Greatest Rivalry tour: New Zealand in South Africa is rugby's next chapter

- Published One point. That is what separated South Africa and New Zealand in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final, as the Springboks went back-to-back to become the first nation to win the tournament four times. Rassie Erasmus' world champions sit top of the rankings and have also won back-to-back Rugby Championships. They are indisputably the game's dominant force. Their predecessors as rugby union's supreme team were the All Blacks, who won their own back-to-back World Cups, in 2011 and 2015.