South Africa has become the first men's side to win the rugby World Cup four times. In doing so, they have shown the nation what it can do, according to captain Siya Kolisi, whose team won praise from all quarters.
The captains' fates told the story -- while New Zealand skipper Sam Cane watched on, having been sent off in the first half,kissed his right sweatband and roared in to the Parisian sky. His South Africa side had just won a third straight game by a single point to retain the World Cup. But this was about much more.
"I guess as a team we like drama," Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, the player of the final, said."We have had drama for the last few years. It helped us a lot as a team to get through the drama and cope with it and it shows the resilience of the team." For All Blacks skipper Cane, who became the first male player to be sent off in a World Cup final, the sporting emotions were in sharp contrast to Kolisi, but the pride was similar.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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