It's Sunday October 21st 2007! Still reliving the passionate moments of the Rugby World Cup which started a month ago, I've told myself that I've got to get back to work:-) The tournament brought 20 teams together in France to fight for the Webb Ellis Cup. The finals which brought England against South Africa saw the Springboks claiming a victory of 15-6 over England at Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The Springboks captain John Smit tried to check his emotions after the triumph over England. "I'm sitting here and trying not to cry," he said. "It's a feeling you can't put into words." The match was perhaps already decided following the two teams encounter in the early group stages of the competition, which saw South Africa humiliate England with a 36-0 victory. England as title holders (having won the last Rugby World Cup in Sydney in 2003) could not make history by being the first country to keep the cup. Even the likes of Jonny Wilkinson, Jason Robinson or Phil Vikery could not lead their team to achieving that dream.

In the same vein, the host country France who had hoped to clinch their first Rugby World Cup title was defeated by England in the semi-finals at Stade de France before home crowd. The 'XV de France' would have dreamed to repeat the victory of 'Les Blues', the football team of France in the 1998 World FIFA Cup which France hosted and won for the first time. But France would be delighted to have defeated the world's best rugby team, the All Blacks in the quarterfinal. The New Zealand team could not prove that they were the world's number one - currently ranked 1st according to the International Rugby Board (IRB) - and perhaps stands no chance to remain in that position.

The winners of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, South Africa (currently ranked 2nd by the IRB) would hope to defend and keep their title at the next rugby world cup in New Zealand 2011. But the question is: Will New Zealand remain the world's best rugby team?