Mick Cleary: 'The RFU need to give the English public some assurance that things can get better'
Steve Borthwick's side have put respectability into the shirt but it is a mirage to suggest all in rosy in England's garden
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Opinion
The 2023 Rugby World Cup team of the tournament
There were outstanding individual performances over seven weeks and 48 matches but some players put in Herculean shifts
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Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
Opinion
All Blacks player ratings vs Springboks | Rugby World Cup 2023
The All Blacks have fallen to a gut-wrenching 12-11 defeat at the hands of the Springboks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final. How d…
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Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
Opinion
Springboks player ratings vs All Blacks | Rugby World Cup 2023
South Africa are world champions for a record fourth time. It wasn't pretty. There were large chunks of the match when it looked l…
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Rugby World Cup
Opinion
Argentina player ratings vs England | Rugby World Cup 2023
Argentina finished their World Cup how they started- losing to England, this time by a slender margin of three points, 26-23.
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Rugby's most thrilling rivalry will take centre stage in World Cup final
England, Argentina, France, Ireland, Wales and Fiji might disagree, but the World Cup has landed the dream final.
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Jacques Nienaber has pinned Springboks' World Cup hopes on gratuitous risk
A 7-1 bench is an absurd proposition but it's especially hard to comprehend when it forces the omission of one of the Springboks' …
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'For South Africans, there is no greater challenge'
The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is just another chapter in a 102-year page-turner in which the All Blacks currently have bragging r…
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WXV Global Series
Opinion
Rosie Galligan: Whirlpools, 'mortifying' moments and a new coach in town
In the warm up I looked up at the big screen and saw my Mum being interviewed. At first I was mortified as all I could hear was he…
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Rugby World Cup
Opinion
South Africa have painted themselves into a corner
Fair play to Jacques Nienaber and Rassie Erasmus. They don’t play by anyone else’s rules.
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WXV Global Series
Opinion
Anna Caplice: 'It will be hugely psychological for Ireland to win this weekend'
It was another really successful weekend for Ireland in terms of scoreline. Last week I was hoping that they'd play a lot of heads…
How the France and England wins showed the Springboks are built different
After narrow one-point wins over France and England, South Africa have proved a resolve that few can match
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