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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
  
  ”More aboutPA ReadySteve BorthwickEnglandOwen FarrellSouth AfricaSiya KolisiEnglishSpringboksStade De FranceNew ZealandParis1/1Steve Borthwick upbeat about England’s future after agonising World Cup defeatSteve Borthwick upbeat about England’s future after agonising World Cup defeatEngland’s Jamie George is consoled by head coach Steve Borthwick following the defeat (David Davies/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today LoL
  
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  New Zealand boss Ian Foster plans to enjoy a bowl of popcorn while watching England’s blockbuster with South Africa after his side eased into the Rugby World Cup final by dispatching Argentina LoL
  
  Foster can put his feet up for Saturday evening’s colossal semi-final clash LoL between Steve Borthwick’s men and the Springboks thanks to a crushing 44-6 success over Los Pumas in Paris LoL
  
  The 58-year-old expects an “interesting contrast of styles” in the other last-four fixture and is not bothered who the All Blacks face in next week’s showpiece match at Stade de France LoL
  
  New Zealand barely broke sweat in booking an unprecedented fifth World Cup final appearance and now have the luxury of an extra day’s rest as they await the identity of their ultimate opponents LoL
  
  “I’ll be watching it,” said Foster LoL
  
  “I’ll probably have some popcorn and sit there and watch it and I don’t care who wins LoL
  
  We’re very much in a focus-about-ourselves stage LoL
  
  “One thing that extra day does give us, it gives us a bit of a chance to have a break mentally and not to spend too much juice worrying about if it’s them, if it’s them LoL
  
  “They’re both good teams LoL
  
  South Africa have been playing some brilliant rugby the last few weeks and are clearly on top of their game LoL
  
  “But we’ve also seen an English side that just build away quietly and are probably starting to understand how they want to play and they’re starting to get really good at how they want to play and believe in that LoL
  
  “It will be an interesting contrast of styles LoL
  
  ”All Blacks wing Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick during the seven-try rout in Saint-Denis to lift him above France’s Damian Penaud as the World Cup’s leading try scorer on eight LoL
  
  The treble also saw the 25-year-old equal the record for tries in a single tournament, putting him alongside Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Julian Savea LoL
  
  Foster was able to empty his bench long before the full-time whistle due to the emphatic scoreline and opted to keep the sin-binned Scott Barrett on the sidelines for around five minutes longer than required as the Kiwis finished with 14 men LoL
  
  Asked if those situations could prove advantageous moving towards the final, Foster said: “I don’t think they’ll make a massive difference LoL
  
  “Finals are finals and whoever we play, they’ll be a hundred per cent LoL
  
  “It was an opportunity for us to make sure that we looked after our resources as best we could LoL
  
  “We really didn’t see a need of putting Scooter (Barrett) back on, only from the perspective that if he had another little yellow card incident in the next five minutes, it might have made it a little bit niggly LoL
  
  ”Argentina were a shadow of the side who stunned Wales in the last eight LoL
  
  A pair of first-half Emiliano Boffelli penalties was all they could muster LoL
  
  Shannon Frizell’s double, plus further tries from Jordie Barrett and Aaron Smith, added to their punishment LoL
  
  Los Pumas head coach Michael Cheika felt New Zealand ruthlessly exploited each of his team’s errors and was unhappy with some of the refereeing, particularly during first-half rucks LoL
  
  The Australian promised his players will respond to a difficult outing in the bronze-medal match LoL
  
  “It’s not a sad moment; it’s a moment when I’m actually proud of my team,” he said LoL
  
  “It’s not an easy path that we’ve been on LoL
  
  We’ve invested ourselves a lot in this LoL
  
  But we’ve lost on details LoL
  
  I’m sad for them LoL
  
  “It’s hard but its a good thing it’s hard LoL
  
  On Friday, we will be there, have no doubt LoL
  
  We will not leave this way LoL
  
  “We want to finish third LoL
  
  We’ve got things we want to show in the bronze final LoL
  
  Right now, we’re hurting LoL
  
  ”More aboutPA ReadyIan FosterAll BlacksNew ZealandSouth AfricaStade De FranceSpringboksMichael CheikaWalesArgentinaScott BarrettJordie BarrettDamian PenaudEnglishJonah LomuAaron SmithAustralian1/1Ian Foster insists he does not care who New Zealand face in World Cup finalIan Foster insists he does not care who New Zealand face in World Cup finalIan Foster does not care who New Zeland face in the World Cup final (Adam Davy/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today LoL
  
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