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The ITV Rugby World Cup Podcast

Bokbusters

The ITV Rugby World Cup Podcast

ITV Sport

Sports

4.5835 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

After an exceedingly long flight, Flats joins Shanks straight off the plane from Japan to reflect upon South Africa's stunning victory over England in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final. And in many ways, David is the right man to dissect where the match was won and lost, given the importance of the scrum in determining the outcome ...

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0:00.0

Once again, rugby bringing a nation together, just like it did when Nelson Mandela was watching.

0:20.0

It's an unhappy ending for England, but it's a famous final scene for South Africa.

0:25.6

They have won this match, and in the end they've won it comprehensively.

0:30.9

England 12, South Africa, the world champions, 32.

0:35.4

So there you have it.

0:36.6

The moment that San Africa won the final, the Rugby World Cup final, though, to be honest,

0:41.7

sort of 15, 20 minutes, or you could say more than 15, 20 minutes before that, the writing

0:45.4

was kind of on the wall.

0:46.8

They gave England a bit of a seeing to, if we're honest.

0:49.8

I say we, which I say we, I certainly didn't foresee that.

0:53.3

And I didn't hear many people saying

0:55.0

the box are going to win comfortably. Lots of people are reasonably wise after the event. I did.

0:59.0

You didn't. In my head, I did. Yeah, exactly. Anyway, this is the ITV, STV rugby World Cup podcast with me,

1:05.7

DiFlats and him. Tom Shanklin. This is our, this is our final pod, our final show podcast, our final cast after a truly mega tournament.

1:15.4

And well done to the Springboks.

1:18.5

Commiserations to England, we have to say that.

1:20.7

A quick reflection from you, Flats.

1:23.3

Where was it won and lost?

1:24.5

On the pitch.

1:25.5

Yeah.

1:25.9

I mean, not too much detail now because we're going to dissect this like a surgeon.

1:29.6

Yeah, of course we are.

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