The 2023 World Cup produced the greatest weekend of rugby in history, with incredible matches, late defeats, and controversies. Tier Two Nations called for more meaningful competition. World Rugby addressed this with a major overhaul of the calendar, but the benefits will take time. Rugby's shortage of competitive nations means that big guns are usually nicely seeded, with clear favorites in the quarter-finals.
Iconic Wines, Local Food: A Fox Harb'r Dining Experience with Bram Bolwijn | SaltWirePARIS - The 2023 World Cup began amid a hail of criticism for its skewed draw but, unfair as it might have appeared, that produced the greatest weekend of rugby in the tournament's history and then only the second final between the sport's two superpowers.
World Rugby addressed that with a major overhaul of the calendar they described as"the most significant development in the sport since the game went professional" but those long-suffering countries are going to have to suffer for a few years yet before they start to feel the benefits. It meant that the top five teams in the world at the start of this event were on the same side of the draw and that three of them - Ireland, South Africa and Scotland - were in one group.
Amid emotional scenes and roared on by neutrals the world over, they secured their first-ever World Cup victory in the last minute, with Fiji scraping through via their losing bonus point. Ireland were tipped to end their quarter-final curse on the back of the best form in their history, but despite playing superbly, the dream was brought to a shuddering end by an extraordinary All Black team that did not make a single handling error.
Inspirational scrumhalf Antoine Dupont returned from his broken cheekbone and France were on fire early on. But, as so many times before, the simple, awkward bounce of a rugby ball undid four years of building work as South Africa absorbed the blows, kicked and chased and showed their own iron will to fight back and win by a point.
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