“I think we need to step on the gas and say, ‘Yeah, let’s consider all things’.” The most recent World Cup saw an awful lot of box-kicking, rolling mauls, big moments hinging on scrum calls and the never-fun caterpillar rucks. World Rugby is constantly looking at ways to improve the game, though, and there could […]

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“It was like being with my five-year-old daughter!” Keith Earls made his first big media appearance, on Friday, after he hung up his boots and retired as a Munster and Ireland player. The Limerick native, who had his rugby swan song at the World Cup, was one of the main guests on The Late Late […]

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Just the sole, World Cup-winning Springbok. There are five Irish inclusions in the World Rugby Men’s 15s Dream Team of the Year, with Andy Farrell picking up Coach of the Year. Bundee Aki missed out on the ‘Best Player’ accolade, though. The announcements were made at a glitzy ceremony in Paris, one day on from […]

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SOUTH AFRICA 12-11 NEW ZEALAND New Zealand captain Sam Cane has become the first ever player to be red-carded in a World Cup final, as South Africa went on to make the man advantage count. Not the history he was aiming for. The All Blacks skipper was sin-binned, at first, but his yellow for a […]

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The Springboks coaching box is ‘loud’, ‘vibrant’, and ‘intense’ says Jones ahead of another World Cup final. The story of former Ireland international Felix Jones is a remarkable one indeed. In October 2015 he was forced to retire and end his playing career prematurely due to a neck injury. Eight years on, he’s 80 minutes […]

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“Of course it leads to the challenges or the frustrations that we’ve had here.” The head of World Rugby has admitted the organisation did not get it right with the 2023 World Cup seedings and pool stage draw, but he says there was a very clear reason for it. Alan Gilpin, chief executive at World […]

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