4 ON BOKKE!

THE BOYS HAVE RESISTED A VALIANT FIGHTING SPIRIT FROM ARCH ENEMY FROM NEW ZEALAND, THE MIGHTY ALL BLACKS. IN ONE OF THE RUGBY'S MOST HARDEST FOUGHT BATTLES, THE SPRINGBOKS HAVE MANAGED TO SECURE A FOURTH WEBB ELLIS TROPHY WHEN THEY TRIUMPHED BY A SINGLE POINT ON 28 OCTOBER 2023 AT STADE DE FRANCE.

PARIS GOT HER MONEY'S WORTH WHEN THE GIANTS OF WORLD RUGBY CLASHED ONCE MORE. ON A RAINY DAY, NOT SUITABLE FOR RUNNING STYLE PLAYS AND TRY SCORING, THE BULLS EYE BOOT OF HANDRÈ POLLARD WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THE CUP RETURNS TO MZANSI.

THE FINAL WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A BLOCKBUSTER. AARON SMITH HAD FANS BITING THEIR NAILS WHEN HE SCORED A BRILLIANT TRY THAT LOOKED LIKE A MOMENTUM SHIFT WAS SURELY ABOUT TO TAKE SHAPE FOR A VERY DANGEROUS ALL BLACKS TEAM. THE TMO HOWEVER RULED IT OUT AS HE HAD PICKED UP AN INCIDENT A FEW PHASES OF PLAY BEFORE AND DISALLOWED THE 5 POINTER. THIS DID NOT STOP THE ALL BLACKS FROM DOTTING DOWN JUST A FEW MOMENTS LATER AND ON THE SCOREBOARD THE TEAMS WAS SEPERATED BY JUST 1 POINT AS NEW ZEALAND FAILED TO CONVERT THEIR TRY. 

AT 12-11 THE CUP WAS STILL UP FOR THE TAKING, BUT A COURAGEOUS DEFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT LED BY SPRINGBOKS FLANKER, PIETER-STEPH DU TOIT WHO MADE A MATCH DEFINING 28 TACKLES, WAS ENOUGH TO GET HIS TEAM HOME WITH THE CUP FOR A RECORD FOURTH TIME.

THE VICTORY MEANS THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN WORLD CUP HISTORY AND HAVE DONE THE RAINBOW NATION PROUD.