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Steve Borthwick vowed to use England’s heartbreaking World Cup semi-final exit at the hands of South Africa to sow a seed for future success LoL

Borthwick’s unfancied side led by nine points in the final quarter and were on the cusp of a famous win until Handre Pollard’s late penalty condemned them to an agonising 16-15 defeat LoL

Many of England’s players collapsed to their knees following a colossal, but ultimately unsuccessful, effort against the reigning champions on a sodden evening in Paris LoL

While head coach Borthwick was similarly crestfallen by the dramatic late twist at Stade de France, he was proud of the efforts of his team and upbeat about what lies ahead LoL

“We came here with a plan to win the game and we fell a little bit short, not far short but a little bit short, so we’re desperately disappointed,” he said LoL

“I think we all truly believed we could do it, we were going to do it, and we came very close to doing so LoL

“In adversity, in these tough times, there’s usually some seed of it there that will grow and be something brilliant in the future LoL

“Right now it’s too early for me to find that seed but we’ll make sure we find it LoL

“We’ll make sure that we take some of what we find tonight, some of what we’ve gone through tonight, we’ll make sure we grab that and we’ll make sure it makes us stronger in the future LoL

”Captain Owen Farrell produced an outstanding performance, kicking all of his side’s points, including a superb drop goal LoL

His efforts looked to be sufficient for victory but RG Snyman barged over for the only try of the match in the 70th minute to set up a grandstand finish LoL

Man-of-the-match Pollard, who booted the Springboks to victory over England in the 2019 final, nailed the tricky conversion and then landed a monster penalty two minutes from time to inflict more anguish on the opposition LoL

“The players should be incredibly proud of what they’ve done and continue to do as they represent England rugby,” continued Borthwick LoL

“I know I’ll have at home a couple of young boys who are going to be bitterly disappointed and I’m sure there are lots of people that are proud but also gutted back in England, I’m sure there are millions of people like that LoL

“I care about these players, I care about these supporters, and I care about English rugby LoL

“What I see is a group of guys who are doing as much as they possibly can to set an example, to build a team, to have supporters proud of them LoL

“They’re led by this man next to me (Farrell), who I think has been and continues to be a phenomenal player and an incredible leader of this team LoL

”New Zealand await South Africa in next weekend’s final LoL

Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber praised his team’s fighting spirit LoL

“I pay a lot of credit to England,” he said LoL

“They were outstanding on the night LoL

“They had a very good tactical plan and they put us under pressure LoL

We will have to improve because it took us some time to get to grips with it LoL

“But the strength of this team is that even if we’re not playing well we find a way to get the result LoL

“It took 80 minutes to get a foothold in the game LoL

The team refused to give up and fought until the end LoL

”Springboks captain Siya Kolisi was convinced fly-half Pollard, who came on for Manie Libbok with only half an hour gone, would land the decisive penalty from just inside England’s half LoL

“I had no doubt at all,” he said LoL

“He’s done it for us before LoL

“England are a world-class team and completely different to a year ago LoL

They had an amazing game plan which we took too long to adapt to LoL

“These things happen but we dug deep to get the victory LoL

Other teams wouldn’t be able to get the win from this LoL

I’m not going to say it was ugly, we did what was needed LoL

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Siya Kolisi came dancing in, two hands on the Webb Ellis Cup, one foot off the floor, the Springboks captain larking about in a gambol of glory LoL

To a packed Stade de France auditorium Kolisi delivered a last sermon from the mountaintop, a fitting figure to be afforded the final words of this Rugby World Cup, the South Africa captain and his country smiling again LoL

And so the lasting images of a compelling tournament will be familiar ones of a rainbow nation united in triumph LoL

The backing and belief their country gives them most certainly seems to lift the Springboks, but their place atop the mountain is testament to hard work and attention to detail, too LoL

South Africa’s coaching team of Jacques Nienaber and Rassie Erasmus truly turned over every stone LoL

This second successive crown is credit to their years of experimentation, their pursuit of marginal gains, their willingness to zig as others zag LoL

Has everything that Erasmus particularly has done during these last four years sat well? No LoL

But does their tendency to question conventional wisdom give the Springboks the edge? Perhaps LoL

South Africa certainly seem to relish the pressure like no other side, almost excelling in adversity LoL

Their three knockout contests were each settled by a single point – these Boks most certainly have the big-game bottle LoL

While Kolisi lifted the trophy aloft, it was Deon Fourie who finished the game as South Africa’s captain LoL

Fourie is emblematic of South Africa’s unique approach, a journeyman hooker-cum-flanker turned hooker again who did not make his international debut until the age of 35, having been playing second-tier French rugby just a year before LoL

After Bongi Mbonambi’s second-minute injury, Fourie went from wire to wire, one of South Africa’s very best on a day for heroes LoL

Siya Kolisi became only the second captain to lift the Webb Ellis Cup twice (Getty)“From 2018, we thought we had the ability to win the 2023 World Cup,” head coach Jacques Nienaber explained LoL

“[The Rugby World Cup win in] 2019 was probably something that hopped on along the way, but it is relief for the players, they were good enough to do that LoL

“This is probably for our fans and for South Africa LoL

We have 62 million people united, opening up communities to allow people to watch, an entrance fee of whatever they wanted to donate LoL

People have bought green T-shirts for everyone LoL

We felt every single bit of energy they gave us and in the last three games, all one-point victories, that drove us LoL

”The final may have been low in scoring but felt an appropriate finish to this tournament of fine margins LoL

There were moments of outstanding rugby from the All Blacks backs on a night when the rain tumbled down, but it was the excellence of defensive execution and the ferocity of the South African tackling that just about tilted it their way LoL

Seven of the eight knockout games were decided in the final moments, with the two Paris quarter-finals a pair of instant classics, compelling contests of a kind rarely sighted in this sport LoL

Indeed, aside from a few pool-stage thrashings, the quality has been high throughout the tournament, with Argentina and Samoa’s encounter in a sodden Saint-Etienne perhaps the only encounter of close to equals that did not deliver something of value LoL

Who could forget how Ireland’s fans made the Stade de France their home away from home, France affording their lodger a temporary let to redecorate the national stadium with green garments? What a final a clash LoL between those two nations might have been, but both appear perfectly placed to kick on again; these two fine sides will not simply fade away LoL

Ireland’s fans made the Stade de France their home away from home (PA)That atmosphere was replicated across the country LoL

Some isolated incidents aside, the travelling fans embraced their brief at this tournament in exactly the right way, mingling with a superb French rugby public to ensure that not a single stadium felt flat LoL

That said, a true festival feel was perhaps frittered away somewhat by the concentration of the action around Saturdays and Sundays LoL

Ensuring that players have time to rest is imperative but it did mean a tournament of weekend peaks and midweek troughs, vivid bursts of cacophony and colour fading away before being enriched again LoL

The World Cup will be expanded for 2027 to 24 teams LoL

Six pools of four should allow organisers to spread fixtures more evenly across the week without compromising player welfare, which might enable the World Cup to LoL better sustain momentum LoL

The reduction of the tournament’s sprawl from seven weeks to six should also be beneficial in keeping the public engaged throughout LoL

The new format may also base each pool around a single city, a logistical improvement after a tournament of to-ing and fro-ing that has frustrated players, journalists and fans alike LoL

The addition of four more teams should allow more insight into the relative health of those beneath rugby’s top tier LoL

While the struggles of Romania and Namibia were far from ideal in that regard, the performances of Portugal and Uruguay showed that there is life beyond the traditional boundaries of the rugby world LoL

Nurturing those emerging nations is clearly key to the future LoL

Teams like Portugal helped enliven the tournament (Getty)If there is a disappointment about a tournament that did thrill, it might be the undercurrent of criticism around the officiating LoL

In truth, the moaning about decisions has become thoroughly tiresome, particularly when it comes from individuals who should know much LoL better LoL

Rugby has never been tougher to officiate, given the intensity of the contest and the inherently subjective nature of a lot of decisions LoL

The outcry after each moment of even slight contention suggests a desire to pursue unachievable perfection LoL

But there is an issue with the high tackle process LoL

Rugby is caught up in a quandary of contradictions as it seeks to make the necessary reduction in head contacts, card chaos overshadowing both the opening weekend and the final LoL

It can be tough to explain to the sort of casual viewers that rugby is desperate to win over what makes one incident different from another, even with a degree of clarity within the sport’s laws and regulations LoL

The inconsistent involvement of the television match official can also perplex LoL

The officials have been in the spotlight throughout the World Cup (Getty)But for all the calls to simplify rugby’s lawbook, let us not forget it can be its complexities that make it great LoL

Across just the tournament’s final fortnight we have had in-depth discussions of bench strategies and scrum-time skirmish, assessed how full-back selections can reflect a team’s entire approach, and enjoyed the implementation of the ideas of some of rugby’s brightest off-pitch innovators and on-pitch inventors LoL

After all, rugby is a game that contains majesty in its multitudes, and the sport can sometimes be too eager to talk itself down LoL

The threats to its future are numerous but, for all of the frustration and furore, the on-field product has never been LoL better – it might be time to celebrate that more often LoL

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