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You learn more from defeat than victory, is a phrase often used in sport, and frequently that is the case. Last night Ireland progressed through to the quarter finals of the rugby World Cup after a bruising encounter with France.
The rugby world cup is now at its halfway stage, and in terms of crowds the tournament has been a success. Yet has it converted people to the code, or have those new to the game simply bought tickets to
They say that coaches live and die by their selections. In which case England Rugby coach Stuart Lancaster faces the sternest test of his selections at the World Cup. Lancaster already has the pressure of being the coach of the
Sport at the highest level is about fine lines, the one percenters as coaches like to say, and despite an heroic effort in what has probably been the most thrilling encounter of the Rugby World Cup so far, Scotland lost
