I enjoyed that. Very intense, although not much tension in the end. And a great celebration afterward.
Steyn stood up well, beat Catt a couple of times, and took the final kick brilliantly. Catt kicked well, but England always needed a bit more fire in the midfield. Tait supplied that for a while - finally grew up - and Hipkiss and Flood did OK. Losing Robinson (again!) was sad, and Sackey did very well. Butch kept up his form, but Jonny will be down for missing the two drop goals and a missed touch that led to three SA points. The England backline needs to attack flat, with the odd chip over the rush defence.
In the forwards, the first scrum was massively toward England, but SA came on stronger and also were clever in the mauls - none of that Argentina lying on the floor. Burger was quiet, but Matfield was awesome. I liked the way Corry played, but he gave away a stupid penalty. In fact, the England forwards gave away three stupid penalties - one of them by Moody well spotted by the ref.
The biggest mystery was Richards coming on for Wuuuuuurzley: WTF! Can anyone explain it?
Ref had a good game. I'd have given the Cueto try, but the video nerd said otherwise.
Why did the England players keep ignoring Mbeki on the handshakes? Still, at least Habana and Pietersen lifted him in the air with the cup.
The one I felt sorry for was the little kid who burst in to tears: he knows France will never win the RWC.
Champion South Africa!
...but well done South Africa.
