RWC Final 2019: The Key Battles That Will Decide The War
One week on from producing perhaps the best ever performance by an English rugby side, England will head into battle once more as they aim to right the wrongs of the 2007 World Cup final against familiar foes South Africa. A controversially disallowed Mark Cueto try put an end to the Red Rose’s bid to be the first side to win back-to-back World Cups twelve years ago. Two equally dubious decisions were made by the TMO last weekend that ruled out two England tries and threatened to derail an otherwise magnificent display, before George Ford steered the game out of sight. Now England must adapt to a wholly different but nevertheless dangerous opponent, as they prepare to face the hard-tackling, box-kicking Springboks who have resurrected themselves following a spell in the rugby wilderness. England themselves have been on a long trail of redemption ever since their disastrous pool-stage exit on home soil in 2015, but whose rebirth will be defined by victory on Saturday, and who will fall...