Rugby World Cup final featuring powerhouses New Zealand, South Africa has fans excited
Saturday’s 106th showdown between gigantic rivals New Zealand and South Africa has elevated rugby’s biggest game – if that was at all possible – to a potential do-you-remember-where-you-were moment for everyone who follows the sport, young or old, from New Zealand, South Africa or elsewhere.
Rugby history will be made on Saturday, no matter what, with one of the World Cup’s joint-most successful teams winning a record fourth title, a massive extra motivator in a contest that never, ever needs one. There are a line of other big All Blacks and Springboks names heading into, or toward, retirement in an era-ending game for both squads. They will finish against the team they probably dreamed as kids of beating right here, in a Rugby World Cup final.
With a century of clashes to draw on, when the All Blacks have been clearly dominant overall, it’s two Springboks victories that stand out – 28 years apart – as maybe the most consequential now. For New Zealand, the memories of the mighty 1995 All Blacks and their unexpected loss to the old enemy desperately need to be purged. This final is the first chance, more than a quarter of a century later, for real, lasting closure.
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