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OPINION
Mark Orders

Wales and Warren Gatland seek radical new project

Saturday's clash with the Barbarians will provide a glimpse of a new Welsh generation.

ANALYSIS
Sam Larner

How every nation ranks after the Rugby World Cup

Who is top of the class and who gets a big fat F? We assess each nation's campaign in France.

OPINION
Graham Simmons

Fudge and almond fruitcake

How to sum up a Rugby World Cup that forced us to shed tears of happiness and heartache, whilst revelling in our beautiful game

OPINION
Daniel Gallan

'The Springboks didn't do it for you. They did it for us'

You don't like the South African team? Good. Your hate doesn't matter.

OPINION
Gregor Paul

The killer problem that plagued the All Blacks' World Cup campaign

The All Blacks had been riding their luck for longer than they should have thought safe.

ANALYSIS
Nick Bishop

How Pieter-Steph du Toit led the Springboks to another World Cup title

South Africa, with Pieter-Steph du Toit leading the way, has again proven itself the biggest and baddest beast on the planet.

OPINION
Gavin Mortimer

Fabien Galthié's French honeymoon is over

As public and media attitudes cool towards him, which version of the French coach will we see next?

OPINION
Mick Cleary

Mick Cleary: 'The RFU need to give the English public some assurance that things can get better'

Steve Borthwick's side have put respectability into the shirt but it is a mirage to suggest all in rosy in England's garden

OPINION
Owain Jones

The 2023 Rugby World Cup team of the tournament

There were outstanding individual performances over seven weeks and 48 matches but some players put in Herculean shifts

OPINION
Gregor Paul

Rugby's most thrilling rivalry will take centre stage in World Cup final

England, Argentina, France, Ireland, Wales and Fiji might disagree, but the World Cup has landed the dream final.

OPINION
Tom Vinicombe

Jacques Nienaber has pinned Springboks' World Cup hopes on gratuitous risk

A 7-1 bench is an absurd proposition but it's especially hard to comprehend when it forces the omission of one of the Springboks' …

OPINION
Daniel Gallan

'For South Africans, there is no greater challenge'

The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is just another chapter in a 102-year page-turner in which the All Blacks currently have bragging r…

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