It's all over! The referee has blown their whistle to end the game.
Jonathan Maiau comes on.
Teddy Baubigny comes off.
Camille Lopez kicks the penalty.
Anthime Hemery comes on.
Ibrahim Diallo comes off.
Tani Vili comes on.
Marvin O'Connor comes off.
Racing 92 decide to make a substitution, with Antoine Gibert getting some game time.
Racing 92 decide to make a substitution, with Nolann Le Garrec being replaced.
Camille Lopez has kicked a penalty goal.
ASM Clermont Auvergne make a substitution with Alexandre Fischer coming on.
ASM Clermont Auvergne make a substitution with Thibaud Lanen coming off.
Racing 92 make a substitution with Boris Palu coming on.
Racing 92 make a substitution with Luke Jones coming off.
Racing 92 sub Kurtley Beale comes onto the field.
Max Spring departs for Racing 92.
ASM Clermont Auvergne sub Rabah Slimani comes onto the field.
ASM Clermont Auvergne sub Etienne Fourcade comes onto the field.
Cristian Ojovan departs for ASM Clermont Auvergne.
ASM Clermont Auvergne sub Etienne Falgoux comes onto the field.
Yohan Beheregaray departs for ASM Clermont Auvergne.
Camille Lopez curls the ball too far, missing the posts to the right.
ASM Clermont Auvergne are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Alivereti Raka touching down.
Peceli Yato comes on for ASM Clermont Auvergne.
Peni Ravai departs for ASM Clermont Auvergne.
Alexandre Fischer leaves the field.
Camille Lopez does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
The touch judges raise their flags as Nolann Le Garrec kicks the conversion.
A penetrating move by Racing 92 results in a try for Nolann Le Garrec.
What a run here by Nolann Le Garrec as they get over the gainline!
Yoan Tanga sets up the try.
Racing 92 decide to make a substitution, with Gia Kharaishvili getting some game time.
Racing 92 decide to make a substitution, with Georges-Henri Colombe being replaced.
Racing 92 decide to make a substitution, with Guram Gogichashvili getting some game time.
Racing 92 decide to make a substitution, with Hassane Kolingar being replaced.
Camille Lopez makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Camille Lopez kicks the penalty.
The second half kicks off.
The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.
Camille Lopez has kicked a penalty goal.
Arthur Iturria comes on for ASM Clermont Auvergne.
Sebastien Vahaamahina leaves the field.
Nolann Le Garrec does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Nolann Le Garrec converts the try.
Hassane Kolingar scores the try from close range.
Baptiste Chouzenoux played a key part in that try.
Camille Lopez kicks the penalty.
Virimi Vakatawa (Racing 92) is shown a yellow card
Nolann Le Garrec steps up to take the penalty but pulls it wide and to the right.
We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.
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Japan?
If you have me driving Lewis Hamilton’s Merc, there will only be one outcome and it is most certainly the portaloo not the podium. Ill be taking the portaloo out at 300mph.
Likewise, the story of Sam Cane, the heir that never was, there are literal galaxies between him and McCaw, yet Cane was somehow, some type of ‘understudy’. He never was.
Peter summed up all our thoughts in one hit. Though Peter too will now mow lawns wondering.
Lesson 1 to NZRU, jobs for the boys will only enable substandard groupthink principles into the fold and Foster was this, stuck in hole smelling the same cheese for 15 years as a tea lady then gaffer with zero notable achievements.
Lesson 2 to NZRU, appointing the ‘right face’ for marketing purposes aka Cane would always end up in the way it did and it could not end in a more worse way for Cane with what happened in the final, why? He should never, ever have been there.
I shall join Peter on lawn mowing detail (with my 3 world cups though).
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Give Cane and others a break and get talented youngsters in over the next 2 years. Anyone anywhere in the world worthy of the black jersey should be in the squad in 2025 and 2026.
Change selection policy by 2025 to open that pool to overseas based players earning Euros and Pounds. Let them sharpen up in the European cups while the youngsters cut their teeth back home and in SR. Everyone wins.
Basically, copy what SA did NZ and don’t be shy about it. You’ll be unstoppable if you do, stagnant if you don’t.
What a lode of rubbish, it's crap like this that has helped prop up Foster’s last 4 years. Reminds me of the story of the emperor with no clothes on.I feel sorry for Cane to many knocks, their are at least 4 open siders in NZ better than him .I hope Reiko goes overseas too.
So the All Blacks has launch appeal in their final with Springbok, just wondering what are they expecting the outcome of that appeal would be? A reply? Or hand the Cup to them? I reckoned they’re bad losers, probably they got advice from Tom Curry
He looks like a guy that needs a mental break. Good on him, should come back refreshed like D Mac
Really hoping NZR and SARU can organise a third game next year.Once again Vinicombe makes a very bold prediction with no evidence to sustain it. God knows who will be playing at number 7 in 4 years time.
Ardie Savea (also on sabbatical) and Dalton Papali’i could both be preferred, with the latter a near certainty to make the next World Cup in 2027.
Nah he won’t be captain. He’s Foster’s boy and carries too much baggage from what was ultimately a fairly unsuccessful reign. He’ll be no spring chicken by the time the next WC comes about, there might be others with more upside.
Yes, true, Cane didn’t have a “pivotal” role at RWC2015, 11 mins v France in 1/4s, 13 mins v Boks in semis (where he promptly dropped a sitter pass from SBW with a try beckoning) & 1 min v Wallabies in final to allow a Richie McCaw standing ovation departure. Not much has changed since then.
For me Cane's main issue with captaincy has been his absence through injury for nearly half of the 46 tests under Foster. It’s impossible to build a constant & consistent onfield leadership model over time if you’re not there. Nevermind filling McCaw’s unfillable boots, Cane couldn’t even fill his own half the time.
A great number #7 when available & injury free but we never saw it peak until the Ireland 1/4 final. Cane wasn’t ONE of the best on the paddock, he was THE best by far in my opinion, especially as skipper. The sight of him getting alongside Frizzell after his stupid penalty was a great moment. Unfortunately such test performances by Cane were the exception not the benchmark.
I think Razor will go for World Rugby POTY Ardie for skipper, & Cane will be left to compete for #7, subject to availability. Scooter will also be in the mix for skipper. Both he & Ardie will be 33 at the start of RWC2027.