Three duels to savour in Rugby World Cup final
Faf de Klerk of South Africa (L) 直面するs New Zealand's Aaron Smith in an intriguing scrum-half matchup in the Rugby World Cup final
Defending 支持する／優勝者s South Africa and New Zealand 戦う／戦い it out on Saturday bidding to become the first team to 勝利，勝つ the Rugby World Cup four times.
There are many engrossing 戦う／戦いs to be played out across the Stade de フラン pitch. AFP Sports 最高潮の場面s three of them:
Tale of the hookers
With two tightly matched teams, the game could be decided by which of the two hookers -- All 黒人／ボイコットs' Codie Taylor and Springboks Bongi Mbonambi -- is more reliable with his 配達／演説／出産 to the line-out.
Both are 捜し出すing to erase phantoms of the 2019 tournament. Taylor had a dreadful match in the 半分-final 敗北・負かす by England while Mbonambi did 結局最後にはーなる a World Cup 勝利者 but only played the first 20 minutes before 苦しむing a blow to the 長，率いる and having to leave the field.
The 32-year -old has little choice but to play far longer this time, as he is the 単独の specialist hooker in the squad.
変えるd backrow 今後 Deon Fourie is on the （法廷の）裁判 but the difference in class is 大規模な and having been （疑いを）晴らすd of 主張s he made a racial 中傷する at England's Tom Curry in the 半分-final, Mbonambi will be keen to 一連の会議、交渉／完成する off the week with a man-of-the-match 業績／成果 to 競争相手 the one he 達成するd against フラン.
Soft or hard centre
足緒 Kriel and Jordie Barrett could 供給する a duel for the ages in the centres on Saturday.
Kriel is making up for the 失望／欲求不満 of 行方不明の out on the 2019 肩書を与える, when he 苦しむd an 傷害 in the pool 行う／開催する／段階, with some 抱擁する 業績／成果s in フラン.
The 29-year-old centre was pivotal to the Springboks' 29-28 success over hosts フラン in the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦, keeping both Gael Fickou and Jonathan Danty 公正に／かなり 静かな.
The duel between New Zealand's Jordie Barrett (L) and 足緒 Kriel of South Africa should be one to relish
Not just a stopper, he m 広告 14 取り組むs in the game and （機の）カム off 血まみれのd and bruised. His deft kick 始める，決める up winger Cheslin Kolbe for a try in the first half.
Barrett too is 捜し出すing to （不足などを）補う for 失望 four years ago when the All 黒人／ボイコットs lost to England in the 半分-決勝戦.
The 26-year-old has earned his 刺激（する）s on the way to the final, his marquee moment getting under the ball as Irish hooker Ronan Kelleher went to touch 負かす／撃墜する nine minutes from the end of their pulsating ４半期/4分の1-final.
"He makes the difference to this All 黒人／ボイコットs three-４半期/4分の1 line, which without 疑問 is the best in the world," フラン's former defence coach David Ellis told L'用意する.
"Jordie Barrett relieves a lot of the 圧力 on 飛行機で行く-half Richie Mo'unga."
The scrum-half dance
Aaron Smith and Faf de Klerk, two of the finest scrum-halves of the past １０年間, get one final date together at 実験（する） level.
"This is my last dance," said 34-year-old Smith as he looked ahead to the final after a typically 保証するd 業績／成果 in the 44-6 romp over Argentina in the 半分-決勝戦.
Whether it ends with a 繁栄する will 大部分は depend on Smith and De Klerk's 配当 of the ball, whether it is 急速な／放蕩な ball or box kicks to 実験（する） their 対抗者s under the high ball.
In truth, De Klerk has had a strange tournament, made to look mediocre by his opposite number Jamison Gibson-Park in the pool 行う／開催する／段階 loss to Ireland.
But he then （機の）カム on and did the 職業 asked of him in the ４半期/4分の1-final against フラン and in the 16-15 半分-final 勝利，勝つ over England.
He may look flamboyant with his long 1970s-style blond locks but his approach is more of the 安定した 手渡す at the tiller.
At 32, De Klerk may not b e long behind Smith in hanging up his boots and he is generous in his 賞賛する of his 対抗者.
"He's been a 広大な／多数の／重要な player for New Zealand and one of the guys I've looked up to during my career," said de Klerk.
"I've learned a lot from him."
