RUGBY WORLD CUP: SPRINGBOK PRESSER: MORNE DU PLESSIS & KITCHì CHRISTIE re Final match against All Blacks 13.01.33 ESTABLISH 13.01.50 MORNE: There's no isolation from this oneì This one creeps in from under the doors. Lastì night was a turning point when we suddenlyì realised we've 48 hrs away from this greatì sporting event and the nerves have strted toì tingle there's no doubt about that. 13.02.18 A complete change of mood that came overì the team. There's a stillness...it's notì over-anxious. It's just quiet. 13.02.45 SCHEDULE FOR THE TEAM FOR DAY 13.03.48 ...and then at 12:30 it's time to leaveì for Ellis Park & that's when it really startì stretching is between 12:30 and 3... 13.04.49 COACH KITCH COMMENTING WATCHED VIDEOS OFì GAMES 13.05.24 ..they are a formidable opponent theyì always have been SA & New Zealand. I don't thinkì it's gonna be a run away game for any side... 13.06.10 I think we got into the guys heads whenì we started, we set ourselves a goal of 6 games toì glory and if we don't accomplish the 6th game,ì then our goals will not be set...we got to play aì game of rugby against probably one of the bestì nations in the world... 13.06.38 We won't give New Zealnad one inch! 13.07.42 MORNE: I think that it is to ourì advantage; what's happened to this country is toì our advantage...the 62 thousand people thereì tomorrow are the 62 000 lucky ones tha represent.. 13.08.37 ...we need every advantage that we canì get. We are the no-hopers in this contest as youì have read. 13.10.14 Jonah Lomu I think is this - what hasì happened around him is a once in a life-time eventì too. I don't think one particular player hasì grabbed the headlines of a team sport contest asì this situation of Lomu and certainly it's takenì the pressure right off us i.t.o the press. Veryì little has been written about our team, when Iì said individuals in our team - the team itself hasì been very fairly treated... 13.11.06 We don't regard ourselves as no-hopelessì As Kitch said, Six days to glory...he said when weì started this campaign in January that the teamì that we will play in the final will be New Zealand and we wouldn't have worked for 6 months feelingì like we're no-hopeless/hopers... 13.11.28 ...the scramble for the underdog statusì seems to be important in rugby and we won this oneì hands-down.. 13.11.37 ...we go in as under-dogs & that's aì useful position to come from. 13.12.57 CUTAWAYS PRESS 13.15.05 KITCH: I definitely think we can beat NZ. I'm sure that Laurie feels the same way - that heì can beat SA. If you don't go on the field withì that confidence your players won't have the sameì confidence. 13.16.57 MORNE: I could never have guessed that itì could lead to this sort of climax with all of SAì backing their team,with the president callingì religiously before every match as he did thisì morning... 13.17.50 The President phoned as we were on theì field. it was a very touching moment...theì President was on the line with Francios...he was aì bit more nervous than we were.. 13.18.34 ...he's just very involved... 13.20.09 RE SPRINGBOK EMBLEM? 13.20.35 MORNE: I think it's not the right time toì bring any issue that's divisive into play right atì the moment...for first time since we've gone onì this campaign I'm gonna dodge that question. 13.21.37 ...there's no doubt that finance is theì backbone of all sport... 13.27.02 CUTAWAY PRESS 13.39.41 EXT GV'S HOTEL