South Africa are world champions for a record fourth time. It wasn’t pretty. There were large chunks of the match when it looked like they’d bottled a golden opportunity. But they got there in the end as worthy winners of the grandest prize with a 12-11 win over the All Blacks. South Africa are world champions for a record fourth time. It wasn’t pretty. There were large chunks of the match when it looked like they’d bottled a golden opportunity. But they got there in the end as worthy winners of the grandest prize with a 12-11 win over the All Blacks.