South Africa player reaction after they beat England 15-6 to win the World Cup on Saturday.

Captain John Smit (pictured left): "It's a wonderful feeling, finishing here with the World Cup. It has been a long four years. There have been real highs and real lows and today we had a lot of support from the 45 million South Africans."

Lock and man-of-the-match Victor Matfield: "This is awesome. We worked for four years for this. We knew we were going to have to take it to them.

"The emotions are greater than I ever thought. I can't wait to get back home. I can't wait to see all the South Africans."

Flanker Schalk Burger: "We didn't want to make any mistakes because we knew that both defences were good and so at the end we didn't have a lot of opportunities."

Prop Os du Randt (a member of the World Cup winning 1995 team): "I don't remember the first one, it's too long ago, but I'm still enjoying this one. It's definitely good to win. I think all the guys put the hard work in and it's just great to be out here."

Wing Bryan Habana: "It has been wonderful, the seven weeks. I really appreciate all the support here at the Stade de France."

Reuters