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South Africa's Eben Etzebeth celebrates following the Rugby World Cup 2023 quarter final match at the Stade de France. Pic: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

It appears Southern hemisphere teams like to throw a spanner in the works. New Zealand ripped up Ireland's script and South Africa dumped out the host nation. Sacre bleu. 

New Zealand always play on the edge in terms of legality but if it works why would you change it? They toyed with the offside line and staying on their feet at ruck time for the majority of the game.