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French city guides: Le Tour de Force
A gastronomic guide to the wonderful host cities of Rugby World Cup 2023
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Spectacular tries, thunderclap collisions and contentious decisions defined a blockbuster opening World Cup weekend
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How France fell in love with rugby again
The renaissance of rugby in France has been a long-time coming and Bernard Laporte deserves credit for his vision
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Not so fast South Africa, don't crown yourselves
There’s some suggestion that if the Springboks were to successfully defend the Rugby World Cup, in addition to winning a British…
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Ref Watch: In defence of Matthew Carley
A brilliant game of rugby came to a breathless conclusion in Bordeaux when Semi Radrada just failed to hang on to a difficult skid…
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Mick Cleary: 'George Ford has to stay as the starting No 10. It is as straightforward as that.'
Finally, England showed their hand, and put in a gritty, savvy performance to get their show back on the road
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Fiji player ratings vs Wales | Rugby World Cup 2023
Wales looked to fight fire with fire and matched Fiji's enterprise with brilliant counter-attacking rugby of their own. They looke…
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The All Blacks are impossibly difficult to understand
The All Blacks are capable of being both brilliant and awful in the space of 20 minutes.
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The obvious question England are now faced with
England fans reunited with drop goals, with thumping midfield hits, with hope. George Ford’s two mammoth
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Ref Watch: The Tom Curry red card
As England kicked nine goals to grind out a win in the style of Will Carling’s team from the early 1990’s, French referee Math…
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Wallabies player ratings vs Georgia | Rugby World Cup 2023
The Wallabies got back into winning ways with a 35-15 win over Georgia in their opening pool stage clash in Paris.
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Tupou Vaa’i was sent as a lamb to the slaughter against France
As a trio the All Blacks loose forwards were completely outplayed by the French. Vaa’i was a lamb to the slaughter, a fish out o…