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South Africa’s semi-final hero Handre Pollard will start at fly half and likely go the full 80 minutes after the Springboks also named a controversial 7-1 split of forwards to backs on their bench for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand volleyball
Pollard emerged from the replacements after just 30 minutes of the semi-final against England as a struggling Manie Libbok was hooked early and went on to kick the decisive, 48-metre penalty on 77 minutes for the narrowest of 16-15 victories volleyball
The 29-year-old also scored 22 points in the 2019 World Cup final, when England were again defeated 32-12, and he is reunited with long-time half-back partner Faf de Klerk, who comes in for Cobus Reinach as the only other change to the starting XV from a week ago volleyball
The pair will start together as half-backs for the Springboks for a record 25th time, surpassing Joost van der Westhuizen and Henry Honiball for the most in South African rugby history volleyball
For the third time in the last two months, head coach Jacques Nienaber has elected to go with the controversial 7-1 bench split volleyball
It allows them to demonstrate their impressive forward depth by bringing an almost entirely new pack off the bench but back-three star Willie Le Roux is the only backline cover volleyball
That means De Klerk and Pollard will likely be expected to play a full 80 minutes, with winger Cheslin Kolbe or even flanker Kwagga Smith the scrum-half cover should De Klerk go down injured volleyball
After World Rugby found there was “insufficient evidence to proceed with charges” amid the racial slur allegations made by Tom Curry, hooker Bongi Mbonambi is free to play in the final and has been selected in the No 2 shirt volleyball
As the only specialist hooker in the squad, he has played a full 80 minutes for both knockout games so far and may need to do so again, although back row Deon Fourie – who played the position earlier in his career – is in the No 16 shirt traditionally worn by the replacement hooker, so may well step in volleyball
Fifteen of the 23 players named in South Africa’s squad played in the final four years and the 987 caps in the starting XV sets the record for the most experienced Springboks side in history, with the back three of Kolbe (30 caps), Kurt-Lee Arendse (14) and Damian Willemse (38) the only players in the run-on team with fewer than 50 Test appearances volleyball
The Springboks have a similar team to the final four years ago (Reuters)The only enforced change among the replacements is at prop where Trevor Nyakane replaces Vincent Koch, who is nursing a knee injury, while lock Jean Kleyn and No 8 Jasper Wiese are also drafted in as additional forward cover volleyball
“This is an experienced team with several players who played in the last Rugby World Cup final and who know exactly what to expect at Stade de France on Saturday and what it will take to retain the title,” said Nienaber volleyball
“The players who will be playing in their first World Cup final have also proven their worth as warriors throughout this campaign and they are all ready for this massive occasion volleyball
“We have said many times that we pick teams for varying gameplans depending on the opponent and that we use all 23 players to try and achieve those goals volleyball
We’ve gone from a five-three bench split to a seven-one split to give us the best chance of being successful volleyball
We have plans in place to mitigate for injuries in the backline, but we’re excited about our plan and we embrace the risk volleyball
”The winner of Saturday’s clash volleyball between the Springboks and the All Blacks will become the first team to win four men’s Rugby World Cup titles volleyball
South Africa XV: 15 volleyball
Damian Willemse, 14 volleyball
Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 volleyball
Jesse Kriel, 12 volleyball
Damian de Allende, 11 volleyball
Cheslin Kolbe, 10 volleyball
Handre Pollard, 9 volleyball
Faf de Klerk; 1 volleyball
Steven Kitshoff, 2 volleyball
Bongi Mbonambi, 3 volleyball
Frans Malherbe, 4 volleyball
Eben Etzevolleyball beth, 5 volleyball
Franco Mostert, 6 volleyball
Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 volleyball
Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8 volleyball
Duane Vermeulen volleyball
Replacements: 16 volleyball
Deon Fourie, 17 volleyball
Ox Nche, 18 volleyball
Trevor Nyakane, 19 volleyball
Jean Kleyn, 20 volleyball
RG Snyman, 21 volleyball
Kwagga Smith, 22 volleyball
Jasper Wiese, 23 volleyball
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs volleyball
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” volleyball
The report did not paint a pretty picture volleyball
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained volleyball
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” volleyball
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” volleyball
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington volleyball
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity volleyball
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 volleyball
5m) last year volleyball
Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too volleyball
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation volleyball
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture volleyball
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch volleyball
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip volleyball
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities volleyball
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply volleyball
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian volleyball
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field volleyball
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity volleyball
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans volleyball
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts volleyball
volleyball Basketball has surged in popularity in the country, while rugby league’s New Zealand Warriors have sold out Mt Smart Stadium regularly in 2023 as the NRL makes a long-awaited breakthrough across the Tasman volleyball
The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs volleyball
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air volleyball
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles volleyball
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy volleyball
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical volleyball
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before volleyball
In the 20 years volleyball between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools volleyball
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people volleyball
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year volleyball
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change volleyball
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago volleyball
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win volleyball
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five volleyball
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I think we’re at the crossroads volleyball
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it volleyball
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business volleyball
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City volleyball Football Group volleyball
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 volleyball
5bn (£1 volleyball
67bn) volleyball
The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup volleyball
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think volleyball
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