The All Blacks legend was full of praise for Ireland and New Zealand as he reflected on their World Cup epic. 

'In football there are ups and downs. Managers have opinions. You just have to deal with the cards you are dealt with. Keep your head and the tides will turn.'

The winger’s try-scoring reappearance against the Sharks, marking his long-awaited 150th game in red with a 50th try, excited fans coming as it did on the coattails of Keith Earls’ retirement announcement.

Jordan Larmour's last appearance in the green jersey was a truncated 31 minutes on the wing against Japan in the summer of 2021.

By defeating Ireland and France in two of the greatest games ever seen at a World Cup, and despite both being turned over at the pool stage, New Zealand and South Africa are fully deserving of the right to contest Saturday night’s final.

There's no harm in casting the net wide when the pursuit, official anyway, gets underway soon.

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

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"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.