Pool B: South Africa 8-13 Ireland No 1 side see off defending champions in physical encounter The Rugby World Cup still has five more weeks to run and this was "only" a pool game. It is almost impossible to conceive, even so, of a heavier-duty occasion than this impossibly physical Saturday-night smackdown in Saint Denis. The intensity was off the scale and when the final whistle sounded it was as much a case of counting the survivors back in again as totting up the actual points. There was also...
Sexton steers Ireland to victory as South Africa pay penalty for poor kicking
The Guardian - 23 Sep 2023 23:10
Pool B: South Africa 8-13 Ireland No 1 side see off defending champions in physical encounter The Rugby World Cup still has five more weeks to run and this was "only" a pool game. It is almost impossible to conceive, even so, of a heavier-duty occasion than this impossibly physical Saturday-night smackdown in Saint Denis. The intensity was off the scale and when the final whistle sounded it was as much a case of counting the survivors back in again as totting up the actual points. There was also...
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