The national team beat England 32-12 on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan, to equal New Zealand’s record of three world cup wins.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was in Japan for the final, said the victory confirmed that South Africa was the best team in the world.
A Bernard Parker penalty secured the 4-2 win for the Glamour Boys who stay on course to win their first trophy in four years.
The Springboks battered England 32-12 in a one-sided final in Yokohama, adding to their 1995 and 2007 titles and becoming the first team to lift the Webb Ellis Cup after losing a pool game.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has confirmed its prosecutor has written to three Absa Premiership coaches asking them to explain comments attributed to them in the media on match officials.
BET.co.za said that so far, about 90% of bets were on the Springboks to win the Rugby World Cup final against England.
In a media release, the Cape Town council confirmed that it had approved a binding heads of agreement between the municipality, the stadium and the the rugby union.
Xhaka has faced calls to be stripped of the Arsenal captaincy and he was left out of Wednesday's League Cup defeat at Liverpool after Gunners boss Emery admitted his reaction was wrong.
Jurgen Klopp criticised as 'too much' the number of matches his side has to play as he struggles to find a solution to a fixture pile-up that sees their League Cup quarterfinal against Aston Villa clash with December's Club World Cup in Qatar.
Second-row George Kruis told how the team was riding a wave of support from England fans at home and in Japan.
