Leo is trying his best for Rugby World Cup bid

Crouch, pause, touch, engage... and, hopefully, do enough hand-shaking, grinning for the cameras, and small-talk to drive us over the line.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Irish rugby legends Brian O’Driscoll and Niamh Briggs, and a host of other officials will travel to London today in an attempt to win over vital backing for Ireland’s Rugby World Cup 2023 bid.

With just weeks to go before the November 15 announcement of who will host the Rugby World Cup 2023, representatives from Ireland, France, and South Africa will each make their final presentations in London today.