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Olivier BRAS

All Blacks, Springboks vie for global supremacy in World Cup final

File photos: on the left, South African captain Siya Kolisi in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on September 29, 2018. On the right, New Zealand's captain Sam Cane in Dunedin, New Zealand on June 25, 2016. © Gianluigi Guercia and Marty Melville, AFP

Three-time Rugby World Cup winners South Africa and New Zealand both have the opportunity to claim their fourth title on Saturday at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a suburb just outside Paris. It's a fated matchup between two long-standing rivals from the Southern Hemisphere, each with different trajectories in the 2023 competition.

South Africa’s mythologised “bomb squad” will be unleashed once again in their World Cup final against New Zealand on Saturday. The squad, made up of specifically selected replacements, earned its moniker because of its ability to change the game’s trajectory or strengthen the Springboks’ grip on their opponents.

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