THEY INVARIABLY GOT PENALTIES THAT THEY WOULD KICK. THE LIGHTS GO DOWN AND THE PRESENTATION BEGINS. THE WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS TROPHY. IT GETS ITS OWN RIDE OUT TO THE FIELD. CARRIED BY RICHIE MCCAW, THE LAST ACTION TO HOLD IT ALOFT. JUMPING OUT OF THE CAR, (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) JAPAN'S ICONIC SKIPPER, MICHAEL LEITCH. RICHIE MCCAW WILL NOW DELIVER THE WEBB ELLIS CUP TO THE STAGE. HE HAS CARRIED IT OFF THE PARK TWICE. THIS TIME, HE GETS TO PUT IT BACK. A PART OF THE OPENING CEREMONY HERE, SO MANY WEEKS AGO. AND HIS JOB IS FINALLY DONE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) RICHIE MCCAW. HANDS THE WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS TROPHY THE BACK FOR THE NEXT WORTHY RECIPIENT. ('THE WORLD IN UNION' PLAYS) PRIME MINISTERSHIP SHINZO ABE AND THE CROWN PRINCE. PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, SHINZO ABE. PLEASE WELCOME THE MATCH OFFICIALS FOR TONIGHT'S MATCH TO RECEIVE THEIR MEDALS. THE MATCH OFFICIALS WILL BE THANKED, LED BY JEROME GARCES, WHO MADE SOME HISTORY OF HIS OWN TONIGHT. THE FIRST FRENCHMAN TO REFEREE A RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL. ANGUS GARDNER, PAUL WILLIAMS AND NIGEL OWENS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE HERE TONIGHT. NIGEL OWENS PICKED UP AN INJURY, BUT FOUND A WAY TO BE HERE. JEROME GARCES IS PUMPED UP. IT IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. THESE GUYS WORK HARD TOO. IT'S GREAT THAT THERE WAS NO MASSIVE CALL. WE WERE ALL CONCERNED AFTER HOW THE OPENING POOL GAMES WERE UNFOLDING, BUT I THOUGHT THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB. I DON'T THINK A PATH THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN FORWARD WAS THE DIFFERENCE TONIGHT. HE REFEREE BRILLIANTLY TONIGHT. IT WILL MEAN THE WORLD TO HIM. ('THE WORLD IN UNION' PLAYS) OWEN FARRELL WILL LEAD THE ENDLESS ONTO THE STAGE FOR THEIR RUNNERS-UP MEDALS. HOW THEY MUST BE FEELING. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THEY TALKED ABOUT WHERE THE SQUAD HAD GOT TO, WHERE THEY HAD BEEN IN 2015. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY HAVE TRANSFORMED THEMSELVES. WARREN GATLIN SAID I HOPE THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED THEIR FINAL A WEEK EARLY. EDDIE JONES WAS QUICK TO SHOOT HIM DOWN. BUT TONIGHT WAS INDEED A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR THIS SIDE. WORTHY FINALISTS, OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT. THEY LOST KYLE SINCKLER EARLY WITH A CONCUSSION. IS GOOD TO SEE HIM BACK AND ABLE TO TAKE HIS MIDDLE. SMALL CONSOLATION FOR A TEAM THAT HAD THEIR HEARTS SET ON SOMETHING SPECIAL. AFTER BEING THE ALL BLACKS, THEIR CONFIDENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN SKYHIGH. BUT THEIR TIME HAD COME. I THINK WARREN GATLIN AND MIGHT'VE HAD A POINT. IT IS SUCH A BIG ASK TO BACK UP, AND NOT JUST THE ALL BLACK GAME. THEY WERE SO HIGH AGAINST AUSTRALIA. THEY HAD A BIG POOL GAME CANCELLED DUE TO THE TYPHOON. THEY HAD A BIG RUN OF GAMES THAT THEY WERE EMOTIONALLY UP FOR. UCHITEL IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES IT WAS A DIFFERENT ENGLAND TEAM. THE SPEED AT WHICH THEY WERE PLAYING WAS NOTICEABLY SLOWER. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT WORLD CUP VICTORIES TO GET THROUGH THE CALIBRE OF OPPOSITION THEY HAD TO GET THROUGH. I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY COMPLAINTS FROM THE FANS TONIGHT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THE BEST TEAM ON THE PARK WAS THE ONE DRESSED IN GREEN. (CHEERING) EDDIE JONES WILL NO DOUBT TAKE SOME TIME TO EVALUATE THIS PERFORMANCE, THIS CAMPAIGN, WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. IT WON'T TAKE LONG FOR HIM. HIS TEAM NOW HAS UNEARTHED SOME GENUINE STARS, CURRY, UNDERHILL. THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED AMONGST THE GREATS. THERE ARE PLENTY MORE ` KYLE SINCKLER. THERE WAS A VALUABLE REPLACEMENT FOR MOST OF THE CAMPAIGN. ANTHONY WATSON, ELLIOT DALY. THESE ARE THE NAMES THAT THEY CAN BUILD THE NEXT GREAT ENGLAND SIDE AROUND. THEY ACCEPT THEIR MEDALS. JOHN MITCHELL. (CHEERING) A GREAT OVATION FOR EDDIE JONES. AS HE LEAVES THE STAGE. ENGLAND. (CHEERING) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO RECEIVE THE GOLD MEDALS AS RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 CHAMPIONS, SOUTH AFRICA. THEY ARE LED BY THE CAPTAIN, SIYA KOLISI. SIYA KOLISI LEADS THE TEAM OUT. TO COLLECT THEIR MEDALS. ONE BY ONE. (CHEERING) ('WORLD IN UNION' PLAYS) (CHEERING) POLLARD. POLLARD WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MAN OF THE MATCH. HE KICKED UNBELIEVABLY TONIGHT. UNDER THE SORT OF PRESSURE HE WAS UNDER, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT HE WAS HOW THEY WERE GOING TO WIN POINTS, HE LED THE TEAM IN POINTS, IN METRES CARRIED TONIGHT. (CHEERING) JUST AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT FROM POLLARD. WILLIE LE ROUX WAS OUTSTANDING TONIGHT, OUTSTANDING FROM WILLIE LE ROUX. HIS KICKING GAME, HE TOOK SO MUCH PRESSURE OFF POLLARD. HE WOULD COME IN AND USE HIS LEFT FOOT, PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE ENGLISH BACK THREE TONIGHT, BY FAR THE BEST GAME I'VE SEEN HIM PLAY. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A VICTORY TO A SQUASHY PAIN. STEVEN KITSHOFF. IF SOUTH AFRICA EVER WANT TO PLAY FOOTY AGAIN, IT SHOWED THE QUALITY OF THE SPRING WHAT TEAM. LOOK AT THAT MAN ON YOUR SCREEN. WHAT HE MUST HAVE BROUGHT TO THE GAME FROM A CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW! VERY TIGHT GROUP. IT IS ALL TOO MUCH FOR THAT MAN. SOME OF THE MOST PASSIONATE FANS IN THE WORLD AND SOUTH AFRICA. THEY WILL DINE OUT ON THIS FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS TO COME. THEY CERTAINLY DESERVE TO. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THEY WERE AGAINST JAPAN IN THE QUARTER-FINAL. THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEM WITH THE PERFORMANCE THEY PUT ON TONIGHT. PROUD COACHING STAFF JOINING THE TEAM. (CHEERING) YEAH! FAF DE KLERK IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE SPRINGBOK CLAN. FAF DE KLERK KICKS LITTLE TONIGHT IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WAS SEEN FROM HIM THIS TOURNAMENT. HE WANTS TO SHARE THAT MOMENT WITH THIS COACH. THE MAN OF THE MOMENT IS COMING UP. (CHEERING) CHESLIN KOLBE. WHAT A FEELING THAT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR HIM! OUT OF THE GAME LAST WEEK, WONDERING IF HE WOULD BE FIT FOR THE FINAL, THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO MAKE SURE HE WAS READY. RIGHT WHEN IT MATTERED, CHESLIN KOLBE MAGIC. SIYA KOLISI WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A WEBB ELLIS CUP. HIS TEAM SAY GET UP THERE. (CHEERING) THE CROWN PRINCE HANDS IT OVER TO THE KING, SIYA KOLISI IN THE SPRINGBOKS, RUGBY WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS FOR THE THIRD TIME. (CHEERING) ('WORLD IN UNION' PLAYS) (CHEERING) (CHEERING) (FIREWORKS POP) # THE WORLD IN UNION. # AS WE CLIMB TO REACH OUR DESTINY, # A NEW AGE HAS BEGUN. # ALL THE WORLD IN UNION, # THE WORLD AS ONE. # AS WE CLIMB TO REACH OUR DESTINY, # A NEW AGE HAS BEGUN. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A RIDE. THE TOURNAMENT BEGAN ON 20 SEPTEMBER. JAPAN, THE MOST GRACIOUS, HUMBLE HOSTS, SET THIS TOURNAMENT ON FIRE. THE WINS KEEP COMING FOR THEM. THE SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE, THEY ARRIVED HERE EARLY AND TOOK OFF THE HOST NATION TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE EVENT BEGAN. THEY HAD SPENT WEEK AFTER WEEK TOGETHER. SIYA KOLISI LEADING HIS SIDE TO AN HISTORIC VICTORY TONIGHT. THEIR INSPIRATIONAL COACH CAN TAKE PLENTY OF CREDIT AND WHAT HE HAS DONE TO TURN THIS TEAM AROUND. THEY COULDN'T BUY A WIN TWO YEARS AGO. THEY HAD SLIPPED SO FAR DOWN THE RANKINGS, MANY OF THEIR FANS WONDERED IF THEY WOULD EVER SEE THE GLORY DAYS AGAIN. THE GLORY DAYS ARE BACK HERE IN TOKYO. (CHEERING) YES! (CHUCKLES) WHY WOULDN'T YOU! THEY HAVE EARNED IT. YOU KNOW WHAT THE FEELING IS LIKE. THE EMOTIONS THAT MUST BE RUNNING THROUGH THESE MEN RIGHT NOW. IT IS LIKE YOU ARE HAVING AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN REALISE YOU'RE PART OF; YOUR JUST FLOATING AROUND ON A FIELD AT THE MOMENT. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. THE PARTY BEGINS RIGHT NOW. WHEN IT ENDS, I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD HATE TO GUESS. THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE WELCOME FOR SOUTH AFRICA WHEN THEY GET HOME. SIYA KOLISI SHARES THE MOMENT. A HAPPY PRESIDENT ON THE FIELD WITH HIS TEAM. THAT WILL BRING THE TOURNAMENTS WERE CLOSE FOR US HERE IN JAPAN. IT HAS BEEN A GENUINE PRIVILEGE TO BRING THE THIS COVERAGE OF RUGBY WORLD CUP WITH SPARK SPORT. AND WITH TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND ON BEHALF OF A SENSATIONAL KIMBERLEY DOWNS, CONRAD SMITH, STEPHEN DONALD, WISHING YOU A VERY GOOD NIGHT. WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE ACTION. GOOD NIGHT, NEW ZEALAND. (UPBEAT MUSIC) CAPTIONS BY ABLE CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THE MATCH THAT WILL CHANGE THE LIVES OF THESE MEN AND QUITE POSSIBLY THE LIVES OF MANY IN SOUTH AFRICA AS WELL, LIFE, AS SIYA KOLISI, IS TOUGH IN HIS HOMELAND. THE WORDS OF SIYA KOLISI SO SOON AFTER THE FULL-TIME WHISTLE. IT IS ON NIGHTS LIKE THIS THAT YOU REALISE THE POWER OF SPORT, THE UNIFYING POWER OF SPORT. WE SEE THE SPRINGBOK SIDE GATHERED TOGETHER AS ONE WITH ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT STAFF. WELCOME BACK INTO WORLD CUP FINAL 2019. SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE VICTORY ON THE PITCH. WE MUST REMEMBER THE MATCH THAT TOOK THEM TO THAT. IT WAS BRILLIANT FROM THE SOUTH AFRICANS. LOOK THROUGH THAT ENTIRE SQUAD AND EVERY MAN PERFORMED HIS ROLE BRILLIANTLY. HARDLY PUT A FOOT WRONG. THEY MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS IN THE GAME. WHO THEY KICKS TO. DEFENSIVELY, THEY WERE AMAZING. ONCE I WENT FORWARD ALL EVENING AND ONCE I DIDN'T. INCREDIBLE HOMEWORK. WE AGREED WORLD CUP FINALS, IT WAS HEADING TO 1 OF THOSE WHERE SOMEONE'S MISTAKE MIGHT HAVE DECIDED IT OR A SLIGHTLY IFFY REFEREE AND CALL. 12-6 AT HALF-TIME WITH ONLY PENALTIES, AND THEY JUST GRINDED AND BROKE THE ENGLISH BACK. A BIT OF TACTICS TO SET UP A MAUL INTO A PENALTY, AND SOME TRIES CAME. WE SPOKE FOR THE GAME ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MATCH FOR BOTH COUNTRIES, BUT THE JOURNEY BOTH RUGBY TEAMS HAD BEEN ON. IT MEANT A HUGE AMOUNT TO BOTH SIDES. WE MUSTN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE ENGLISH SIDE, WHO LOOKED DEVASTATED, BUT MY GOODNESS, WHAT IT MEANS TO SOUTH AFRICA. AS ONE TEAM CELEBRATES, ANOTHER TEAM IS HURTING, SO YOU DO FEEL FOR ENGLAND. BUT SIYA KOLISI, A SPECIAL MOMENT, WHEN HE LIFTED THE TROPHY, AND HAS THE WORDS AFTERWARDS, WHEN HE SAID WE CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING WE WORK TOGETHER. IT WAS ONLY 20 YEARS AGO WHEN HINE WEHI MOHE SAYING THE MAORI WORDS TO THE NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL ANTHEM. WE HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO A POWERFUL OCCASION THIS EVENING IN YOKOHAMA. TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE STADIUM, WHICH IS PAINTED GREEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE HAVE KEPT THE BOYS IN POSITION. SCOTTY STEVENSON AND STEPHEN DONALD, TAKE US BACK INTO THE GROUND AT THIS POINT, IN A MOMENT THAT MEANS A LOT MORE THAN SPORT. THE STREAMERS ARE EVERYWHERE. THE SOUTH AFRICANS ARE STILL BOWING TO THE CROWD. SO MANY HAVE STUCK AROUND. IT IS A HALLMARK OF THE JAPANESE RUGBY FANS. THEY STICK AROUND AND PAY THEIR RESPECTS. THE SPRINGBOK FANS ARE OVER THE MOON. AND RIGHTLY SO. WE SAW AN OUTSTANDING SOUTH AFRICAN PERFORMANCE TONIGHT. IT IS THE BEST WE HAVE SEEN THEM PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT AND FOR YEARS, PROBABLY SINCE THEY LAST WON THE WORLD CUP. THEY WERE BRUTAL UPFRONT, BUT PLAYED A BIT MORE FOOTIE THEN WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD. ENGLAND AND THEIR COACH TALKED UP THE CHANCES, SO THAT MAGNIFIES THE DEVASTATION. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE ON THE CUSP OF A VICTORY. RASSIE ERASMUS AND EDDIE JONES ` YOU COULDN'T FIND TWO DIFFERENT COACHES IF YOU TRIED. RASSIE ERASMUS TALK ABOUT THE CULTURAL SIDE, MUCH MORE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC OR TACTICAL SIDE. THAT IS WHAT SOUTH AFRICAN TEAMS AND THE PASTOR RESPONDED TO. YOU KNOW FRANCOIS LOUW WELL. I CAUGHT UP WITH THEM IN AUCKLAND. I WITNESSED A SCENE THEN LET ME KNOW HOW TIGHT THEY ARE. THEY SOCIALISE TOGETHER. THEY WILL SOCIALISE LONG AND HARD HERE. IT IS A SPECIAL TIME FOR THEM. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS FANTASTIC THROUGHOUT THE GAME. THEY WILL SAVOUR THIS. SIYA KOLISI SPEECH WILL STAY WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME. BEAVER HAS TO COME BACK HERE AND PLAY RUGBY. HE WILL ENJOY A BREAK BEFORE HE GETS BACK ON THE FIELD. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE UP HERE REPRESENTING YOU GUYS. YOU HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB BACK HOME. TO ALL OF YOU ON THE PANEL AND OUR PRODUCTION TEAM, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WE THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BOTH AS WELL. SAVE TRAVEL HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. WE WILL STAY UP IN YOKOHAMA, WHERE THE NIGHT BELONGS TO THE SPRINGBOKS. ONE MAN WHO HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION, FAF DE KLERK. WHAT ARE THE EMOTIONS AT THE MOMENT? A LOT OF MIXED EMOTIONS. JOYFUL AND SO HAPPY, BUT ALSO WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TONIGHT MEANS A LOT NOT JUST TO OUR TEAM BUT TO OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME POSITIVITY BACK. THE SPRINGBOK IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AT THE STAGE. SO PROUD OF THE BOYS AND HONOUR TO GOD. YOUR TEAM WITH THE UNDERDOGS. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE GOING ONTO THE FIELD? WHEN YOU ANGERED HAD A GREAT SHOWING LAST WEEK, BUT WE HAVE PLAYED THEM FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND PUT IN A GOOD PERFORMANCE. WHEN YOU ARE WE STUCK TO OUR GUNS AND BELIEVE IN OUR PLAN WE SHOULD GET SOME REWARD FROM, AND WE SCORED A COUPLE OF GOOD TRIES TONIGHT. I THINK WE THE BELIEF IN THE GROUP IS AMAZING, SO HAPPY. HOW DID THE BELIEF GROW AFTER THE EARLY LOSS TO THE ALL BLACKS? I THINK WE LOOKED AT THAT GAME A LOT, ESPECIALLY ME AND HANDRE. FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, WE DIDN'T PLAY TOO BAD. WE JUST HAD A LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION WHERE THE ALL BLACKS POUNCED. WE LEARN FROM THAT AND TRY TO IMPROVE ON EVERYTHING GAME. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WHAT A HERO OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. RUGBY WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS 2019. 12-6 AT THE BREAK 32-12 AT A FULL-TIME. WE CAN SEE WHAT IT MEANS NOT ONLY TO THE FANS IN YOKOHAMA, BUT ALSO TO THOSE WATCHING ON IN SOUTH AFRICA. THIS IS THE BUILDUP TO THE FIRST TRY. THIS IS AT MONTE CASSINO IN JOHANNESBURG. THEY DIDN'T STOP FROM THAT MOMENT FORWARD. MORE REACTION AFTER THE BREAK. What makes you happy ` getting stuff done? Well, you can tick loads off the list with the Hilux SR5 Cruiser. Lifting, shifting, carrying ` done. Hauling, towing, lugging ` sorted. And you'll get safety sorted too with Toyota Safety Sense technology, like... Plus, with slick 18-inch alloy wheels and heated front leather seats, the good looks are done and dusted too. Your choice of two- or four-wheel drive from just 46,490 drive-away. THIS IS THE IMAGE THAT WILL GRACE FRONTPAGE AND BACK AROUND THE WORLD ` SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST BLACK CAPTAIN FULFILLING A DREAM NELSON MANDELA SPOKE OF. IT AS A CLASS OF 2019. THE SPRINGBOKS ARE YOUR RUGBY WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS. THEY JOIN NEW ZEALAND ON A TOTAL OF 53 TITLES THAT ONE WAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SO FAR. LET'S HEAR FROM POLLARD. WORLD CUP WINNER, THE EMOTIONS? IT HASN'T SUNK IN YET. YOU PLAN FOR THIS AND WORK HARD FOR THIS FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS, AND IT HASN'T SUNK IN YET. WE ARE EXCITED AND CELEBRATING. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING. SERIOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON YOU PARTICULARLY WITH THE BOOT. HOW DID YOU TRY AND RESPOND TO THAT? I KNEW MY RESPONSIBILITY. I EXECUTED IT WELL. IT DIDN'T EXECUTE PERFECTLY TONIGHT, BUT THEIR BOYS HELPED. THE BOYS KEPT PUTTING ME ON THE BACK FOOT. HOW SATISFIED WERE YOU TO WIN SO CONVINCINGLY IN THIS FINAL? I DON'T THINK THE SCORELINE TELLS THE STORY HERE. IT WAS HARDER THAN THE SCORELINE SAYS. THE BOYS FINISHED UP WELL. YOU TRY AND CREATE IT. LAST WEEK, TALK TO ME ABOUT THE RELIEF IN THIS GROUP GOING INTO THIS MATCH? WE DIDN'T TRY TO TALK TOO MUCH. WE JUST HAD TO WORK HARD. THIS YEAR, WE GOT SOME MOMENTUM GOING INTO THE WORLD CUP. WE WILL KEEP DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING. EVEN THE FINALS, WE HAVE THE ATTITUDE TO WIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HE WAS OUTSTANDING IN HIS OWN INDIVIDUAL ROLES. INTERESTING TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT CHANNELLING THE PRESSURE BY KNOWING WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. THAT IS WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT BEFOREHAND, BEING DEFINED IN THEIR ROLES. HIS GOALKICKING WAS OUTSTANDING. THAT COULD SEND YOU IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THAT IS WHAT PRESSURE DOES IN FINALS. HE IS SO COMPOSED, HE CAN THINK ABOUT IS NEXT KICK. WORLD CUP FINALS ARE THE MAKING OF THE GREAT GAME. AT TIMES, HIS DISTRIBUTION WASN'T WHAT NEEDED TO BE. THEIR VARIATION. FAF DE KLERK, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. ALL THEIR INDIVIDUALS EXECUTE THE ROLE. THERE WAS SUBTLETY INTRODUCED IN THE SECOND HALF, PARTICULARLY TO EXECUTE. THEY WEREN'T QUITE AS ACCIDENT. IN THE SECOND HALF, THEY NAILED THEM BRILLIANTLY. THE KICK AND THEN SURPASS TO FINISH OFF THE TRY, AND THEN CHESLIN KOLBE. THEY NOW THE KEY OPPORTUNITIES. HEADING BACK TO YOKOHAMA. KIMBERLEE IS STANDING BY FOR POSTMATCH REACTION. IT WAS MORE WITH RELIEF FOR SIR GRAHAM HENRY AND CONRAD SMITH, GO BACK TO 2015 FOR SMITH. IT WAS A HAPPIER AND EASIER EXPERIENCE. SHE IS PICKING UP CHESLIN KOLBE. LET'S HEAR FROM ONE OF THE STARS. THANKS, JAMES. IT IS FLUID TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE HERE WITH ONE OF THE STARS OF THE SPINAL. CHESLIN KOLBE, TALK ME THROUGH THE EMOTIONS WHEN YOU CROSSED OVER FOR THE TRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WHAT GIVE HONOUR AND GLORY TO GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY JOURNEY. JUST RUNNING ONTO THE FIELD, AND CROSSING THE WHITE LINE, IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY. YOU DON'T GET OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FINAL, AS SPECIALLY CROSSING THE WHITE LINE, SO YOU HAVE TO CAPITALISE ON ANY OPPORTUNITY AND SITUATION. I AM THANKFUL FOR GETTING OVER AND SCORING THE TRY. WHAT HAS THIS WORLD CUP MEANT TO YOU AS A TEAM AND AS A COUNTRY? FOR US AS A TEAM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS, AND GOD HAS OPENED UP FOR US ON THE DAY. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH TIME FOR US. WE KNEW WHAT WE COULD DO. IT IS AMAZING. WE DID EVERYTHING FOR SOUTH AFRICA BACK HOME. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN THROUGH. WE WANT TO BRING BACK OPEN BRING THE COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER. WE REALLY DID IT. WE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR 2019. WE THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS SOME FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GO AND CELEBRATE. THANK YOU. THEY ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS. THEY WOULD TAKE A WHILE TO GET USED TO THAT THOUGHT. CHESLIN KOLBE IS SMALLER THAN THE REST. 32 POINTS TO 12, THEY ARE WELL INSIDE WHEN THEY NEED TO BE. THEY TAKE ON THE OUTSIDE. WHAT THEY HAVE NOW IS TIME TO CELEBRATE AND SPEND WITH THEIR FAMILY. BACK SOON FOR FINAL THOUGHTS FROM YOKOHAMA 2019. SPARE A THOUGHT FOR ENGLAND TONIGHT, AS THEY EXIT THE FIELD. THEY CAME IN AS FAVOURITES, BASED LARGELY ON THEIR PERFORMANCE A WEEK AGO AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. AS WE KNOW, THEY WERE TOO GOOD FOR AN ALL BLACKS SIDE A WEEK AGO. TONIGHT WAS A NIGHT TO HAVE DONE TO THEM WHAT THEY DID TO NEW ZEALAND A WEEK AGO, THERE THEY ARE BEARING THE SCARS OF DEFEAT. IT WILL HURT FOR A LONG TIME. ITS HEAD BACK TO THE OTHER TRY SCORER, MAKAZOLE MAPIMPI. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE A TRY SCORER AND A WINNING WORLD CUP TEAM? I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FANS, THE JAPANESE. I AM EXCITED AND I AM SO GLAD ABOUT THIS. HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF THIS TEAM? I AM PROUD OF THE TEAM. WE CAME FROM A LONG WAY, AND WE WORK HARD AS A TEAM SINCE BEFORE THE WORLD CUP, BEFORE, WE PLAY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WE WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. I AM PROUD OF THE BOYS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. I AM VERY PROUD OF THE SPRINGBOKS AND MY COUNTRY. A WORD ON YOUR CAPTAIN, SIYA, WHAT SORT OF INSPIRATION HAS HE BEEN? I JUST MET A FEW YEARS AGO, I WAS PLAYING FIRST DIVISION IN SOUTH AFRICA. I SAW HIM PLAYING A LONG TIME AGO. HE HAS BEEN SUCH A COOL GUY. HE DOESN'T TALK THAT MUCH. WHEN HE DOES TALK IT MAKES AN IMPACT. I AM PROUD OF HIM. THEY ALL HAVE SUCH A DIFFERENT STORY, THE SPRINGBOKS. THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER IN JAPAN FOR A LONG TIME. MAYBE THAT IS WHAT WE STARTED TO SEE LATE ON IN THAT SECOND HALF, WHEN WE HADN'T SEEN IT FOR MUCH OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. WHO NEEDS TO SHOW IT WHEN YOU CAN DO IT IN THE 70TH MINUTE? SAVIOUR TRICKSTER WHEN IT COUNTS. WE HADN'T SEEN A LOT OF THAT. WE GOT FRUSTRATED WITH THE ERRORS THEY HAD MADE. WE KNEW THEY HAD CLASS, AND YOU HAVE TO BRING CLASS AT THE RIGHT TIME. THEY HAD BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO WIN A WORLD CUP AFTER A DEFEAT. THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM WAS THAT DEFEAT TO THE ALL BLACKS. THEY HAD TIME AND THE ABILITY TO RIGHT THE WRONGS. THERE MUST BE SO MANY GOOD MINES AROUND THEM TO BLOCK OUT THE NOISE OF HISTORY. EVERY WEEK THEY TALK ABOUT IMPROVING. EVERY INTERVIEW, RASSIE ERASMUS TALKED ABOUT GETTING BETTER EACH WEEK. THEY WOULD STAY IN THE FIGHT, STAY IN THE HUNT. HE KNEW THE HURDLES IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT THEY STAYED ON TOP OF THEM. THERE MUST BE SUCH BELIEF IN THE SQUAD, STRETCHING BACK OVER THE LAST 24 MONTHS WE DIDN'T GET IT QUITE RIGHT, WHEN WE SAID IT WOULD BE A NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA FINAL. YOU BACKED THEM TO GO THE LONG WAY ROUND. THEY HAVE DONE JUST THAT. HE JUST NEEDED TO TRACK THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP AND THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT. THEY SAVED THEIR BEST TO LAST. JUST A REAL TEAM EFFORT. DEFENSIVELY, THEY WERE SOUND TONIGHT. THE STATS SHOW HOW GOOD THOUGH WORD DEFENSIVELY. A BRICK WALL, AND POWERFUL WHEN THEY RAN WITH. LET'S HEAR FROM TENDAI MTAWARIRA. YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE KNOCKED OUT AT A CORNER FINAL AND A SEMI-FINAL. DESCRIBE YOUR EMOTIONS. IT HASN'T REALLY SUNK IN THAT WE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS. A SPECIAL TEAM PERFORMANCE TODAY, IT WAS A COMPLETE PERFORMANCE. I AM SO PROUD OF THE GUYS. I WAS WATCHING YOU ON THE BENCH IN THE LATER STAGES OF THE GAME. SOME PARTS YOU COULDN'T LOCK. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES? THE BIGGEST THING WAS BELIEF. WE SPOKE ABOUT BELIEF, AND THE BOYS JUST KEPT ON THEIR PROCESSES. EVENTUALLY WE SEALED OFF WITH SOME GOOD TRIES. IT IS NOT EASY SITTING ON THE BENCH AND LOOKING ON. JUST SO PROUD OF THE BOYS. THAT FIRST HALF LOOK LIKE A PHYSICAL BATTLE. IT WAS PHYSICAL. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR PHYSICALITY. FROM THE ONSET, IT WORKED FOR US. IT ENDED UP GIVING US A LOT OF ENERGY. WHAT IS IT ABOUT RASSIE? HE IS AN AMAZING COACH. HE WAS VERY HONEST WITH US. HE SAID WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF HARD WORK TO DO TO GET TO OUR BEST. HE BROUGHT IN A PLAN AND EVERYONE BOUGHT INTO THE PLAN. HE KEPT TELLING US IF WE KEEP ON IMPROVING WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE WORLD CUP. AND HERE WE ARE. THE DREAM HAS BEEN REALISED. YOU HAVE MORE THAN 100 TEST YOUR NAME. THIS IS THE MOST SPECIAL OF THEM ALL. EVERYTHING I HAVE GONE THROUGH, MY WHOLE CAREER, ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE SAD MOMENTS, THEY HAVE LED TO THIS MOMENT. I HAVE LEARNT A LOT. I AM PROUD OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WHAT A SMILE. AS WE SAW IN JOHANNESBURG, THE MAKAZOLE MAPIMPI TRY GOT THEM ON THEIR FEET. THE CHESLIN KOLBE TRY, THE DANCING FEET. THAT WAS THE RUGBY WORLD CUP AND THEY JUST KNEW IT. FINAL THOUGHTS FROM YOKOHAMA AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK. SOUTH AFRICA ARE YOUR RUGBY WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS FOR 2019. FINAL THOUGHTS NOW OF A MAN WHO KNOWS. GRAHAM HENRY. WHAT A TOURNAMENT AS A WHOLE! THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US FOR SO MUCH OF IT. WAS WHEN YOU HIGHLIGHT? RUGBY IN ASIA WILL DEVELOP AND DEVELOP IN THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND ASIA. IT IS GREAT FOR THE FUTURE OF RUGBY. THE BRAVE BLOSSOMS WERE FANTASTIC. I LOVE THE WAY THEY PLAY. GREAT STYLE OF FOOTY. THEY WERE OUTSTANDING IN THE COACHING. THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT. ALSO IT IS A MENTAL GAME. IT IS HARD TO BACK UP A BAD PERFORMANCE. IS ALL THAT WITH ENGLAND AND THE ALL BLACKS. THEY COULDN'T BACK UP TONIGHT. SOUTH AFRICA LAST WIN AGAINST WELL WAS AVERAGE. THEY HAD A HUGE GAME TONIGHT. MORE AND MORE THE GAME IS MENTAL. HOW YOU BACKUP OUT OF AN UNDERSTANDING PERFORMANCE OR TO WORLD CUP WINS IS THE CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD. TONIGHT IT IS GREAT FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND GREAT FOR THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE SOME CHALLENGES. I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN BOYS, WHO ARE USED TO COACH. THEY ARE GREAT AND ON TOP PEOPLE. THEY SAID THIS IS FANTASTIC WITH THE COUNTRY, NOT ONLY FOR RUGBY, BUT THE COUNTRY. I AM PLEASED FOR THEM. GIVEN WHO THE FINALISTS ARE, DO YOU THINK THIS NOW MEANS MORE COMPETITIVE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY, FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN OF THIS TOURNAMENT? ENGLAND HAVE A YOUNG SIDE. THEY SHOULD BE GOOD. THEY HAVE TONS OF PLAYERS TO CHOOSE FROM. THEY ARE A GOOD SITE FOR THE FUTURE. SOUTH AFRICA WERE DEAD AND BURIED THREE YEARS AGO. THEY BROUGHT TOGETHER SELECTED PLAYERS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THEY RESURRECTED THE GAME AND SOUTH AFRICA. THAT IS TOO STRONG SIDES. THE ALL BLACKS ARE A STRONG SIDE. THE GAME IS DEVELOPING. THE BIG CHALLENGE NOW IS HOW DO YOU DEVELOP THE SECOND TWO NATIONS? THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER COMPETITIONS FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BEAT THE US AND CANADA AND SO ON. WE ARE BOTH AGREED ON THAT PART. THIS TOURNAMENT HAS CHALLENGED A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS. A HIGHLIGHT AS WELL HAS BEEN THE HOSPITALITY THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO THIS BY THE JAPANESE PEOPLE, THE STYLE THAT THEIR TEAM PLAYED ON THE FIELD AND ALL IN ALL, THE LAST SIX WEEKS OR SO HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE TIME AND RUGBY. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND INSIGHTS AND THOUGHTS AND ABILITY. IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN, LET'S DO IT ALL AGAIN IN FOUR YEARS TIME. CAPTIONS BY ABLE CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 THAT BRINGS TO A CLOSE RUGBY WORLD CUP, THE VERY FIRST ONE IN ASIA. SOUTH AFRICA ARE YOUR CHAMPIONS. WE SIT HERE SO VERY PROUD OF OUR ALL BLACKS AS WELL. ON BEHALF OF THE PANEL, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE TEAM HERE AT SPARKS PORT AND TV NZ, IT HAS BEEN OUR PRIVILEGE TO BRING YOU RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME. BYE, EVERYBODY. CAPTIONS BY ABLE CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019.