Spiro Zavos, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, provides his take on the World Cup final.
"A Rugby World Cup final is different. Here was a French side that had lost two matches in the pool rounds then played poorly in the semi-final against Wales. Against them was an All Blacks side that had not lost a game in the tournament and had played superbly to defeat a resilient Wallabies side in the semi-final.
But at the end of the final it was the All Blacks hanging on desperately, almost by their fingernails, as they looked like tumbling into the abyss of defeat. For the last half-hour of the match it looked like the All Blacks were about to write another chapter in the their chronicles of World Cup choking."
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