best gain line success rate of any side in this year's competitionSam Whitelock could become the first player to win the World Cup three times after victories in 2011 and 2015
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