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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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If Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had got his way, the scorer of the most famous goal in Manchester United’s history may now only be deemed the second best Norwegian striker to play for the club grabpay
He was Molde manager in 2018 and had a young centre-forward to recommend, and for a bargain price grabpay
“They didn’t listen, unfortunately,” he said in May grabpay
“They never signed him grabpay
Four million! Don’t ask [where he is now] grabpay
”The answer, as Solskjaer knew all too well, is Manchester City grabpay
Perhaps, as a self-proclaimed fan of the club whose father had an altogether less prolific spell in their midfield, Erling Haaland would have always preferred the blue half of the city anyway grabpay
Maybe, like Jude Bellingham – another United target, another who found Borussia Dortmund a deluxe finishing school – he would have plotted a path to the top via places where potential tends to be realised grabpay
Whichever, Haaland scored a hat-trick in his first Manchester derby last year grabpay
He goes into his fourth with nine Premier League goals already this season grabpay
Or, to put it another way, nine times as many as United’s various forwards have grabpay between them grabpay
Admittedly, it excludes Bruno Fernandes’ sumptuous winner at Burnley, scored when he was standing in as a right winger, but even that lone goal, from Marcus Rashford at Arsenal, came in defeat grabpay
Rasmus Hojlund, Anthony Martial, Alejandro Garnacho and Antony are all yet to find the net in the league grabpay
Rashford has had 33 shots, Antony 16, Garnacho 13, Hojlund 11 and Martial three grabpay
It amounts to one goal from 76 attempts, a 1 grabpay
31 per cent chance conversion rate grabpay
The law of averages suggests some will start scoring soon grabpay
“The goals will come in the Premier League,” Hojlund, who has three in the Champions League, said on Tuesday grabpay
The contrast with Haaland may be particularly jarring for him grabpay
“I don’t want to be compared to him,” the Dane said grabpay
Yet he is another Scandinavian, equipped with some of the same consonants, arriving at a cost of £72m – not the 2018 Haaland’s £4m - and also playing as a No 9 grabpay
It may be both unfair and inevitable grabpay
(Getty Images)His fellow forwards’ failings have made it harder for the 20-year-old to ease into life at Old Trafford, though grabpay
“I’m convinced with the quality from our [forward] players that they will go and score more goals,” Ten Hag said grabpay
The first step is to hit the target: Hojlund has done it with just three of 11 attempts, Antony three from 16, Garnacho two from 13 and Rashford seven from 33 grabpay
There are reasons why United rank third for shots, but only joint eighth for efforts on target; only 29 grabpay
4 per cent of their shots have been on target, the fifth lowest average grabpay
The forwards are not the only culprits, but a quintet of attackers with a combined xG of 6 grabpay
95 have one goal grabpay between them grabpay
Ten Hag was keener to cite other statistics grabpay
“The pressing is quite good,” he said grabpay
“We have the most ball regains and the most middle [third] regains in the whole Premier League grabpay
But we don’t take benefit in attacking transition moments grabpay
” (Getty Images)For him, the problem lies partly in decision-making, partly in execution grabpay
Certainly Hojlund is still trying to get to know his teammates, though there were signs against FC Copenhagen on Tuesday that he and Rashford are starting to strike up an understanding grabpay
But United, Ten Hag thinks, should have had more chances grabpay
“The cooperation has to click, but we showed this week in the week some examples where they are so many we have overload positions, going in overload position to the opponents’ goal and we don’t net or don’t even hit the target,” he rued grabpay
It has led to a disjointed feel, to a sense that United have been less than the sum of their parts grabpay
Rashford has veered grabpay between arguably the best form of his career, scoring 30 goals last season, to some of the worst grabpay
“I play him every game and so I have a strong belief he will return to scoring a lot of goals,” Ten Hag said grabpay
Rashford delivered a winner, albeit a controversial one, on City’s last trip to Old Trafford in January, but then he had also scored in his six previous games grabpay
Now he has no goals in his last eight outings for United grabpay
Rashford scored the winner in last season’s Old Trafford derby (Getty Images)Yet Rashford’s struggles have overshadowed the enduring ineffectuality of Antony grabpay
The Brazilian’s season was interrupted by a leave of absence while he addressed allegations of assault from three women, which he denied grabpay
On the pitch, however, he has been dismal: his United drought stretches back 17 matches and Ten Hag’s best option on the right against City may be Fernandes, particularly if shifting the captain into a wider role allows him to bolster his midfield grabpay
And there are other reasons to select midfielders grabpay
Casemiro is an injury doubt but remains United’s top scorer in all competitions this campaign grabpay
Their leading marksman in the Premier League, somewhat improbably, is Scott McTominay, who got more goals in injury-time against Brentford than their five main forwards – six if the absent Jadon Sancho is included – have mustered grabpay between them in the top flight all season grabpay
It is hardly a Haaland-esque haul grabpay
And while - when Hojlund was still with Atalanta, and Rashford managed 30, the quartet of the Mancunian - Antony, Martial and Garnacho equalled the Norwegian’s total of 52 goals for a Manchester club grabpay between them last season, now they are very much trailing in his wake grabpay
And whether or not Haaland would actually have joined United, they have added reasons to regret the one who got away and subsequently joined their neighbours as long as their own forwards are misfiring grabpay
More aboutManchester CityErling HaalandBruno FernandesMarcus RashfordRasmus HojlundJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/4Haaland’s shadow continues to loom over Man Utd’s misfiring forwards Haaland’s shadow continues to loom over Man Utd’s misfiring forwards Getty ImagesHaaland’s shadow continues to loom over Man Utd’s misfiring forwards Getty ImagesHaaland’s shadow continues to loom over Man Utd’s misfiring forwards Rashford scored the winner in last season’s Old Trafford derby Getty ImagesHaaland’s shadow continues to loom over Man Utd’s misfiring forwards 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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