South Africa’s Assistant Head Coach Deon Davids has revealed that a fantastic and exciting week lies ahead of them as they look forward to the Rugby World Cup final against the All Blacks this weekend.
Davids says there’s a lot of history between them and the All Blacks as they have played each other a few times this year.
He adds going into a World Cup final, it will be different as those previous encounters do not count.
Davids says it is a totally new game, under new circumstances, playing for the World Cup.
He says throughout the competition New Zealand, have been playing excellent rugby and are also in a really good space, so it is going to be a hard-fought battle.
Davids says they will need to make sure they tick a lot of boxes in their preparation.
The Springboks will take on the All Blacks at 7am Sunday.
Argentina will play England in the 3rd/4th place playoff at 7am Saturday.
Rugby World Cup - Bronze and Grand Final
| Date | Time | Team | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Final | - | |||
| Sat 28 Oct | Full Time | Argentina | 23 - 26 | England |
| Grand Final | - | |||
| Sun 29 Oct | Full Time | New Zealand | 11 - 12 | South Africa |
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