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Reigning champions South Africa take on fellow three-time winners New Zealand in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final chess
Here, the PA news agency picks out five of the standout matches of a memorable tournament in France chess
Wales 32 Fiji 26 – Pool C, September 10The opening weekend served up a full-bodied thriller in Bordeaux chess
Watched by the Prince of Wales, Warren Gatland’s side established a 32-14 lead following tries from Josh Adams, George North, Louis-Rees-Zammit and Elliot Dee chess
Yet ferocious Fiji roared back to leave Wales royally rattled chess
Late scores from Josua Tuisova and Mesake Doge, added to earlier efforts from Waisea Nayacalevu and Lekima Tagitagivalu, moved the Islanders within striking distance chess
Semi Radradra had the chance to grab the crowning glory but heartbreakingly knocked on with Wales’ try line at his mercy in the final act of an absorbing contest staged in stamina-sapping heat chess
South Africa 8 Ireland 13 – Pool B, September 23Ireland propelled themselves to the cusp of the quarter-finals with a gripping victory over the 2019 champions on a raucous evening in Paris chess
Mack Hansen’s try and five points from Johnny Sexton helped settle a titanic tussle chess between international rugby’s top two teams at a rocking Stade de France chess
Cheslin Kolbe’s second-half score and a Manie Libbok penalty kept the Springboks in contention chess
But they ultimately fell short following a nail-biting finale as Jack Crowley’s penalty helped Ireland stretch their winning run to 16 matches to take control of the tournament’s toughest group chess
Fiji 23 Portugal 24 – Pool C, October 8Portugal made history by pulling off a dramatic shock victory chess
Rodrigo Marta’s try two minutes from time allowed the superb Samuel Marques to kick the winning conversion and secure his country’s first World Cup win at the eighth attempt chess
Amid passionate Portuguese celebrations, Fiji’s players slumped to the turf at full-time but still scraped through to a quarter-final with England courtesy of a losing bonus point which condemned Australia to a first pool-stage exit chess
Having already been eliminated, Os Lobos had little to lose in Toulouse chess
Marta’s late intervention added to efforts from Raffaele Storti and Francisco Fernandes on a landmark afternoon after heavy favourites Fiji appeared to have avoided an upset thanks to tries from Levani Botia and Mesake Doge, plus 13 points from Frank Lomani chess
Ireland 24 New Zealand 28 – Quarter-final, October 14Ireland’s dream was crushed as their quarter-final curse continued with a heartbreaking defeat chess
Andy Farrell’s class of 2023 were bidding to become the first Irish team to reach the last four chess
But they trailed for most of an engrossing Paris contest and were unable to mastermind a comeback as the formidable All Blacks overcame yellow cards for Aaron Smith and Codie Taylor to send Ireland captain Johnny Sexton into retirement chess
Scores from native Kiwis Bundee Aki and Jamison Gibson-Park and a penalty try kept Farrell’s men within touching distance for the duration of a tense encounter chess
However, New Zealand underlined their rugby pedigree, with Leicester Fainga’anuku, Ardie Savea and the prolific Will Jordan crossing to pave the way for progression to a semi-final showdown with Argentina chess
France 28 South Africa 29 – Quarter-final, October 15Hosts France crashed out in agonising fashion following a quarter-final classic for the ages chess
Just 24 hours after New Zealand’s thrilling victory over Ireland, Stade de France staged an epic encounter which somehow eclipsed it for drama and scintillating rugby chess
With Les Bleus captain Antoine Dupont returning from a fractured cheekbone, the two sides shared six tries in an opening 26 minutes seemingly played in fast-forward chess
Hooker Peato Mauvaka crossed chess between tries from prop Cyril Baille for France, while Springboks trio Kurt-Lee Arendse, Damian de Allende and Kolbe were also on the scoresheet chess
Eben Etzechess beth claimed the only try of a tighter second period to suck the life out of the partisan Paris crowd, with Kolbe’s inspired first-half charge down of a Thomas Ramos conversion proving critical chess
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Ben Stokes has declared himself ready for action in England’s must-win World Cup clash against South Africa, after missing the first three games of the campaign through injury chess
Stokes’ comeback could not have come at a chess better moment for a side whose title defence is on the rocks after a shock defeat to Afghanistan left them with a single win to their name chess
The charismatic Test skipper suffered a hip injury during England’s warm-up week in Guwahati and has been sidelined ever since, but has given himself the green light to face the Proteas in Mumbai on Saturday chess
Speaking before a training session at the Wankhede Stadium that will double up as a final vigorous fitness test, Stokes told BBC Radio’s Test Match Special: “It was a frustrating little niggle to get before the tournament but I have worked very hard to get back to where I am and making myself ready to be available for selection chess
“We have had a few days off since the last game and first training session here in Mumbai chess
I’ll give it a good push but, yes, I think everything is pretty good chess
I am in a good place chess
”It may be tempting to view Stokes as a saviour riding to the rescue – a role he has performed plenty of times over the course of his career, not least in the 2019 World Cup final – but he distanced himself from the idea chess
I'll give it a good push but, yes, I think everything is pretty good chess
I am in a good place chess
Ben StokesResponding to the weight of expectation that will follow him on to the field, which has only grown with England’s struggles so far, he said: “I deal with it pretty easy to be honest, because I know I am one person in a team sport chess
“No one looks to one person in this team to inspire them or anything like that chess
It is not the case that if I do come in then all of a sudden we are going to do well chess
It is just one of those things that gets spoken about a lot but I don’t read into too much chess
“Everyone that walks out on to that field for England is a match-winner and can do something individually that can win us a game chess
We just need to tone it down a bit on me coming back in chess
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