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Remember this from Wales head coach Warren Gatland last week after England outclassed New Zealand?

"We have seen in previous World Cups that teams sometimes play their final in semi-finals and don't always turn up for a final.

"So it will be interesting to see how England are next week and it could be a good game."

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

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From the emotional, to the physical, to the mental, to the decision-making today, South Africa were magnificent.

Well put.

Billy: Amazing big Kolisi! Amazing!

Bob: Can we stop the bleating about forward passes, ref is useless. England got taken to the cleaners today. Well done South Africa

Nick: Not just a special win for the nation, but this is for Joost, Chester, James and many from the 1995 team who've passed away. Congrats

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Becky Grey
BBC Sport at International Stadium Yokohama

The England players stand off to the side and give South Africa a round of applause as the Springboks lift the trophy.

Then, they set off for a lap of the stadium to thank the fans, many of whom dropped everything to come to Japan for this final.

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

There are many, many more white shirts in the crowd than green. I think it's fantastic that the stadium is still probably 85% full. They understand this is a special moment, a special picture. There are people all over the world watching and it's a seminal moment for our sport as a whole.

Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

The enormity of it for South Africa - for a boy from the townships to rise to the iconic position of the Springbok captain, truly extraordinary - and what a lift for those people, the sport and the country.

They back their rugby team 100% and hopefully this will give them some respite from some of the troubles they have.

Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent at International Stadium Yokohama

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One of those great, great sporting moments. That will live long in the memory and be immortalised for ever more. South Africa's first black captain holds aloft the World Cup!

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Siya Kolisi cradles the Webb Eillis trophy as carefully as if he had been handed his newborn.

Then it is thrust aloft, joined a half-second later by an avalanche of ticker tape and World in Union in the night air.

This might well have been the final shot at a Rugby World Cup for Ben Youngs and Courtney Lawes, both 30, while Dan Cole, at 32, certainly won't see another.

Jamie George, 29, and Manu Tuilagi, 28, also might struggle to make France 2023.

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

The England players will have to be looked after here. It's a while before they play again in an England jersey. Some will think about whether they'll take it on and go through that again.

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Becky Grey
BBC Sport at International Stadium Yokohama

Eddie Jones gets a huge cheer as, the last member of the England set-up onto the stage, he gets his runners-up medal.

Maro Itoje declines Bill Beaumont's offer to hang the runners-up medal around his neck. Kyle Sinckler takes his off before it has stopped swinging. Beaumont offers a traditional Japanese bow to Eddie Jones as the England coach collects his. Jones replies with a wry smile...

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The Lions is special. The Lions in South Africa is even more so. In 2021, after this, it will be off the scale.

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Scrum-half Faf de Klerk speaking to ITV:

It’s mixed emotions but we are so unbelievably glad to do it for our country and for ourselves. We had to play great against England because we know what a great tournament they had had.

We exploited them out wide, then it was massive forward performance from our boys up front. It’s a massive win.

Our forwards have been phenomenal at scrum time, they came out, gave me great ball and time for the boys to play pout in the back. We’re so happy.

Referee Jerome Garces has just gone full Mike Dean, collecting his commemorative medal from Bill Beaumont, kissing it and holding it aloft.

Never go full Mike Dean.

Here come England, led by a grim-faced Owen Farrell, to collect their runner-up trinckets.

England head coach Eddie Jones speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "We just couldn’t get on the front foot. We were dominated in the scrum particularly in the first 50 minutes. When you're in a tight, penalty-driven riven game, its difficult to get any sort of advantage.

"We needed to fix up the scrum, little things around the line-out, then get a bit more accurate in how we attacked. We did that for a while, got ourselves back into the game, but in the end we had to force the game and gave away a couple of tries.

"They were too good for us at the breakdown today. That’s the great thing about rugby, one day you're the best team in the world and the next a team knocks you off."

Former New Zealand player Richie McCaw, who lifted the trophy in 2015, is delivering the Webb Ellis Cup.

Should really be wearing his seatbelt, but we'll let it slide...

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Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

England were taken apart in many, many areas today. They looked, for the first time in long time, rattled from very early on when they tried to break the line or score a bit too early rather than staying patient.

You need to go through your patterns and stay on script. There were a lot of players who didn't stay on script and tried to play their own game rather than the team game.

They are good at this Rugby World Cup lark aren't they?