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Rugby World Cup performances are the end result of years of failure by Australia’s high performance coaching system
Matt Williams: Ireland will have to get two scores ahead as early as possible if they are to beat the Springboks on Saturday
Matt Williams: Whether you’re Clint Eastwood or a rugby fan with no name, there has been plenty to enjoy and ponder in the first acts of the Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup: South Africa have legally exploited a safety-law loophole, but we should be concerned about their seven replacement forwards
The first Rugby World Cup was the sport’s version of Woodstock, changing the cultural landscape forever. We must nurture a tournament that reminds us that no one owns this game
To win the World Cup it may well require a talented disrupter, someone brave enough to break with the current fashion of negative tactics that has dominated recent editions
Every national team is completely reliant upon the quality of the high performance system below them
Youth sport allows us to learn how to handle the emotional mouses and cauliflower ears that every life has to endure
Farrell’s men will likely face the rock and hard place options of who they want to face in a World Cup quarter-final – New Zealand or France
The United States would already be a mighty rugby force if not for presidential intervention
Since November 2022 the Springboks’ monolithic game plan has lost to France, Ireland and New Zealand
He was a wise pioneer whose coaching of superior scrum technique contributed in a huge way to the development of Irish rugby
Australians hope Saturday’s match against South Africa is the first step on a long journey back to the top
Talk of a two-horse race between northern giants France and Ireland doesn’t take into account New Zealand’s superb form or South Africa’s doggedness
Banning competitive sport does not teach kids how to cope with the world