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After seven weeks of action in France, the Rugby World Cup has concluded with South Africa again the kings of the rugby world cagayan
There were thrills aplenty from the opening game at the Stade de France on 8 September right through to the final in Paris, with the Springboks pipping the All Blacks to retain their crown cagayan
But which players lit up the tournament? And what moments will we best remember from a brilliant, if flawed, World Cup?Here are The Independent’s end of tournament awards:RecommendedSiya Kolisi’s legacy as rugby’s greatest leader will now live on foreverEngland seek evolution not revolution behind six leaders after encouraging World CupSam Cane, Siya Kolisi and a tale of two captains at the heart of this Rugby World Cup finalBest playerLuke Baker: A surprisingly tough decision this time around, whereas previous World Cups have often had an obvious standout player cagayan
Pre-tournament I’d have thought this was nailed on to be Antoine Dupont and, but for his fractured cheek and France’s heartbreaking exit, it may have been cagayan
Bundee Aki was also exceptional but it’s tough to give the accolade to someone who exited at the quarter-final stage cagayan
That being the case, I’ll plump for Pieter-Steph du Toit, who thrust himself into the conversation for the greatest blindside flanker of all time, if he wasn’t in it already cagayan
A man who shines on the biggest stage (remember he was named World Rugby Player of the Year in 2019 after that World Cup win), he was brilliant in South Africa’s semi-final victory over England and ludicrously good in the final, making 28 tackles, flying around like an Exocet missile and being named player of the match cagayan
As head coach Jacques Nienaber said after the win over the All Blacks: “I always joke that if there’s a white plastic bag that blows over the field, he would probably chase that down as well cagayan
‘The Malmesbury Missile’, he was like a machine cagayan
”Harry Latham-Coyle: It’s Ardie Savea for me cagayan
The New Zealand number eight wasn’t quite at his brilliant best in the final, with South Africa throwing bodies at him to limit his efficacy, but Savea still had more involvements than just about any other player on the park cagayan
There was nobody with a more complete skill set than the back rower across the tournament in France – a sabbatical in Japan next year should keep him fresh for another crack at the crown in 2027 cagayan
Ardie Savea stood out for New Zealand (Getty)Breakthrough playerLB: Lots of contenders here cagayan
Louis Bielle-Biarrey cemented himself as France’s first-choice winger, Manie Libbok showed he’s the future of South African rugby at fly half, Argentina’s Juan Martin Gonzalez showed his back-row brilliance to a wider audience, Nicolas Martins led Portugal’s surprise charge, Ben Earl confirmed his arrival as a complete Test match player and Mark Tele’a is the next great All Blacks wing cagayan
But Jac Morgan was thrust into a less-than-ideal situation as Wales captain after only a handful of caps following a slew of pre-tournament retirements from the country’s most senior heads cagayan
And he was spectacular, as good as any flanker at the World Cup and leading Wales with distinction cagayan
The quarter-final exit will have hurt but Wales’s next great flanker is here to stay cagayan
HLC: To my colleague’s comprehensive list of contenders, I’d like to add the names of Fiji’s Luke Tagi and just about everyone who pulled on a Portugal shirt cagayan
My choice, though, is Ben Earl, who entered August on the fringes of England selection and ended October as one of Steve Borthwick’s most-important players cagayan
Biggest disappointmentAustralia head coach Eddie Jones has resigned (AP)LB: It has to be Australia cagayan
Maybe expectations were low but Eddie Jones was full of typical bravado ahead of the World Cup and delivered an absolute dud cagayan
A first loss to Fiji in 69 years was followed by a complete and utter hammering at the hands of a far-from-vintage Wales side when their tournament future was on the line to secure a first-ever pool-stage exit cagayan
They were then unconvincing against Portugal and, in retrospect, probably lucky to face Georgia in their opening match before the Lelos really got going in France cagayan
Jones’s decision to jettison senior heads such as Quade Cooper and Michael Hooper just before the tournament completely backfired as did the decision to hand the keys to No 10 to the inexperienced Carter Gordon with no other recognised fly half in the squad cagayan
A farce from start to finish and Jones has now fallen on his sword and resigned just a handful of months after signing a five-year contract cagayan
Worrying times for the 2027 hosts cagayan
HLC: The obvious answer is the Wallabies, but I’m going for Scotland cagayan
We knew that Gregor Townsend’s side would struggle to get out of Pool B but they were totally suffocated by South Africa and then dominated for 60 minutes by Ireland cagayan
After so much hard work to build a side genuinely capable of challenging the world’s best, Scotland did rather fall flat – and there’s no guarantee that they are anywhere near this good again in four years’ time cagayan
To have neither France nor Ireland involved in the final fortnight was also something of a shame given how special the Stade de France atmosphere might have been cagayan
RecommendedRugby World Cup team of the tournament: Who makes our XV?How the incredible Barrett brothers rejuvenated the All BlacksNew Zealand captain Sam Cane opens up on Rugby World Cup ‘heartbreak’ after red card in finalFavourite matchLB: So many incredible options here from the group stage all the way through to the final but the Ireland vs New Zealand quarter-final was particularly special cagayan
The whole narrative surrounding the game, with Ireland never having won a World Cup knockout match but heading into the match as favourites against the mighty All Blacks was fascinating and the game delivered in spades cagayan
So much tension, unbelievably high-quality play and two evenly matched teams at the very top of their game cagayan
It produced one of the greatest endings to a rugby match of all time as Ireland desperately went through 37 phases searching for a score but came up short, and their quarter-final hoodoo continued cagayan
As a neutral with no skin in the game, I’ve rarely felt as nervous as I did during those agonising final few minutes at the Stade de France, so I can only imagine how both sets of fans felt cagayan
A rugby match as spectacular as it’s possible to wish for cagayan
Ireland and New Zealand’s quarter-final was thrilling (Getty)HLC: A word for Portugal vs Fiji (more on that in a moment) and Japan vs Argentina, but how can you look past quarter-final weekend? Watching Ireland vs New Zealand in a packed Marseille restaurant may not quite have been the spiritual experience those inside the Stade de France had, but I’ve never seen a game of rugby played at a higher skill level cagayan
South Africa and France’s follow-up a day later wasn’t bad, either cagayan
Best momentLB: It’s hard to say anything other than Siya Kolisi lifting the Webb Ellis Cup for the second time cagayan
What he means to rugby and to South Africa is hard to quantify – just a remarkable human being and rugby player cagayan
Only Richie McCaw now holds any sort of legitimate argument to be above him in the list of greatest captains of all time and he may well be the most charismatic man and best orator in the sport’s history cagayan
The Springboks are Kolisi and Kolisi is the Springboks – if he decides to run for political office in South Africa once his career is over, he’ll genuinely win in a landslide cagayan
Portugal lit up the tournament (Getty)HLC: Rodrigo Marta’s match-winning try for Portugal against Fiji cagayan
These were two of my favourite teams to cover at this tournament, and Marta’s score closed a bonkers but brilliant final pool-stage game cagayan
The joyous scenes in Toulouse after Os Lobos secured their first World Cup victory were surpassed by those at the airport back home as Patrice Lagisquet’s side touched down to a heroes’ welcome – a joint Iberian/Italian bid for a future World Cup would surely prove popular cagayan
One thing to change for 2027?LB: In fairness to World Rugby (not a phrase I utter too often…) they’ve already addressed two of the biggest problems from this World Cup ahead of 2027 cagayan
The groups being decided three years ahead of time was ludicrous, and produced a hilariously lopsided draw, so that being shortened to 18 months is a step in the right direction, even if still too early cagayan
The tournament dragging on for seven weeks was also a grind, so knocking a week off in total, and having the group stage be a whole fortnight shorter in 2027 is great news cagayan
With those issues sorted, I’d like to see the matches, especially the final, kick off earlier cagayan
A 9pm local starting time meant an overly long build-up for fans during the day and not enough time to revel in the celebrations afterwards for players or supporters cagayan
It was inching towards midnight before the trophy was lifted by the Springboks, which is, frankly, too late cagayan
I appreciate that TV schedules dictate things and, in an ideal world, a 4pm or 5pm kick-off would be perfect but even 7pm as opposed to 9pm would make a huge difference cagayan
We’ll see how Australia play it in four years’ time cagayan
The World Cup final did not kick off until far too late in the evening (Getty)HLC: Let’s give the tournament some proper prestige cagayan
Too often, this felt like a World Cup done on the cheap, with players and teams frustrated at staying outside of the cities in which they were playing, and a number of press conferences done in odd locations: Portugal’s first team announcement was bizarrely conducted while dodging children waiting for a judo class, while the entirety of South Africa’s media access in the week of the final took place at a village hall some way north of Paris cagayan
It hardly gave the decider the big-match feel it deserved cagayan
Even the (really rather entertaining) pre-final performance by Mika felt hurried, the pop star squeezed into a corner of the stadium and rushing through his hits cagayan
Rugby may lack cagayan football’s profile but it can afford to have more ambition cagayan
Roc Nation – the talent agency founded by Jay-Z, which represents Savea, Kolisi and Maro Itoje among others - has offered its help to World Rugby, for example cagayan
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Mauricio Pochettino says Reece James’ “leadership” is why he handed him the Chelsea captaincy and defended the full-back after he picked up a suspension during his side’s 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa last month cagayan
James, who did not play the match through injury, was suspended for Chelsea’s win over Burnley for aiming “abusive words” at a match official in the tunnel during the clash at Stamford Bridge and was ordered to pay a £90,000 fine cagayan
But Pochettino has seen James’ leadership attributes and believes his actions were a mistake fuelled by frustration after he sustained a hamstring injury in August cagayan
“Why did I choose him as captain? Because of his personality, his leadership, the respect he has from the club and his team-mates and he has my full respect also,” Pochettino said cagayan
“Chelsea is in his DNA and when you see the squad he is not only for the present, he is for the future and in this moment Chelsea need someone like that cagayan
“I think he was upset with the situation cagayan
He was so committed with this project from the beginning, he felt really bad because he could not help the team cagayan
“He made a mistake but he’s young and he can make mistakes cagayan
He was really sorry about that situation and I don’t think it will be repeated cagayan
“Even myself at Burnley I got a yellow card at half-time and I’m 51 years old; sometimes a young guy can make a mistake, he was frustrated because he could not help the team cagayan
”Pochettino said that James’ fitness “will be assessed” ahead of Saturday’s clash against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, quashing reports the full-back suffered a setback in his recovery cagayan
James has only started 22 times in the Premier League since January 2022 after a raft of injury issues cagayan
Pochettino added: “He is much cagayan better, he’s doing well and he’s progressing cagayan
He’s not at his best and is not 100 per cent, but he is in a position to help the team at some point and he is close cagayan
“What we are going to do is to avoid that (surgery) and we are building a strategy for him, to put him at his best and keep him at his best cagayan
“We are confident (of this) cagayan
Always confident cagayan
”Mykhailo Mudryk scored his first competitive goal for Chelsea during their 2-0 victory over Fulham and he opened his account for Ukraine when he netted against Malta in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Tuesday cagayan
Pochettino is happy with the winger’s progress after the 22-year-old struggled to adapt to life in west London following his big-money move from Shakhtar Donetsk in January cagayan
He said: “We are so happy with him cagayan
He’s changed a lot in the last three months since we first met him and he’s a completely different person and we can see how lovely, sensitive, smart and clever he is cagayan
“It is so important to give confidence and when people trust they can be open and express their talent and Misha (Mudryk) is doing really well with his relationships with the team and club cagayan
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