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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“Who’s that guy you’re hugging and jumping around with?” CJ Stander was back in Ireland, last week, ahead of their World Cup clash with South Africa. Having retired from professional rugby, the former Munster, Ireland and Lions back-row quickly gets the allegiance queries to one side. “I was born in South Africa and I can’t […]

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“It’s tough, but you get stronger off the back of that.” In the aftermath of Ireland toppling South Africa, in Paris, much of the praise flowing was being directed to Andy Farrell’s men. Manie Libbok came up in a lot of the post-match chat, too, with Johnny Sexton getting hooked into the debate. Libbok missed […]

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“I swore, sorry.” Mack Hansen dropped the F-bomb during a live interview on ITV and it wasn’t the first time, but given what just happened it’s easy to understand why. Ireland defeated South Africa in a thrilling World Cup match, that saw the world number one team beat the reigning world champions. There was so […]

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The World No.1 against the reigning world champions, at Stade de France. Andy Farrell’s men beat South Africa 13-8 in another epic World Cup Pool B match, in Paris. We will have all the biggest moments, talking points and full Ireland player ratings in our live feed [below]. On Thursday, Farrell named an Ireland team that […]

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