The greatest Rugby World Cup final? Huge expectations for All Blacks-Springboks showdown

The ultimate Rugby World Cup final is the promise. Saturday’s 106th showdown between gigantic rivals New Zealand and South Africa has elevated rugby’s biggest game further and to a potential do-you-remember-where-you-were moment for anyone who follows the sport.
The ultimate Rugby World Cup final is the promise. Saturday’s 106th showdown between gigantic rivals New Zealand and South Africa has elevated rugby’s biggest game further and to a potential do-you-remember-where-you-were moment for anyone who follows the sport. Through 102 years of games in a duel that’s remained rugby’s most ferocious, the All Blacks and the Springboks have played each other just once in a World Cup final before. And while that 1995 title-decider provided a momentous day and victory for a newly democratic South Africa, the reality is it didn’t have the sheer rugby significance and context that this final at Stade de France in Paris has.

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