The citing officer has up to 36 hours after the match has ended to lodge a complaint.
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“They back their execution and skillset so they put you under more pressure than any other team in the world”.
“We’ve probably got the greatest skipper and greatest player the All Blacks and maybe the world has had, without getting ahead of ourselves”, Hansen said.
The South Africa had coach, Heyneke Meyer, said he was proud of the way his players had responded after the opening weekend defeat to Japan had led to widespread condemnation at home.
“I’ll see how the injury goes (but) that was probably my last game”, Du Preez said after the 20-18 defeat to the All Blacks.
The All Blacks will play the victor of tomorrow morning’s second semi final between Australia and Argentina in next Sunday morning’s final. “I really believe I can do it. I’m always there to serve”.
World Test points-scoring record-holder (1579 points) Carter landed just the eighth dropped goal of his 112-Test career at a pivotal stage early in the second half, as New Zealand launched a fightback from 12-7 down.
The South Africa boss admitted contesting the World Cup’s third-place play-off instead of the final would feel “like kissing your sister”. It’s very tough to take. “We gave it everything against New Zealand and in the end it came down to a kick”, he said. “The game was in our hands and no matter how near we were to winning, coming close is never good enough for South Africa”.
All Blacks flanker Jerome Kaino scored the only try of the first half, collecting a flicked pass from captain Richie McCaw to cross in the right corner in the sixth minute. “We know that they want to rip our heads off, and they know what we want to do”.
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Both teams have got off their buses and walked 50 metres between two lines of flag-waving supporters outside Twickenham’s Lion Gate entrance.
