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Reigning champions South Africa take on fellow three-time winners New Zealand in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final baccarat
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Beauden Barrett (New Zealand): Two-time world player of the year set the standard for a playmaking full-back baccarat
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Damian Penaud (France): Daredevil wing who topped the try-scoring chart until Will Jordan ran amok against Argentina baccarat
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Waisea Nayacalevu (Fiji): The Islanders’ skipper stood out in a backline full of lethal runners baccarat
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Bundee Aki (Ireland): A player of the tournament candidate through his powerful running, clever lines and slick footwork baccarat
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Will Jordan (New Zealand): Ruthless finisher who is in the company of greats such as Jonah Lomu after amassing eight tries baccarat
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Richie Mo’unga (New Zealand): The game’s most complete fly-half with the creativity to match his game management baccarat
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Aaron Smith (New Zealand): One of the World Cup’s smallest players is also among its smartest baccarat
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Ox Nche (South Africa): The Springboks’ strongest scrummager may be on the bench but what an impact he makes baccarat
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Mike Tadjer (Portugal): A front row all-rounder who was especially influential in the shock victory over Fiji baccarat
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Ben Tameifuna (Tonga): Monster tighthead prop weighing in at 23st 11lbs yet has the carrying prowess to match his scrummaging baccarat
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Eben Etzebaccarat beth (South Africa): A snarling enforcer and still the game’s dominant second row despite an off-night against England baccarat
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Tadhg Beirne (Ireland): Ever-present for Ireland who provided fight whether playing at lock or in the second-row baccarat
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Courtney Lawes (England): A back-row warrior with a sharp rugby brain excelled in the biggest games baccarat
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Jac Morgan (Wales): Blockbusting flanker who showed maturity beyond his years to lead Wales into the quarter-finals baccarat
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Ardie Savea (New Zealand): Pushed very close by England’s Ben Earl but Savea is a class apart baccarat
More aboutPA ReadyNew ZealandDamian PenaudBeauden BarrettBundee AkiSouth AfricaAaron SmithEben Etzebaccarat bethFranceDaredevilCourtney LawesIrelandFijiOneJonah LomuArdie SaveaEnglandPortugalTongaWalesBen Earl1/2New Zealand players dominate – who makes our World Cup team?New Zealand players dominate – who makes our World Cup team?New Zealand players dominate – who makes our World Cup team?Full-back Beauden Barrett (pictured in semi-final action against Argentina) is one of five New Zealand players in PA’s Rugby World Cup team of the tournament (Adam Davy/PA) baccarat
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs baccarat
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” baccarat
The report did not paint a pretty picture baccarat
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained baccarat
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” baccarat
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” baccarat
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington baccarat
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity baccarat
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 baccarat
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Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too baccarat
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation baccarat
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture baccarat
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch baccarat
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip baccarat
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities baccarat
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply baccarat
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian baccarat
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field baccarat
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity baccarat
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans baccarat
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts baccarat
baccarat Basketball has surged in popularity in the country, while rugby league’s New Zealand Warriors have sold out Mt Smart Stadium regularly in 2023 as the NRL makes a long-awaited breakthrough across the Tasman baccarat
The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs baccarat
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air baccarat
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles baccarat
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy baccarat
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical baccarat
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before baccarat
In the 20 years baccarat between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools baccarat
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people baccarat
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year baccarat
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change baccarat
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago baccarat
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win baccarat
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five baccarat
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I think we’re at the crossroads baccarat
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it baccarat
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business baccarat
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City baccarat Football Group baccarat
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 baccarat
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The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup baccarat
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think baccarat
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