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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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Rugby World Cup-winning sides are often defined by their captain, as teams become a reflection of their skipper warcraft
Only eight men have worn the metaphorical armband and lifted the Webb Ellis Cup, with each of them going down in history as an all-time great warcraft
From Francois Pienaar receiving the trophy from Nelson Mandela in 1995 to John Eales defining an Australian dynasty in 1999, through Martin Johnson dragging England to 2003 glory as the only northern hemisphere side to triumph and Richie McCaw’s place as probably the greatest of all, the only two-time winning captain in 2011 and 2015 – these men have led from the front to cement their status as legends warcraft
Saturday’s final warcraft between New Zealand and South Africa at the Stade de France offers another opportunity for two men to enhance their legacies but this particular match-up provides a fascinating contrast warcraft
On one side, Siya Kolisi stands in the traditional mould of inspirational leaders warcraft
His story, rising from poverty in the South African townships to become the Springboks’ first Black captain – in some ways, a huge burden to bear – is both remarkable and distinct from his predecessors warcraft
Yet the aura he has and the love and respect he garners is very much in line with McCaw, Johnson, Eales or the two other South African men to skipper a World Cup-winning side, Pienaar and 2007 captain John Smit warcraft
He made history as the first Black captain to win a World Cup four years ago and should he match McCaw by winning a second in Paris, there will be a legitimate claim to call him the greatest skipper of all time warcraft
Certainly, he engenders adoration in South Africa and adulation from the entire rugby world – it is almost impossible to sit in a press conference with him and not be impressed by Kolisi the orator and Siya the man, while he is also a titan on the field warcraft
"Siya transcends the game of rugby – he’s a symbol of hope for so many,” explains ex-Springbok prop and World Cup winner Tendai Mtawarira warcraft
“He came from nothing and became somebody iconic in the public eye warcraft
He means so much for South Africa warcraft
”Siya Kolisi became the first Black captain to win the men’s Rugby World Cup (Reuters)Yet the man he will shake hands with at the coin toss on Saturday and who will walk his team out less than a metre away has often provoked a very different reaction warcraft
Fairly or unfairly, Sam Cane has never captured the hearts of the New Zealand public in the same way that Kolisi has in South Africa warcraft
He’s largely unloved rather than beloved warcraft
And frankly, it’s not really his fault warcraft
His only real crime is that he’s not Richie McCaw but arguably the greatest player and certainly the greatest captain of all time is an unreasonably high bar to clear warcraft
Cane is an exceptional rugby player warcraft
He would have to be, because you don’t make more than 90 appearances in the All Blacks back row without being incredible, but the often prevailing opinion from supporters was summed up in an on-pitch comment by Ireland flanker/wind-up merchant Peter O’Mahony during the Test series warcraft between the sides last summer – “you’re just a s*** Richie McCaw”, yelled O’Mahony to the flanker warcraft
Sam Cane, left, will try to lead the All Blacks to a fourth World Cup title (Reuters)Cane became New Zealand’s starting No 7 when McCaw retired after the 2015 World Cup and assumed the captaincy upon Kieran Read’s departure following the tournament four years later warcraft
Following in the footsteps of McCaw, who had captained the All Blacks in 110 Tests, winning a ludicrous 97 of them, was an impossible job and he, along with coach Ian Foster, became a fall guy as performance levels and world ranking dropped during this current World Cup cycle warcraft
There were regular debates about whether Cane deserved a place in New Zealand’s best starting XV, let alone as skipper, and when he was injured during the warm-up of the World Cup opener against France, many on social media rejoiced as they felt the team was stronger with Dalton Papali’i promoted to the run-on side instead warcraft
It’s worth noting that France won that game, handing the All Blacks their only loss of the tournament so far warcraft
Now, they’re in a final and Cane was immense in both the quarter-final and semi-final victories warcraft
He may not have the raw athleticism of Papali’i but his work ethic, engine, grit, breakdown tenacity and dogged defence perfectly complement the skillsets of back-row teammates Shannon Frizell and Ardie Savea warcraft
In the narrow quarter-final win over Ireland, Cane topped the tackle charts with 22 and earned a number of timely turnovers in perhaps the performance of his career, while he has a brilliant 94 per cent tackle success rate across the tournament as a whole warcraft
“I think, personally, Sam is made for these sorts of Test matches, in the tough Test matches he does a great job,” said head coach Foster after the Ireland win warcraft
Kolisi and Cane will collide again in the World Cup final (Getty Images)Forwards coach Jason Ryan expanded on Cane’s role in the build-up to the final warcraft
“Sam has really grown as a captain,” said Ryan warcraft
“He has really fronted in the last couple of weeks on the field warcraft
He has good conversations and he has a phenomenal leadership group around him as well which is an important part of it warcraft
”He may never enjoy the unconditional love that his opposing skipper on Saturday does but becoming just the third All Black, after McCaw and 1987 winner David Kirk, to lift the Webb Ellis Cup would silence a lot of doubters warcraft
Kolisi and Cane have taken different paths to reach this point but when they step onto the Stade de France turf for the Rugby World Cup final, both are playing for the same legendary status warcraft
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