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Les Bleus serenaded off pitch by 80,000 fans after frenetic victory over All Blacks caps exuberant show to mark sport’s 200th anniversary

Where do the 20 competing nations sit ahead of the tournament?

The tournament can serve to balm the sport’s soul, writes Harry Latham-Coyle, with the action on the pitch distracting from testing times off it

World rugby’s showpiece tournament is one of the biggest sporting events of 2023 but also starts the countdown to the 2024 Games

What better way for hosts France to prepare for the World Cup spectacular than with a good old-fashioned sideshow? And France duly delivered a week before their opening match against New Zealand with a rumpus over the selection of Bastien Chalureau after Paul Willemse withdrew from the 33-man squad with…

The Rugby World Cup will take place against the backdrop of a concussion lawsuit that has similarities to one settled by the NFL in 2013 at a likely cost of more than $1 billion

The players to watch, the teams to back and how to tell a ruck from a scrum as the tournament kicks off in France

World Cup fans face a ban from domestic matches and reported to police, while social media posts will be tracked for racism and other abuse

South Africa’s director of rugby tells Donald McRae that transforming the sport in his country was a greater achievement than World Cup success

Positive tests from Rhys Webb and Elton Jantjies have raised fears doping is becoming more common but World Rugby’s chief executive rejected the idea

World Rugby want top-level protection for their match officials due to online abuse and threats