South Africa have won their third Rugby World Cup, a huge defensive effort setting up a 32-12 victory over England with a ruthless display of power rugby to seize their third Rugby World Cup in devastating fashion in Yokohama.
The Springboks' victory was built on a colossal display by their powerhouse pack that allowed fly-half Handre Pollard to kick six penalties before Makazole Mapimpi's 66th-minute try -- the first the South Africa had scored in a World Cup final -- and another from fit-again fellow flyer Cheslin Kolbe put the result beyond doubt.
England had trailed 12-6 at the interval after taking a hammering in the scrum and making a series of handling errors.
And despite four penalties from captain Owen Farrell they never looked like closing that gap as the Springboks produced an outstanding display to match those of 1995 in Johannesburg and 2007 in Paris Rugby World Cup.
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