PARIS: Handre Pollard broke English hearts as he landed a 49-metre penalty three minutes from time to book South Africa’s place in the World Cup final as they edged England 16-15 at the Stade de France on Saturday.
The Springboks trailed from the second minute when Owen Farrell landed the first of his four penalties but a late surge from the defending champions, which included a try from RG Snyman as well as Pollard’s enormous match-winning kick, saw them into a fourth final where they will meet their old rivals New Zealand.“But jeez the fight we showed, never giving up, it is what we stand for as a team and as a nation.
“I am unbelievably proud of this group and what they have done over this past few months together,” he said.“It has not all gone our way as everybody knows, we have had everything thrown at us - it has been a rollercoaster.ADVERTISEMENT Pollard, who had been brought on after just 30 minutes for a misfiring Manie Libbok, made no mistake to reduce the gap to just two points with 10 minutes to play. Three minutes from time, England were penalised by New Zealand referee Ben O’Keeffe, who also whistled the Boks’ one point win last week over France, for collapsing the scrum. From just in front of halfway Pollard coolly fired the ball between the posts to put the Boks in front for the first time.
The Boks finally got on the board from 40 metres through Libbok but his game, more suited to a dry, flat deck, was off key and he was replaced by Pollard. The 2019 World Cup winner nailed the first penalty chance he had but two up the other end from Farrell meant England turned around with a 12-6 advantage.
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