South Africans are in a festive mood after the Springboks’ victory over England in the World Cup semi-finals in Paris on Saturday.
In a nail-biting encounter, Handre Pollard kicked a penalty at the last minute to make the score 16-15.
The defending champions will face New Zealand in the final at Stade de France next weekend.
Earlier on Saturday, the South African cricket team, the Proteas, won by 399 for seven wickets. This is their highest score against the English.ย The English were dismissed for 170 in the 22nd over.
South Africans have been taking to social media to share their views on the game with their fans.
Congratulations to our champions for the victory tonight. You have triumphed, now off to the finals…Bosso ke mang? ๐๐#StrongerTogether#RSAvsENG#StrongerTogether#Mayibuye#RWC2023
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๐ฟ๐ฆ – 16 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ – 15 pic.twitter.com/5ELzrlmvAT
โ South African Government (@GovernmentZA) October 21, 2023
Proteas men have made history by defeating defending champions by 229 Runs…๐
Well played South Africa#RWCFinal #CWC23INDIA
#ENGvRSA pic.twitter.com/WQxmXJxDfEโ Shobhit Kumar (@Shobhit110198) October 21, 2023
What ๐ฅAMAZING๐ฅ victories registered by South African national teams last night against England Teams respectively๐ฅ๐ฟ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐๐ฝ๐ฅ@ProteasMenCSA & @Springboks Ndihamba Nawe ๐๐ค๐ฝ๐
#ENGvRSA #RWC2023 #Proteafire #Springboks #StrongerTogether #CWC23 #RWCFinal pic.twitter.com/yxc86POzAC
โ NhlanhlaMafuSA (@NhlanhlamafuSa) October 22, 2023
The Worldโs finest scrummager.
Lebitso lebe ke seromo [a bad name is an omen] , named Retshegofaditswe meaning we have been blessed and he truly was a blessing for South Africa tonight.
Proud product of HTS LOUIS BOTHA.#RSAvsENG #RWCFinal #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/QSHAmYuPKZ
โ RETHABILE NOVEMBER (@RethaNovember) October 21, 2023
This is clearly for everyone in South Africa, the families, the nation , the team or even the animals themselves . This touches the heart of everyone under the flag ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ#RWC2023 #ENGvRSA #RWCFinal pic.twitter.com/X3unUOmXkI
โ Jezza ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐ธ (@JezzaMaqasa) October 22, 2023
I know the World is in pain and I don’t know about you but I needed this type of joy. Here’s a timeline cleanse. South Africans ๐พ after dealing with the colonizers. #RWCFinal #ENGvRSA #RSAvsENG pic.twitter.com/Le4Ko6HJSU
โ Layla M (@royalrota) October 22, 2023
The final game is already generating increasing anticipation.
We meet againโฆ #RWC2023 pic.twitter.com/jDx4iTtsPK
โ All Blacks (@AllBlacks) October 21, 2023
28 October 2023
New Zealand v South Africa. Rugby World Cup final. ๐
Replay of the 1995 WC Final.
I cannot begin to explain how insane this game is going to be. #rwc2023 #RWCFinal ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฆ pic.twitter.com/ooYjXctItm
โ Jason Nomoa (@1992sFinest) October 21, 2023
we go again, two of the best rugby playing nations in the world….#RWCFinal pic.twitter.com/tByTUX3mmN
โ Not Urbanized.๐ฟ๐ฆ (@BongiweLangeni) October 22, 2023
