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“We are the bomb squad and we knew we had to play a massive role dota

” If South Africa’s narrow win over England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final could be summed up in one sentence, then this proclamation from Vincent Koch after the game would probably be it dota

When Koch emerged from the replacements on 55 minutes to take the place of starting tighthead prop Frans Malherbe, Owen Farrell had just slotted a drop goal from downtown Paris to give England a 15-6 lead dota

Nine points may not seem a lot but, with the final quarter of the match beckoning and the rain and wind increasing at the Stade de France, it was a comparatively huge deficit dota

Throughout the first few minutes of the second half, the Springboks had more or less emptied their bench as Ox Nche, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Deon Fourie, Faf de Klerk and Willie Le Roux all entered the fray to go alongside the controversial 30th-minute substitution of starting fly half Manie Libbok for Handre Pollard dota

With their World Cup title defence hanging by a thread, South Africa trusted their bench and got their reward dota

Koch and Nche splintered the previously effective English scrum, Snyman burrowed his way across the line for the game’s only try and Pollard nervelessly converted tricky kicks to complete the hardest-fought of turnarounds – 10 unanswered points, a 16-15 win and a date with the All Blacks in another World Cup final next Saturday dota

Of the various phrases rugby has adopted over the years to describe those players in the matchday squad but not in the starting line-up – from the traditional “replacements” and the dota football-ised “substitutes” through to the Eddie Jones-preferred ‘finishers’, the slightly patronising “impact players” and the frankly ludicrous “game-changers” adopted by Harlequins during the Paul Gustard era – none has captured the imagination quite like South Africa’s “bomb squad” dota

It doesn’t matter if you think it’s a slightly self-serving and faintly ridiculous term, the players fully buy into the ethos of what it stands for dota

The intensity and physicality that generation after generation of Springbok has prided themselves on is summed up by this two-word mantra dota

“Each person knows exactly his role in the team, whether you’re starting or in the bomb squad,” explained Koch dota

“When we created the bomb squad, we knew exactly what our job is dota

The starters start the whole process and it’s for us to come and finish it dota

“All the players on the bomb squad are very excited to make a massive difference in the game dota

”Vincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived (AFP via Getty Images)And against England, when the chips were down, they realised they needed to step up more than ever dota

“The bomb squad always stands for energy,” added Koch dota

“We needed to create a nice vibe dota

Putting the replacements on a bit earlier helped the boys to start to bring that energy and lift up the spirit and bring a massive work-rate dota

”Where South Africa’s replacements thrived, perhaps England’s faltered just a touch dota

The English gameplan, devised by Steve Borthwick and perfectly executed by the players for the windy and rainy Parisian conditions, relied upon relentless kicking, winning the subsequent aerial battle, slowing the game down and dominating the set-piece dota

Maybe then, they could escape with a win against an objectively superior team dota

They kicked 93 per cent of possession away (the highest percentage of the tournament), had an average ruck speed of 6 dota

73s (the slowest of the tournament) and had zero linebreaks (the only team to do so in a game at this tournament) dota

They disrupted South African lineouts, turned over multiple mauls and Borthwick’s decision to play his two strongest scrummaging props – Dan Cole and Joe Marler – from the start earned them scrum parity and redemption from the disaster in that facet during the 2019 World Cup final dota

Ox Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks (EPA)This is a Springboks side that pride themselves on their dominance up front, as shown by opting for a scrum after calling a mark in their own 22 during the quarter-final victory over France dota

Of course, they won a penalty from it dota

Yet England were holding their own during those engagements, even thriving, and most importantly winning on the scoreboard dota

But the innate problem with starting your best scrummagers came to fruition in the second half dota

Replacement props Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler are far more dynamic around the park and more destructive carriers than their veteran counterparts but, with England showing no desire to run any plays more than two metres either side of the previous breakdown, those skills were negated once they came on for Marler and Cole dota

Instead, their inferior scrummaging was brutally exposed by a fired-up Koch and Nche, who turned parity into Springbok dominance dota

They won two scrums against the head, including a vital one at 15-6 down on their own line, and engineered multiple penalties on their own feed, including the most vital of all – on halfway, with 77 minutes on the clock and England leading 15-13 dota

Pollard banged over the long kick and the rest was history dota

Handre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty (PA Wire)Nche was coy when asked in the mixed zone after the game what had made the difference at scrum-time in the final quarter and how he bested his opposite number, Sinckler dota

“That is the dark arts,” he smiled dota

“It is hard to explain to you dota

We had a plan for that dota

We knew what we were trying to achieve dota

“They have had a great scrum for the competition and a great hit dota

Our focus was surviving that and applying pressure dota

Our mentality for every scrum is to get a penalty if we can dota

If they do survive, we play out the back and get into our shape dota

”The “dark arts” ultimately won the day, South Africa survived a second straight one-point knockout match and must now plan how to overcome the All Blacks in a battle to be the first side to win four men’s Rugby World Cups dota

Luckily, they have a not-so-secret weapon dota

“We are the bomb squad dota

” More aboutSouth Africa rugbyEngland RugbyRugby World CupJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/4How South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalVincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived AFP via Getty ImagesHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalOx Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks EPAHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHandre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty PA WireHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa’s replacements shone to overcome England Reuters✕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 dota

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Never has it been clearer that Fiji do things differently dota

It can’t have been more than 90 minutes after defeat to England was confirmed when the sound of a Pacific Island beat and stomping feet bounced around the bowels of the Stade Velodrome, Simon Raiwalui’s beaten side making their Rugby World Cup exit with a boombox, and their heads, held high dota

There was disappointment there, of course, perhaps most prominently on the face of the captain Waisea Nayacalevu, frustrated not just about the opportunities missed both against England and earlier in the tournament, but also perceived mistreatment by the officials dota

For coach Raiwalui, though, the overriding emotion was pride dota

“The joy is there,” Raiwalui said dota

“We celebrate together, we suffer together dota

For 15 weeks these boys have worked hard and we will celebrate that dota

We’re hurting now in terms of the result but I couldn’t be prouder of this group in terms of what they’ve put in dota

They’ve built something for the next generation of Fijian rugby players dota

They’ve laid a foundation dota

RecommendedFrance suffer painful symmetry with Ireland as Springboks continue southern dominanceThe one change England must make to combat ‘incredible’ Springboks in World Cup semi-finalRugby World Cup power rankings: Assessing the final four"We’re hurting at the moment and it will hurt for a long time because it was something we had built and we thought we could go further dota

The belief in the team has always been there dota

I’m bursting with pride dota

”Raiwalui’s mention of a foundation is key because it feels like finally, after years of governance issues and broken promises, one has been laid dota

Few of the Fijian starting line-up for Sunday’s quarter-final represent the Fijian Drua, but the impact of the Super Rugby Pacific franchise could be felt off the bench: scrum half Simione Kuruvoli and back five forward Meli Derenalagi - a potential successor to Nayacalevu as captain with the centre unlikely to make another World Cup – were among those to produce prominent cameos dota

The Drua project is still new dota

It is only a couple of years since their injection into the southern hemisphere’s premier club competition but already it is paying dividends, the extra cohesion and competition driving Fiji forward dota

There are the right people in place to build it, too, not just in Raiwalui – previously high performance general manager at the union – but also former Harlequins chief executive Mark Evans, involved off the field with the Drua dota

With Raiwalui confirming that he will not be staying beyond the end of the year, finding the right fit as the next head coach is obviously crucial dota

Meli Derenelagi (centre) captained the Fijian Drua to a Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final (Getty Images)An elevation into the international top tier is expected to follow the Drua’s addition to Super Rugby dota

Fiji are likely to gain immediate entry into the 12-team top tier of the new World League, ensuring that their growth can continue across consistent annual fixtures dota

Having a large Drua squad based domestically to form the bedrock of the national side should allow for a much easier transition into international campaigns dota

While this might have been the last World Cup for stars like Levani Botia and Nayacalevu, it can be said with confidence that new ones will emerge - 20-year-old flanker Motikai Murray is a figure of budding back row brilliance, while rangy runner Joseva Talacolo and prop Emosi Tuqiri are names to monitor dota

There is uncertainty over the future of the sevens circuit but it remains a vital proving ground for Fiji, who will be eyeing a third successive gold medal in rugby’s condensed format at the Paris Olympics next summer dota

There is a tendency to homogenise the experiences of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, three very different nations clumped together given their relative proximity in the south Pacific dota

Fiji’s on-islands population is three times that of Samoa and Tonga combined, and there is thus less reliance on the diaspora to provide players dota

Providing opportunities to let the three nations thrive, rather than just survive, is vital, and different approaches will be required to ensure this dota

Simon Raiwalui has proved a shrewd appointment as head coach (Getty Images)But certainly there appears a positive plan mapped out that will allow Fiji to fulfil their potential dota

“We’ve come a long way in this World Cup,” said Derenalagi dota

“Even though we are hurt and we didn’t get the result for today’s game but as a brotherhood that we formed and the bond we formed inside the team dota

“That’s what family means to us, even though we are far away from our family dota

As a team we try to build a family and a brotherhood and that’s what you can see with our celebrations, even though we lost dota

"We reached the quarter-final in 2007 and after 16 years we reached it again dota

We will make sure that at the next World Cup, we will climb higher again dota

"More aboutFiji RugbyRugby World CupSuper RugbySamoa RugbyTonga RugbyPacific IslandsJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments 1/3What’s next for Fiji after a Rugby World Cup to remember What’s next for Fiji after a Rugby World Cup to rememberMeli Derenelagi (centre) captained the Fijian Drua to a Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final Getty ImagesWhat’s next for Fiji after a Rugby World Cup to rememberSimon Raiwalui has proved a shrewd appointment as head coach Getty ImagesWhat’s next for Fiji after a Rugby World Cup to rememberCaptain Waisea Nayacalevu embraces Vilimoni Botitu after the fly half’s try against England 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 dota

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