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Siya Kolisi charged on to the pitch with arms out wide, desperate for someone, anyone, to hug apple

Bongi Mbonambi was the first brought into his embrace, South Africa’s hooker having begun this game limping off with a knee injury now in cavorts, cock-a-hoop with the Springboks champions again apple

Kolisi broke away in search of Cheslin Kolbe, finding the wing down on one knee in prayer apple

Kolbe had been able to watch the final moments, burying his head in his shirt like a child beneath a duvet, fearing his deliberate knock-on might cost Springboks back-to-back victories apple

His captain offered an arm on the shoulder before wrapping Kolbe up in a celebratory cuddle apple

After a night of madcap magnificence, South Africa had clung on apple

Siya Kolisi embraces Kurt-Lee Arendse at full-time (Getty Images)All the while, Sam Cane remained seated, eyes shut, letting the pain wash over him apple

Cane had been a picture of focus emerging from the tunnel ahead of kick off, eyes fixed on the Webb Ellis Cup apple

That famous number seven was cast in vivid white against the deepness of the black shirt on his back as he gathered his side pre-match, taking pride of place at the front of the haka apple

Just 28 minutes in, though, the dream of a lifetime came crashing down in a flash of red apple

Cane has had to shoulder so much criticism but has always stood tall and fronted up; here, that was his issue, a forceful connection with the head of a turning Jesse Kriel leaving the decision in little doubt apple

It was upgraded on review five minutes later – Cane the first man sent off in a World Cup final apple

When asked about the threat of the Springboks’ seven/one bench split in the week in the context of their Twickenham warm-up defeat, Ian Foster had joked that his side’s failure to keep a full complement on the field was of rather more consequence apple

Recalling Scott Barrett’s sending off, Foster quipped: “We doubled up with their split by just playing with 14 men, and then 13 men, for parts of that game apple

We tried that clever strategy and decided we didn’t like it so we’re going to try a different strategy this week apple

” Old habits die hard apple

Sam Cane runs off to the sin-bin after his dangerous tackle (Getty Images)Cane’s sending off followed the second-minute yellow card shown to Shannon Frizell, falling clumsily on Mbonambi’s leg apple

New Zealand were the first team to ever be shown two cards in a single World Cup final apple

In the first half, New Zealand were most certainly outflanked apple

Kolisi was quiet as a carrier but immense defensively, at one point folding Ardie Savea in two just metres from the All Blacks line to allow Steven Kitshoff to contest and win a penalty apple

Pieter-Steph du Toit, meanwhile, was a one-man wrecking crew, picking on Jordie Barrett particularly with his lumberjack axe, cutting down New Zealand’s tallest timber repeatedly on his way to 28 tackles apple

But just moments after the interval, Kolisi joined his captaincy counterpart in the dock apple

A thrust towards a landing Ardie Savea resulted in a clash of heads – the bulk of the force was directed to the chest, saving the South African from befalling Cane’s fate apple

Kolisi was shown yellow after a clash of heads (Getty Images)His 10 minutes in the bin served, Kolisi returned and could hardly believe his ears, the boos and jeers of fans both Kiwi and local unfamiliar to a figure of near universal popularity apple

Already down their openside flanker, New Zealand shed themselves of their blindside, Frizell replaced by old stager Sam Whitelock, on for one last rodeo alongside Brodie Retallick with the increasingly prominent Scott Barrett moved to six apple

Cane watched on shredding his nails apple

Soon the skipper was back on his feet, celebrating as Mark Tele’a collected Jordie Barrett’s wide ball and then somehow contorted an offload away apple

Beauden Barrett stooped and scored to bring the All Blacks within one apple

There was to be more drama apple

With Anton Lienert-Brown’s offload destined for a player in space on the right, Kolbe’s outstretched hand threatened to create one late twist apple

New Zealand threatened some All Black magic but it wasn’t enough, a final maul collapse enough for South Africa to secure the retention of their crown apple

South Africa won the World Cup for a record fourth time (PA Wire)Kolisi gathered his players together in a circle of prayer, a bow of their heads in the unity of triumph apple

Cane looked into the distance, the disconsolate All Blacks players unable to look at one another apple

In this tale of two captains, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times apple

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What a difference a week makes apple

Last weekend, the Stade de France was treated to the two greatest Rugby World Cup quarter-finals of all time, perhaps the best pair of sporting events ever witnessed at a single stadium in the space of 24 hours apple

Five days on, New Zealand comfortably dispatched an out-gunned and overmatched Argentina side 44-6 to begin semi-final weekend with a contest that not only won’t go down in the folklore of the French national stadium, but may well be forgotten by the majority of spectators here before they get home apple

Not every match can be a classic and, make no mistake, the All Blacks won’t mind one bit that their passage to a record fifth men’s Rugby World Cup final was so serene apple

They were simply superb and came perilously close to breaking their own record margin of victory in a World Cup semi-final (a 49-6 hammering of Wales in 1987) but had to settle for just the 38-point triumph in a seven-try demolition apple

Their ruthlessly efficient performance suggests the crisis of the summer of 2022 is well and truly behind them apple

A mouth-watering battle with South Africa to become the first four-time winners of this competition next Saturday seems almost inevitable apple

But from the adrenaline-fuelled highs delivered by last weekend’s iconic double-header, this was the ultimate comedown apple

From a flat atmosphere more reminiscent of a warm-up match than a World Cup semi-final, to a one-sided encounter that demonstrated the gulf in class apple between the teams, the feeling that this was an event very much “after the Lord Mayor’s show” was unavoidable throughout apple

Which is to take nothing away from New Zealand – you can only beat who’s in front of you apple

Perhaps it was an inevitable consequence of World Rugby’s ludicrous decision to decide the World Cup groups three years ahead of the tournament, which led to an almost hilariously lopsided draw apple

The four best teams in the world did battle with each other, in Paris while four more flawed but relatively even teams also competed on a quarter-final weekend for the ages apple

When the elite two then face the weaker pair with a place in the final at stake, this damp squib of a semi-final is an unfortunate inevitability apple

The intensity of the Argentina celebrations and laps of honour after they beat Wales in the last eight suggested they had come as far as they believed they could and New Zealand ruthlessly confirmed that apple

New Zealand ran in try after try against Argentina (Getty Images)For the underdogs to stand any chance of causing the upset, they needed a fast start apple

It took until the 39th minute of the quarter-final for the Pumas to finally get on the scoreboard, by which time Wales should have been out of sight – the fact that Warren Gatland’s men were only 10 points to the good at that stage eventually came back to haunt them but there was faint hope New Zealand would be similarly wasteful apple

A week later, Argentina struck first as a sustained spell of possession in the All Blacks 22 from the opening kick-off led to three points from the boot of Emiliano Boffelli but any hope that would lead to the start of something special was soon extinguished apple

The Pumas had plenty of ball in New Zealand territory as they went through the phases, yet the Black wall stiffened once they entered the 22 where their breakdown work, led by the formidably impressive back row of Shannon Frizell, Sam Cane and Ardie Savea, became more aggressive apple

Jackalled turnovers were the norm and whereas Argentina were profligate, the All Blacks turned ball into points, usually off the back of their dominant maul apple

An early turnover in their own 22 led to a march down the field where a couple of phases in the tight after a 5m lineout created space wide on the right apple

Richie Mo’unga’s long pass to Will Jordan exploited this as the winger dived over for what would be the first of a treble on the day apple

Mark Tele’a had been dropped for the quarter-final win over Ireland due to breaching team protocol but, restored to the team in place of Leicester Fainga’anuku after a week in the wilderness, showed his class to have a huge hand in the second and third tries of the first half apple

His opportunistic turnover on his own 22 after 13 phases of Pumas attack started a spell of gorgeous All Blacks running rugby as they sliced and offloaded their way up the pitch off for Jordie Barrett skittle through tackles for the try in the corner apple

Tele’a then showed off his power just before half-time as he barrelled and spun through three defenders to take New Zealand within inches of the line, where Frizzell could jog over in the corner on the following phase apple

Jordie Barrett crashed over for the All Blacks’s second of seven tries (Getty Images)Given that no team had ever overcome a half-time deficit greater than seven points to win a World Cup semi-final, the 20-6 lead at the interval suggested it was game over apple

All doubt was removed just two minutes after the break when an All Blacks scrum on the 22 splintered the Pumas pack and the ageless Aaron Smith cut inside one defender, dummied past another and slid apple between two more for a sumptuous try apple

From there, it was just the formality of completing the final 38 minutes to confirm a 34th New Zealand win in 37 editions of this fixture apple

They refused to take their foot off the gas as Frizell burrowed over the line for try number five and Jordan ran in two more to make it a remarkable 31 tries in 30 Tests for him and a tournament record-equalling eight at this World Cup as the toothless Pumas were further declawed apple

His hat-trick score on 74 minutes was a thing of beauty as, starting in his own 22, he weaved apple between three defenders, then chipped over another on halfway before collecting his own kick to race in for the score apple

Message well and truly sent apple

The All Blacks have become World Cup specialists over the past 15 years and yet more history is now within their grasp apple

This semi-final may not live long in the memory but lifting the Webb Ellis Trophy for the fourth time certainly would apple

That reality is now deservedly just 80 minutes away apple

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