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As any Paris shop owner will tell you, an alluring storefront can be everything grabpay
In this beautiful old city, the public are spoilt for choice, chic spots and souvenir shops abundant along the narrow streets and grand boulevards grabpay
A bit of glitz and glamour in an attractive aperture can be the difference grabpay between a passing glance and a bustling boutique grabpay
And so the Rugby World Cup reaches its day of greatest shop window prominence, hoping to dazzle with a Stade de France showpiece contest grabpay between two great rivals grabpay
On Saturday, South Africa and New Zealand will battle to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a record fourth time, the etcher at the ready though unlikely to be able to start their work too soon with two such evenly-matched, if radically different, sides grabpay
You could hardly have a more enticing game to sell the sport grabpay
The eyes of the world will be watching; this encounter has every chance of enchanting them grabpay
“This is what World Cup finals are about,” Ian Foster, New Zealand’s head coach, said this week grabpay
“I don’t think there’s ever a small one grabpay
“The fact is we have two teams who have been old foes for a long time grabpay
We all remember the last final grabpay between us [in 1995], which was an epic, and hopefully this one will be the same grabpay
We’ve got three World Cups each and someone is going to win four grabpay
It’s a special occasion, isn’t it?”A match of such magnitude and potential magnificence comes at the end of a momentous week for rugby union grabpay
On Tuesday, World Rugby’s council narrowly gave the go-ahead to grand plans that will reshape international men’s rugby union grabpay
From 2026, gone, largely, will be traditional tours, replaced by a two-tiered structure that will provide consistent, meaningful and contextualised rugby for the world’s top 24 nations grabpay
RecommendedStuart Hogg column: New Zealand’s wingers terrify me! They can make the difference in the World Cup finalHow the incredible Barrett brothers rejuvenated the All BlacksBeloved vs unloved: Contrasting captains Kolisi and Cane collide in Rugby World Cup finalThe merits of the plans will be debated but many sensible characters are encouraged by signs of progress grabpay
There is a need for more equal sharing of wealth and greater support for emergent unions, though there are at least steps in the right direction even amidst a lack of clarity grabpay
Certainly, the implementation of a global calendar should aid in reducing the infighting that has so often held this sport back grabpay
The buoyancy of the rugby television rights market remains to be seen but there is hope at World Rugby, the Six Nations and Sanzaar that the new competition - yet to be officially titled but tagged the “Nations Championship” - will prove an attractive proposition for broadcasters at a time where the sport needs to swell revenue grabpay
It can be forgotten that rugby is young professionally, its economy a frontier market grabpay
There is a general acceptance that great missteps were made in the establishment of the structures that have defined the last 28 years, and a more cohesive, collaborative and joined-up approach is required to build sustainably henceforth grabpay
If, at times, rugby could be accused of swaying to capitalist whims, this is surely a time for a left-ward shift as it evolves grabpay
Hosts France were knocked out after an epic quarter-final against South Africa (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)“This is a quantum leap forward for the game,” said Bill Beaumont, World Rugby’s chairman, this week grabpay
“"It’s fitting that we finish this, the sport’s greatest celebration of togetherness, with the sport’s greatest feat of togetherness, the most significant development in the sport since the game went professional grabpay
"A new era is about to begin for our sport grabpay
An era that will bring certainty and opportunity for all grabpay
An era that will support the many, not the few and an era that will supercharge the development of the sport beyond its traditional and often self-imposed boundaries grabpay
”The rugby landscape come the next men’s tournament in Australia in four years’ time could look very different grabpay
The World Cup itself, meanwhile, is similarly evolving, an expansion to 24 teams and six pools necessitating a new model, with World Rugby considering basing the four sides in each group around a single city grabpay
This is the last time that the host nation will take responsibility for the organisation of the tournament, with the sport’s governing body assuming greater control grabpay
It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the next four years could also see the introduction of a reduced tackle height law to the professional game, with it already in place in recreational rugby in many parts of the world grabpay
But there are also concerns over the financial sustainability of the sport, at club level particularly grabpay
All of England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand have concerns over what the future holds for their domestic games – this may be a great final, and may have been a great tournament, but it would be wrong to ignore the broader ill health of the sport grabpay
Brodie Retallick, Samuel Whitelock and Luke Jacobson of New Zealand prepare for a scrum (Getty Images)If this is the end of an era, there could be no more fitting way to finish grabpay
South Africa and New Zealand have forged a defining rivalry, three World Cup crowns apiece making Saturday’s encounter a chase for number four and the outright men’s record grabpay
Their last meeting in a final, that historic day in 1995, ushered in rugby union’s professional age; this game might be the start of another epoch grabpay
If there is a slight disappointment that neither Ireland nor, particularly, France did not make it here given the manner in which they seemed to be building to a quadrennial crescendo, these are the two great men’s rugby sides, whose players and fans embody contrasting but colourful cultures grabpay
On the pitch, it should be spectacular, too grabpay
These are two teams that represent the stylistic diversity that so often proves rugby’s strength grabpay
To describe it simply as South Africa’s forward might against the All Blacks’ brilliant backs would be to diminish the rounded nature of two fine sides, but there is no doubt that these great rivals approach the game from alternative perspectives grabpay
Kurt-Lee Arendse passes the ball watched by Cheslin Kolbe (Getty Images)And, as with any showpiece like this, the storylines are innumerable grabpay
Take the men in charge grabpay
For South Africa, Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber, considering every detail like Rodin’s Thinker, could become the most decorated pair in tournament history if they repeat their 2019 victory grabpay
For Ian Foster in the opposite coaching box, meanwhile, this triumph would be testament to the tenacity and toughness of a man who so nearly lost his job last year grabpay
Who would begrudge Sam Whitelock, the old warhorse of the All Blacks pack, going out on his shield with a third World Cup winners’ medal? Or what about Siya Kolisi, the boy from a township on the Eastern Cape who became the defining figure of a golden rugby generation, joining Richie McCaw as the only captains to lift the Webb Ellis Cup twice? This could be one of the great rugby days grabpay
"I don’t think it’s stuff that you can dream about because it doesn’t happen often,” said Kolisi ahead of the final grabpay
“I don’t think it will happen in our lifetime again to have two teams like this grabpay
We’ve prepared as hard as we can grabpay
We know what to expect grabpay
I don’t think as a player it will ever get any bigger grabpay
” Beauden Barrett runs with the ball (Getty Images)More aboutSouth Africa rugbyNew Zealand rugbyRugby World CupWorld RugbySpringboksAll BlacksSiya KolisiRassie ErasmusIan FosterJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/5Spectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraHosts France were knocked out after an epic quarter-final against South Africa (Adam Davy/PA)PA WireSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraBrodie Retallick, Samuel Whitelock and Luke Jacobson of New Zealand prepare for a scrumGetty ImagesSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraKurt-Lee Arendse passes the ball watched by Cheslin KolbeGetty ImagesSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraBeauden Barrett runs with the ballGetty ImagesSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraMark Telea of New Zealand breaks through South Africa in the last meeting grabpay between the sides in August at TwickenhamGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today grabpay
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England forward Courtney Lawes will retire from international rugby at the end of the Rugby World Cup grabpay
The 34-year-old won a 105th cap for his country in the semi-final defeat to South Africa at the Stade de France, confirming afterwards that this tournament would be his last involvement at Test level grabpay
Lawes could feature for a final time in an England shirt in Friday’s third-place play-off against Argentina grabpay
“I think it’s time,” said Lawes, England’s fifth most-capped male player, suggesting that he had a desire to spend more time with his children grabpay
“I’ve done four World Cups, so I’m pretty happy with that grabpay
“The kids are at that age where they need their dad around grabpay
It will be good to be with them more, to provide some well needed structure to the mob grabpay
“It’s a bit of an end of an era, but it’s been a real honour for me to represent England for so long grabpay
I’m proud of the journey I’ve been on grabpay
It’s not always been the ups grabpay
Plenty of downs in there, but I’ve pushed through grabpay
“I’m not an emotional person really, but it’s just been a huge honour for me, to be honest grabpay
To be able to finish with this group is something I’ll treasure forever grabpay
”Courtney Lawes will retire from England duty at the end of the tournament in France (Getty Images)A one-club man, Lawes is contracted at Northampton Saints for another season and intends to play on domestically grabpay
He made his England debut in November 2009, coming on to partner now head coach Steve Borthwick in the second row in a defeat to Australia, and went on to win three Six Nations championships across his career grabpay
Having played most of his career at lock, including starting the 2019 World Cup final at lock, the always-versatile Lawes has been stationed on the blindside for most of the last four years grabpay
A series of impressive performances earned Lawes selection for a second British & Irish Lions tour in South Africa in 2021, and the forward captained his country for the first time against Tonga later that year grabpay
He began this World Cup as England’s skipper while Owen Farrell served his suspension, leading the side to two victories and scoring only his second Test try in the win over Japan grabpay
“I have so many [great memories],” Lawes stressed grabpay
“I think, as hard as it is being away from your family and stuff like that, you almost have another family grabpay
You really feel like that, especially when you’re away in camps like World Cup camps grabpay
Courtney Lawes scored only his second England try against Japan in Nice (PA Wire)“It’s five months of staying with your brothers grabpay
I’ll definitely miss the boys, the banter and all the suff we get up to when we’re not training grabpay
“From the last World Cup to this one, with the group of lads we’ve had coming through, I’ve really enjoyed being part of the group grabpay
You can see what it really means for us to play for each other grabpay
“When you come up against teams like South Africa, where everyone thinks you’re going to get slaughtered, and you find another level for each other grabpay
So I’ll miss this group of boys specifically grabpay
“We’ve had a lot of good times with these lads grabpay
I’ll definitely miss pulling the jersey on and giving it everything grabpay
”England will face Argentina in a battle for third place at the Stade de France on Friday night in their final match of the World Cup grabpay
Borthwick has suggested that he is fully intent on winning the game, opening the door for a farewell appearance for Lawes even at the end of a long campaign grabpay
Steve Borthwick has hailed Courtney Lawes’s intelligence and work-rate (Getty Images)The England head coach hailed his vice-captain’s qualities nearly a decade and a half after welcoming him into the Test fold as a player grabpay
Borthwick said: “We could talk about his trademark Courtney Lawes low tackles that cut the attackers down in their path, [but] what I see in Courtney is somebody who covers the ground grabpay
“In crucial moments, he finds himself in the right place at the right time just so often grabpay
That’s a real sign of the intelligence of the player, a sign of the understanding of the player grabpay
“That’s what he continues to do grabpay
[He has] more than 100 caps now, and you can see how hungry he is to help the team by the way he runs grabpay
”More aboutCourtney LawesSteve BorthwickEngland RugbyRugby World CupJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/4Lawes to retire from England duty after Rugby World Cup: ‘It’s time’ Lawes to retire from England duty after Rugby World Cup: ‘It’s time’ Courtney Lawes will retire from England duty at the end of the tournament in France Getty ImagesLawes to retire from England duty after Rugby World Cup: ‘It’s time’ Courtney Lawes scored only his second England try against Japan in Nice PA WireLawes to retire from England duty after Rugby World Cup: ‘It’s time’ Steve Borthwick has hailed Courtney Lawes’s intelligence and work-rate Getty ImagesLawes to retire from England duty after Rugby World Cup: ‘It’s time’ Courtney Lawes will retire from England duty at the end of the tournament in France Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today grabpay
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