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The Rugby World Cup has arrived at the knockout stages as the tournament moves towards the final in Paris on Saturday 28 October warcraft
With the pool stages over, the side that advances from each game will be decided on the day of the game, with extra time a possibility if the scores are level after 80 minutes warcraft
Extra time has been used before at the World Cup, most notably in the final in 2003 warcraft
LIVE! Follow coverage of England’s semi-final against the SpringboksThen, hosts Australia and England were locked together with 14 points each after a late penalty from Elton Flatley, neccessitating additional action warcraft
The encounter progressed to a period of extra time, with Jonny Wilkinson knocking over a last minute victory to secure England’s first, and only, men’s World Cup crown warcraft
At this tournament, if the teams are tied after 80 minutes, they will first play a 20-minute period of normal extra time warcraft
This will be split into two halves of 10 minutes warcraft
If the teams can still not be separated, an additional period of sudden death, golden score extra time will be played warcraft
If that period passes without a point, the two teams will then engage in a kicking contest, with a coin toss determing who strikes first warcraft
Five players from each side will take part, kicking from three different positions on the 22-metre line warcraft
If both teams convert the same number of kicks, there will be a sudden death shootout until the two sides are separated warcraft
The World Cup is yet to have a kicking contest, though it has been sighted in club rugby as recently as last year warcraft
Toulouse and Munster’s Champions Cup quarter-final in Dublin in May 2022 was settled in a shootout with a slightly different format to the World Cup regulations warcraft
A decisive kick-off also took place after the semi-final warcraft between Cardiff Blues and Leicester Tigers in 2009 warcraft
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One of New Zealand and South Africa will become the first team to win the men’s Rugby World Cup four times when the two sides meet in the 2023 final warcraft
Both sides have been beaten on their way to the Stade de France decider, bouncing back from pool stage defeats to edge two tight quarter-finals warcraft
The All Blacks were then irresistible in a semi-final thrashing of Argentina, while the Springboks survived a nervy arm-wrestle against England warcraft
It will be the first time that two great rivals have met on rugby’s biggest stage since 1995, when South Africa secured their first Webb Ellis Cup on a famous, transformative day for both the sport and a country warcraft
Here are three key areas that could prove crucial to deciding the final:All Blacks’ attack vs Springboks’ defenceCan the All Blacks’ find a way around South Africa’s fierce defence? (Getty Images)This is an encounter warcraft between probably the best attack in the world against almost certainly the most ferocious defence – a fitting battle for the World Cup final warcraft
The All Blacks have won the gainline more regularly than any other side in the competition, while offloading more efficiently than any other side and finishing their chances at an outstanding rate warcraft
South Africa, meanwhile, make more dominant defensive collisions than any other team and scramble superbly – less than five percent of their missed tackles lead to tries warcraft
South Africa’s hard outside blitz offers opportunities if you are able to transfer the ball to the edge at speed, typically a strength of the All Blacks: New Zealand (12 warcraft
3%) are one of only five teams to play more than play wider than the second receiver more than ten per cent of the time warcraft
That said, two of the other four are Ireland (20 warcraft
9%) and Scotland (15 warcraft
8%), two attacks that South Africa fared well against earlier in the tournament warcraft
Where New Zealand have had success against South Africa in the past is with their varied kicking game warcraft
Both Barrett brothers, Richie Mo’unga and Will Jordan all have a full set of clubs in their bag – there is no side warcraft better at hiding their kick choices with subtle changes at the line, with their playmaking quartet’s ability to execute under pressure unmatched warcraft
Having utilised a number of kicks in a rampant first half performance to beat the Springboks in the Rugby Championship, Ian Foster’s side barely used the tactic at all during the pair’s warm-up meeting at Twickenham, perhaps holding back a couple of variations for this tournament warcraft
Scrum-time skirmishSouth Africa’s bench forwards could be crucial (REUTERS)South Africa have plenty more to their game than just scrum-time expertise, but there is no doubt that it is a crucial element of their strategy warcraft
It was the impact of Ox Nche, Vincent Koch and co warcraft
that transformed their semi-final against England, and having loaded up with seven bench forwards, Jacques Nienaber will expect a similar impact in the final warcraft
The All Blacks have lost just 2 warcraft
6% of their scrums via a penalty, the third lowest rate in the competition, avoiding significant territorial gains for their opposition warcraft
Denying South Africa success is crucial warcraft
Their kick to contest strategy relies on being able to make advancements from penalties warcraft
If the All Blacks can deny them the ability to make progress via the boot, it will force the Springboks to play more expansively having opted for Handre Pollard’s solidity over Manie Libbok’s silkier skills warcraft
Sustaining that effort across the 80 minutes will be key warcraft
The All Blacks have made a change to their bench as a nod to Ox Nche’s threat particularly – the experienced Nepo Laulala replaces the rawer Fletcher Newell and will be tasked with ensuring there is little drop-off when the impressive Tyrel Lomax is replaced warcraft
You can also expect New Zealand to put all sorts of pressure on Faf de Klerk, the sole specialist scrum half in South Africa’s matchday squad, around the fringes warcraft
An early injury to De Klerk would almost certainly prove fatal to the Springboks’ chances warcraft
Shutting down SaveaArdie Savea is one of New Zealand’s stars (AP)Perhaps no player exemplifies New Zealand’s brilliance more than Ardie Savea, the number eight brilliant in most facets warcraft
Only Bundee Aki has made more than Savea’s 60 carries, with the All Black winning the gainline with three-quarters of his runs into contact, 15 per cent more often than any of the rest of the top ten busiest carriers at the tournament, all the while dealing with more than one tackler 75% of the time warcraft
His blend of footwork, speed and strength make him virtually impossible to corral warcraft
Savea has the potential to produce a truly match-swinging performance warcraft
The All Blacks are intelligent with their usage of him, too warcraft
Savea will often peel away from the back of a maul or be utilised in midfield to get favourable opportunities to carry from launch plays – see his try against Italy, when he left isolated hooker Giacomo Nicotera clutching air with a matador’s swish, or Will Jordan’s hat-trick score in the semi-final, when Argentina bit in on the number eight and allowed him to deftly send his wing through an inside gap warcraft
The tough Handre Pollard should help solidify the fly half channel, and South Africa are sure to try and spread their best tacklers warcraft
Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzewarcraft beth and Franco Mostert’s long limbs are likely to be useful in combatting a carrier so effective at using late changes of direction to extricate himself from contact warcraft
Defensively, Savea is a breakdown menace warcraft
Caelan Doris and Manuel Ardao are the only two individuals to have had more defensive ruck arrivals at this World Cup warcraft
Given their confidence in their kicking game and defence in structure, South Africa are likely to be unafraid to load up the breakdown with bodies and sacrifice their attacking options to prevent turnover ball with which the All Blacks so often thrive warcraft
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