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Transparency loses out to Gallic charm in race for 2023 Rugby World Cup
Transparency loses out to Gallic charm in race for 2023 Rugby World Cup

So much for transparency. For all the good intention of overseeing the most open, least questionable bidding process for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, governing body World Rugby is this morning as big a loser as South Africa, whose bid it unanimously recommended on October 31.

Thu, 16 Nov, 2017

#RWC2023: This may only be the end of the beginning
#RWC2023: This may only be the end of the beginning

South Africa began the day as favourites to land the hosting rights for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. 

Sat, 04 Nov, 2017

Ireland face uphill struggle to host 2023 Rugby World Cup
Ireland face uphill struggle to host 2023 Rugby World Cup

Frontrunners at breakfast, dirt-trackers by brunch.

Wed, 01 Nov, 2017

RWC bid - Philip Browne: ‘We are hitting the buttons on a range of criteria’
RWC bid - Philip Browne: ‘We are hitting the buttons on a range of criteria’

Philip Browne doesn’t do extremes of emotion or hyperbole.

Tue, 26 Sep, 2017

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