Rugby-Chile happy to take lessons from World Cup experience

Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 - Pool D - Argentina v Chile - The Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau, Nantes, France - September 30, 2023 Chile players celebrate after Tomas Dussaillant scores a try REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

NANTES, France (Reuters) - Chile bowed out of the Rugby World Cup with a 59-5 defeat to Argentina in their final Pool D clash in Nantes on Saturday, but they are richer for the experience and ready to return in Australia in four years’ time, coach Pablo Lemoine said.

Chile lost all four of their games, scoring 27 points and conceding 215 in a tough debut on the sport’s biggest stage, but Lemoine believes it has at least put rugby on the map in the country.