New Zealand, to be fair, have found themselves up against it just twice in France, losing their opener to the hosts but pulling through an epic quarter-final against Ireland.

New Zealand and South Africa’s veterans have overcome mental and physical adversity to lead their teams to the World Cup final

It is understood that the vote was only narrowly passed with concerns over the fact that the new biannual tournament will have promotion and relegation only from 2030.

Munster lock Kleyn represented Ireland under Joe Schmidt at the 2019 World Cup in Japan after qualifying on residency grounds

Aoife Barry’s pick of must-see movies, cult classics, film/food pop-ups, film trails, and family fun at the 2023 Cork Film Festival

"World Rugby takes all allegations of discriminatory behaviour extremely seriously," a statement read.

Each additional year of playing was found to increase the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) by 14 per cent

United go into the Copenhagen game needing a win after starting their Group A campaign with defeats to both Bayern Munich and Galatasaray

Nic Berry named referee for the Bronze final with Ireland's Andrew Brace supporting him as assistant referee.

Jack Carty looks set to be unavailable for a week or two due to a facial injury he picked up against Ospreys.

Vera Pauw’s reputation for ruthlessness was never so personified when a player who’d started six of the nine qualifiers was culled from the World Cup squad.

“I don’t want to be a sub anymore! I want to start at West Ham."

United are in mourning after World Cup winner Charlton died at the age of 86 on Saturday.

“It was my daughter's first time to see me play rugby," said Conway after his try helped Munster overcome Sharks on Saturday.

After a couple of very different semi-finals, we're left with two of the game's heavyweights. 

“World Rugby takes all allegations of discriminatory behaviour extremely seriously.”

New Zealand broke Irish hearts when they defeated them in the World Cup quarter-final but will they be able to over-come old rivals South Africa, whoever wins this year's edition will become the first team to lift the Webb Ellis for a fourth time. 

‘What we are being told is they want to make a mega-card,’ says Brit, claiming event could take place by March in Saudi Arabia 

Facebook is a great way to get a discussion going, even now and again to have a good old argument. I tend to be more of a broadcaster than a reader — these golden words (or at least the link to them) go up on Facebook every week.

With seven members of Scotland's World Cup squad in their team, hosts eventually shake off resilient Leinster in high-scoring affair