Rugby-Champions slam door shut to maintain World Cup hegemony


  • Rugby
  • Monday, 16 Oct 2023

PARIS - "Small margins" has been the term widely used to explain the results of two titanic World Cup quarter-finals in Paris this weekend – New Zealand's victory over world number one-ranked Ireland and South Africa’s triumph over hosts France.

"Been there, done that,” might, however, be a more accurate call.

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