France v Ireland: French X-factor to be crucial in game of the tournament
Difficult to look past French flair and power not to mention a raucous home Parisian crowd
Matt Williams: France leaving nothing to chance in quest for World Cup glory
French team that will run out in Dublin the product of a decade of planning primed to peak in 2023
Disappointing Nations Cup set for a finale of ‘farce’
Competition has failed to fire with endless kicking and a depleted France for the final
Gerry Thornley: After 32 weeks the Six Nations is back up for grabs
Ireland know what they have to do but England remain in the driving seat
World Rugby kick to touch on fixtures again
Unions looking for clarity will now have to wait until at least the end of the month
Gerry Thornley: Beaumont and Pichot battle highlights hemisphere divide
Whoever wins the vote for chairman of World Rugby, difficult choices loom ahead
Matt Williams: I’ll say a few rugby prayers that Gus Pichot pulls off a miracle
Bill Beaumont’s success would show rugby’s old order and northern hemisphere dominance
Bernard Laporte’s backing will keep Bill Beaumont in World Rugby post
Agustín Pichot’s challenge hampered by a weighted voting system that he has called unfair
Proposals for an annual Club World Cup seem fanciful at best
Champions Cup organisers confirm talks have been held over a quadrennial event
Gerry Thornley: IRFU can’t forget about the clubs in these trying times
Fears that some clubs might never recover from lack of activity during coronavirus outbreak
Toulouse are back but the aristocratic aura is gone
Despite their history, famous club no longer enjoy the inherent advantages of yore
Joe Tomane intent on causing a stir at Leinster
Versatile talent targeted a spot with Cullen’s side when his Montpellier dream faded
Matt Williams: This is the worst France team I have ever seen
French rugby was a beacon, but with a lack of world-class players, the light has gone out
Rugby World Cup 2023 timeline: From recommendation to vote
The reaction to Rugby World Cup Board’s recommendation of South Africa as host
World Rugby disappointed at criticism of South Africa RWC bid
SA Rugby points to lack of serious crime at country’s soccer and cricket World Cups
Ireland’s Rugby World Cup bid was on a par with South Africa
Redacted section of controversial review shows Irish bid matched commercial offer and fee
Money talks in World Rugby and World Cup is the loudest voice
South Africa and France vow to provide bigger financial return from hosting World Cup
Heroic Ireland halt England’s chariot one win short of history
Eddie Jones’s side miss out on back-to-back Grand Slams and world record 19th win
As European rugby’s new dawn arrives off-field battles for control are set to continue
‘The Irish are very pragmatic. They realised what they’d had couldn’t last for ever’
Leading French figures propose O’Driscoll as president of EPCR
Player has not been approached and role with new club body would conflict with punditry work
Onset of a new European Cup moves significantly closer after Paris meeting
In this and much else, such as financial share-out and format, PRL and the LNR have pretty much obtained everything they have demanded
IRB says emphatic no to British and Irish Cup
Game’s global governing body will not support any cross-border event not approved by respective Unions
Pierre Camou reputedly ready to offer French clubs €2 million to play in HC
President of FFR is meeting Anglo-French clubs’ drive for a Rugby Champions Cup head on
Agreement over breakaway European tournament still a good way off
Despite English reports that deal is almost done, little sign of resolution over succesor to Heineken Cup
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