Rugby World Cup Final 2019


International Stadium Yokohama, November 2
HEAD-TO-HEAD
England 15 South Africa 25 D2


Recent meetings 
2018 England 	12-11 	S. Africa 
2018 S. Africa 	10-25 	England

Fifth World Cup meeting is repeat of 2007 final, which Springboks won 15-6


ROAD TO FINAL 
W Tonga		35-3 	Match 1 L N. Zealand 	13-23
W USA		45-7 	Match 2 W Namibia	57-3
W Argentina 	39-10 	Match 3 W Italy		49-3
D France	0-0* 	Match 4 W Canada	66-7
W Australia 	40-16 	QF 	W Japan		26-3
W N. Zealand	19-7 	SF 	W Wales		19-16

*Match cancelled


COMPETITION STATISTICS
178	Points scored		230
43 	Points against		55
22 	Tries			31
2407	Metres gained		2760
817 	Passes			730
142 	Defenders beaten	160
562 	Tackles 		562


TOP POINTS SCORERS	0 Tries scored
Owen Farrell 		46 	47 Handre Pollard
2 George Ford 		32 	28 Elton Jantjies 
3 Jonny May 		15 	25 Makazole Mapimpi 	5
3 Luke Cowan-Dickie 	15 	15 Cobus Reinach 	3
3 Manu Tuilagi 		15 	15 Mbongeni Mbonambi	3


England

Coach
Eddie Jones

Captain
Owen Farrell

WORLD CUP RECORD
W36 D1 L13

Appearances: 9 
Best finish: Winner (2003)
2015 performance Pool stage

2019: Topped Pool B before superb victories over Australia and defending champions New Zealand, that ended All Blacks’ 18-match World Cup winning streak

Owen Farrell
Aiming to be fit for final after suffering multiple blows against New Zealand


South Africa

Coach
Rassie Erasmus

Captain:
Siya Kolisi

WORLD CUP RECORD
W35 D0 L7

Appearances: 7 
Best finish: Winner (1995, 2007) 
2015 performance Third place

2019: Began campaign with defeat to New Zealand but progressed to third final by beating host nation Japan and securing narrow 76th minute victory over Wales

Handre Pollard
Kicked 14 points with 100% success rate in superb semi-final 49-3 performance


BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO RUGBY UNION

Objective: Two teams of 15 players attempt to score tries or win penalties, moving ball from player to player by hand – always passing it backwards

Scoring
1 Try (5pts): Player runs ball over goal line

Cross- bar

2 Drop-goal (3pts), Penalty (3pts), Conversion (2pts): Ball kicked over crossbar

In-goal
Ball passed backwards
Direction of play
Halfway
10m line 
22m line
Touch line
Goal line
Goal posts
Detail
In-goal
70m
100m
1 2 

Playing time
Two halves of 40 minutes


ROLL CALL OF CHAMPIONS
1987 New Zealand	29-9 France
1991 Australia		12-6 England
1995 South Africa	15-12 N. Zealand
1999 Australia		35-12 France
2003 England		20-17 Australia
2007 South Africa	15-6 England
2011 New Zealand	8-7 France
2015 New Zealand 	34-17 Australia


Sources: World Rugby, Scrum.com
Pictures: Getty, Newscom 
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