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Seven weeks of incredible rugby came down to one point in Paris and now Nick Purewal crowns his winners

An epic final between the Springboks and All Blacks saw Siya Kolisi lead his team to a fourth men’s crown, Luke Baker and Harry Latham-Coyle reflect on a wonderful festival of rugby in France

For a tournament boasting innovations such as a panel of referees using videos to review whether a yellow card should be upgraded to red and a clock on the big screens around the stadiums to show the time remaining for a penalty or transformation to be kicked, it was pure…

South Africa and New Zealand provide a number of players to our composite XV

It was a memorable tournament in France.

BBC and RTÉ presenter is donning her sequins for this year’s competition

Two old foes rejoin battle on Saturday night at the Stade de France for the most prestigious prize in international rugby union: the World Cup. New Zealand and South Africa have both claimed the Webb Ellis trophy on three occasions. New Zealand in 1987, 2011 and 2015; South Africa in…

Anticipation builds across the country before the clash between the All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks

The Taoiseach said there was a need to ‘double down on’ political, military and financial support for Ukraine.