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The Rugby World Cup has arrived at the knockout stages as the tournament moves towards the final in Paris on Saturday 28 October warcraft
With the pool stages over, the side that advances from each game will be decided on the day of the game, with extra time a possibility if the scores are level after 80 minutes warcraft
Extra time has been used before at the World Cup, most notably in the final in 2003 warcraft
LIVE! Follow coverage of England’s semi-final against the SpringboksThen, hosts Australia and England were locked together with 14 points each after a late penalty from Elton Flatley, neccessitating additional action warcraft
The encounter progressed to a period of extra time, with Jonny Wilkinson knocking over a last minute victory to secure England’s first, and only, men’s World Cup crown warcraft
At this tournament, if the teams are tied after 80 minutes, they will first play a 20-minute period of normal extra time warcraft
This will be split into two halves of 10 minutes warcraft
If the teams can still not be separated, an additional period of sudden death, golden score extra time will be played warcraft
If that period passes without a point, the two teams will then engage in a kicking contest, with a coin toss determing who strikes first warcraft
Five players from each side will take part, kicking from three different positions on the 22-metre line warcraft
If both teams convert the same number of kicks, there will be a sudden death shootout until the two sides are separated warcraft
The World Cup is yet to have a kicking contest, though it has been sighted in club rugby as recently as last year warcraft
Toulouse and Munster’s Champions Cup quarter-final in Dublin in May 2022 was settled in a shootout with a slightly different format to the World Cup regulations warcraft
A decisive kick-off also took place after the semi-final warcraft between Cardiff Blues and Leicester Tigers in 2009 warcraft
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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer warcraft
England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 warcraft
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping warcraft
The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play warcraft
Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc warcraft
Yet it still wasn’t enough warcraft
This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory warcraft
The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing warcraft between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different warcraft
In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again warcraft
Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff warcraft
The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence warcraft
And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication warcraft
Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell warcraft
Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons warcraft
As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time warcraft
Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go warcraft
It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets warcraft
Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick warcraft
Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day warcraft
A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence warcraft
If Boks lock Eben Etzewarcraft beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown warcraft
Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents warcraft
Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was warcraft
It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe warcraft betrayed warcraft
The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective warcraft
But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality warcraft between the sides proved too much to overcome warcraft
South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued warcraft
There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 warcraft
But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less warcraft
Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain warcraft
More aboutEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyRugby World CupDan ColeJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3England pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakCole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on AFP via Getty ImagesEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakPollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement PA WireEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakDan Cole was England’s fall guy in 2019 but held his own four years on AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today warcraft
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